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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
WHITE House hopeful Rick Santorum on Sunday said a win in Minnesota - where he is leading polls - could "reset" the Republican race and vowed to push through to the party's June convention.The social conservative scored an early win last...
IGNORING a US threat to cut off aid, Egypt has referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country.Egypt's military rulers...
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is running for a third term as president, yesterday promised Russians a bigger say in politics amid the growing public discontent with his dominance of power. In a campaign article published in the...
US President Barack Obama (pictured) said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region.!In a television interview,...
AN IRAQI court has sentenced a man to death for murder and for kidnapping French citizens and an Iranian consul, a statement released yesterday by the Higher Judicial Council said.The Central Criminal Court sentenced the man identified only by his...
THE right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in the worst peacetime massacre that Norway has ever seen told a court yesterday that he deserves a medal of honor for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free. Anders Behring Breivik (...
Thursday, 26 January 2012
EGYPTIANS poured into Tahrir Square yesterday to mark a year since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, with the ruling military planning grandiose celebrations and activists vowing to reignite their unfinished revolution.Thousands of liberals,...
Thursday, 12 January 2012
AN IRANIAN nuclear scientist was killed by a car bomb yesterday that Tehran immediately blamed on Israel and Washington, worsening a tense international stand-off over its atomic programme.Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi told state television...
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
TWIN blasts at Afghan shrines on the Shiite holy day of Ashura left at least 59 people dead yesterday, with most killed in a massive suicide attack in Kabul which ripped through a crowd of worshippers.The attack in the capital, which killed 55 and...
Friday, 11 November 2011
HUNDREDS of rescuers hunted for survivors yesterday after an earthquake in eastern Turkey killed eight people, toppled buildings and sowed panic less than three weeks after a massive deadly quake in the same area.More than 800 rescue personnel...
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lashed out yesterday at "arrogant world powers" as he hosted his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao for a regional security summit Moscow bills as a counterpart to Nato.Russia's likely new head of...
Monday, 7 November 2011
THE world's Muslims yesterday marked the Aidil Adha feast which caps the Haj pilgrimage to Mekah overshadowed by the Arab Spring and deadly attacks in Africa and Central Asia.This year the feast coincides with the turmoil of the democracy...
Sunday, 6 November 2011
MORE than two million Muslims gathered yesterday on Mount Arafat and its surrounding plain, marking the peak day of Haj, the world's largest annual pilgrimage.Dressed in white garments, the pilgrims filled the Namera Mosque in Arafat and the...
Sunday, 30 October 2011
FIVE Islamic Jihad fighters were killed and three critically wounded in an Israeli air raid on the Gaza Strip yesterday, a Palestinian official said.The group immediately vowed revenge, and a spokesman for the military wing of Gaza's ruling...
Monday, 24 October 2011
AN EARTHQUAKE of 7.3 magnitude rocked eastern Turkey yesterday, with a seimological institute saying up to 1,000 people could lie dead under the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.Turkey's strongest earthquake in years struck Van, a large...
THE National Transitional Council yesterday announced Libya "liberated" at a huge rally in the city of Benghazi, birthplace of the anti-Muammar Gaddafi uprising which erupted eight months ago."Declaration of Liberation. Raise your...
Sunday, 23 October 2011
TURKISH forces yesterday pounded Kurdish rebel positions on the third day of a major offensive as officials said they had killed 49 insurgents in the mainly Kurdish southeast."A total of 49 terrorists were rendered ineffective over the last two...
THE US military's "historic" withdrawal will not affect Iraq's security and any future American military training will be incorporated into arms deals, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said yesterday.At a news conference in Baghdad...
Friday, 21 October 2011
MUAMMAR Gaddafi is dead, Libya's new leaders said, killed by fighters who overran his hometown and final bastion yesterday. His bloodied body was stripped and displayed around the world from cellphone video.Senior officials in the interim...
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
AT least seven protesters were killed and dozens wounded yesterday as gunmen loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire on demonstrators in the Yemeni capital, medics and the opposition said.It was the third time in four days that...
