America Gripped By Second Night Of Fury Over Not Guilty Verdict For Neighbourhood Watch Man Who Shot Black Teenager Armed Only With A Bag Of Skittles -- Daily Mail
* Angry marchers shut down Los Angeles freeway occupy a busy intersection
* Oakland activists burn American flags
* Rubber bullets are fired into crowds by LA Police Department officers
* Seven arrests made around 11pm in New York City protests as tensions rose
* Jury took just over 16 hours to reach the verdict on Saturday
* Twitter users calls neighborhood watch volunteer 'dead man walking'
Protests spread across the country Sunday in a second day of demonstrations in the wake of the sensational not-guilty verdict for George Zimmerman after he shot dead unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.
Demonstrations, from Florida where the trial took place to Atlanta, DC and New York, remained largely peaceful, though Los Angeles protesters managed to shut down an entire freeway and thousands of New Yorkers mobbed Times Square and blocked traffic for an hour.
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MIDDLE EAST
Assad's forces advance into rebel-held district of Damascus.
Syria crisis: Deadly car bomb strikes north of Damascus.
Dozens dead in series of Iraq attacks.
Israeli PM threatens to strike Iran.
Three killed in attack on bus in Egypt's Sinai.
Iran's president-elect criticizes outgoing leader.
Bahraini MP's house attacked with petrol bombs: state agency.
ASIA
China's economic growth slows. China's economic growth at 7.5% in April to June period.
Bhutan opposition sweeps to power.
India says nearly 6,000 missing a month after devastating floods.
Azam found guilty of Bangladesh war crimes.
Myanmar president disbands controversial border force.
Kyrgyz president attacks UK for 'hosting a guy who robbed us'.
Japan PM Shinzo Abe on track for hefty election win: Polls.
AFRICA
U.S. envoy spurned by both sides on Egypt visit.
Congo army clashes with M23 rebels close to eastern city of Goma.
Boko Haram leader calls for more schools attacks after dorm killings.
Nigeria: Mass graves found in anti-extremist raids.
Report: Worrying surge in piracy in Gulf of Guinea.
Sudan's Bashir arrives in Nigeria to anger of rights groups.
EUROPE
Deepening Spanish credit crunch could hit banks, economy, says IMF.
Spain Barcenas scandal: Rajoy rejects resignation calls.
Petrol bombs, bricks thrown in third night of northern Irish violence.
German Chancellor Merkel urges better data protection rules.
Merkel’s coalition is likely to win election, polls indicate.
Greenpeace activists occupy french nuclear plant.
AMERICAS
Obama calls for calm after Zimmerman acquittal; protests held.
Snowden affair chills US-Latin American ties.
Bolivia’s Evo Morales claims the U.S. hacked into his email; he won’t use it now.
Mexico opposition parties again threaten to walk away from economic pact.
Brazil's precarious new middle class demands more.
Canada: Stephen Harper names eight new members to his cabinet, moves Peter MacKay out of defence.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
25 Guantanamo prisoners end hunger strike.
EU likely to add Hezbollah’s military wing to list of terror groups, Israeli officials say.
Mauritanian court frees Canadian 'Al-Qaeda trainee'.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
US blocks crackdown on tax avoidance by net firms like Google and Amazon.
GlaxoSmithKline 'the big boss' in £300m bribery scandal, China says.
Microsoft and Blackberry cut Surface and Z10 prices.
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