Bridgetown. The Barbados Secondary Teacher's Union has called a emergency general meeting  at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the Lloyd  Erskine Sandiford Centre to rally support for teachers at the…

Syria’s government has been holding jailed dissidents underground and paying pro-government gang members $100 a day to crack down on protesters as it tries to quell demonstrations, a former defense official says.

Syria’s government has been holding jailed dissidents underground and paying pro-government gang members $100 a day to crack down on protesters as it tries to quell demonstrations, a former defense official says.