Sunday, January 8, 2012

Syria unrest: Arab League discusses observer mission

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Foreign ministers from the Arab League are meeting in Cairo to assess the progress of their mission in Syria and to discuss whether to ask f...

North Korea to top agenda at Lee-Hu summit in China

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will this week ask China to use its influence to lean on North Korea to show restraint amid a deli...
Monday, January 2, 2012

More than 20 feared dead in Kenyan boat crash

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Kenyan police officers search for survivors after a passenger boat capsized off the Kenyan island of Lamu on January 2, 2012. At least seve...

Iran test-fires new missile as Strait of Hormuz posturing continues

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Iran test-fired a new Qader missile today, in the latest bout of martial posturing over the country's nuclear program and the security o...

Iran fires long-range missile during Gulf drill, IRNA reports

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An Iranian warship launches a missile in an unknown location in this still image taken from footage released by Islamic Republic of Iran Ne...

Psycho Stapleton: Extraordinary name given to court by man accused of shooting dead Indian student

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'I'm Psycho... Psycho Stapleton: Extraordinary name given to court by man accused of shooting dead Indian student * Kiaran Staplet...

Myanmar cuts prison terms but no political amnesty

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Laos’s Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (left) and Myanmar President Thein Sein pose before a gala dinner to mark the Fourth GMS Summit ...

Person of interest detained in LA arson fires

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Los Angeles police this morning detained and are questioning a "person of interest" in the spate of arson fires occurring around t...

Syrian rebels capture troops in north

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Demonstrators against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad gather in Derbasia near Hassaka on December 13, 2011. Security forces shot dead 17 ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Indonesia probes Bali tattoo HIV infection report

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A local artist tattoos the back of a foreigner (L) during a tattoo festival at Legian Kuta on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. An investi...