Experts: Circumstances Of Florida Family Slayings ‘Really Unusual’ »
The early-morning slaughter of four Florida siblings at the hands of what authorities say was their mother is an “almost unheard of” case, crime experts said Wednesday. Investigators are still trying to determine what happened...
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Five Killed In Bogota Bombing »
At least five people were killed after a bomb exploded in a crowded area of Bogota, in what Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, said was an attempt to assassinate the former interior minister....
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Mary Kennedy, Wife Of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dies »
Mary Kennedy, from whom Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed for divorce in 2010, is dead, an employee of the Westchester County, New York, medical examiner’s office said Wednesday. The employee, who declined to give his...
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Chen Guangcheng Makes Second Call To US Congress »
For the second time in less than two weeks, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has spoken by phone to a US congressional hearing and alleged persecution of his relatives. Mr Chen complained Tuesday that his elder...
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Rare Hamamy Syndrome Offers Genetic Insight Into What Causes Heart Disease And Blood Disorders »
It is extremely rare for a child to born with Hamamy syndrome, but the gene that causes it may hold the key to common health problems. Scientists have discovered that mutations in a single gene...
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Former Top FBI Agent Charged With Child Porn Distribution »
A former supervisory FBI agent has been arrested and jailed on child pornography charges. Donald Sachtleben was taken into custody and charged Monday after a nationwide undercover investigation of illegal child porn images traded over...
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Zimmerman Prosecutors Release Evidence List »
Prosecutors released a summary of evidence Tuesday in the case against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. The eight-page document released to the public...
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Wrong Man Was Executed In Texas, Probe Says »
He was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour: Carlos DeLunapaid the ultimate price and was executed in place of...
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Manhunt Under Way For Missing FBI Agent »
A search continued early Monday for a missing FBI agent from Burbank, California, whom authorities have described as suicidal and possibly carrying a handgun. “There is no evidence of foul play right now, but that...
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DUI Felon Pardoned By Mississippi Governor Facing New Charges »
One of the men controversially pardoned earlier this year by Mississippi’s outgoing governor could land back behind bars after being charged with driving drunk and causing an accident that killed an 18-year-old woman. A Pontotoc...
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US Cuts Multi-Billion Dollar Training Program For Iraq Police »
The US is believed to be drastically cutting back a multi-billion dollar training program for Iraqi police that was supposed to be central to its post-war civilian legacy in the country. Original plans for 350...
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49 Decapitated Bodies Found In Mexico »
Mexican authorities found at least 49 decapitated and dismembered bodies along a highway in a northern border state Sunday morning, officials said. The remains were left along the road in Nuevo Leon state, between the...
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Yahoo Confirms CEO Is Out After Resume Scandal »
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is out after it was found he padded his resume with an embellished college degree, ending his term at the company after just four months. Yahoo confirmed Thompson “has left the...
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Plaintiff’s Attorney Apologizes About Error In Sex Lawsuit Against John Travolta »
The attorney representing two men suing John Travolta for alleged groping apologized Friday to Travolta’s attorney for how one of the plaintiffs was wrong about the date of one alleged attack. That plaintiff, identified as...
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Muslim Americans On ‘No Fly’ List Take On US Government In Lawsuit »
A panel of federal judges grilled Justice Department lawyers on Friday over the U.S. government’s “no-fly” list, questioning whether those barred from commercial air travel for suspected terrorism ties are given any realistic avenue for...
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Retired LA Detective Sentenced To 27 Years To Life For 1986 Murder »
A California judge sentenced a retired Los Angeles Police detective Friday to 27 years to life in prison for murdering her ex-boyfriend’s wife in a jealous rage more than two decades ago. Stephanie Ilene Lazarus,...
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Texas Reporter Sacked For Being Part Time Stripper »
A newspaper reporter who was sacked after another publication reported that she worked part-time as a stripper has filed a complaint against her former employer, claiming sexual discrimination. Sarah Tressler, 30, was working as a...
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William Balfour Found Guilty Of Murdering Jennifer Hudson’s Family »
The former brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson has been convicted of murdering three members of her family. William Balfour, 31, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after shooting Hudson’s mother...
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Facebook Could Be Worth More Than $100 Billion As IPO Oversubscribed »
Facebook’s initial public offering is already oversubscribed, raising expectations that the social network will be worth more than $100 Billion when it places its shares next week. The company is seeking to raise $10.6 Billion...
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JP Morgan’s $2 Billion Loss Was An ‘Accident Waiting To Happen’ »
Senior executives at JP Morgan were given repeated warnings about the controversial unit responsible for a shock $2 Billion trading loss at the bank, it can be disclosed. Staff from the bank’s investment banking arm...
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John Travolta Lawyer Hits Out At ‘Ridiculous Claims’ As Third Man Comes Forward »
John Travolta’s lawyer has hit back at “ridiculous” new claims by a third man that the actor made sexual advances towards him, as a first accuser backtracked on the date of an alleged Beverly Hills...
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George Clooney Hosts Barack Obama At ‘Starmegeddon’ »
As he put the finishing touches to his dinner party preparations one could have forgiven George Clooney for being a little nervous. After all, it’s not every day the president pops by for a bite...
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No-Fly Glitch Has Toddler Removed From Plane, VIDEO »
JetBlue Airways is apologizing for a “computer glitch” it blames for a family being told their 18-month-old daughter was on a government no-fly list. The parents, who reportedly would not disclose their last names for...
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Obama To Bring In Millions From Fundraiser At George Clooney’s House »
Fresh from declaring his support for same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama heads west on Thursday for a political fundraising spree that will culminate in a multi-million dollar extravaganza at the home of movie star George...
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Pentagon Suspends Military Course Stipulating That ‘America’s Enemy Is Islam’ »
A course for U.S. military officers has been teaching that America’s enemy is Islam in general, not just terrorists, and suggested that the country might ultimately have to obliterate the Islamic holy cities of Mecca...
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Fed Clears China’s First US Bank Takeover »
The United States opened its banking market to China’s biggest bank ICBC, for the first time clearing a takeover of a US bank by a Chinese state-controlled company. Just days after high-level US-China economic talks in Beijing,...
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Light From Alien Super-Earth Seen For 1st Time »
Light from an alien “super-Earth” twice the size of our own Earth has been detected by a NASA space telescope for the first time in what astronomers are calling a historic achievement. NASA’s infrared Spitzer Space Telescope spotted light...
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Parents Of US Soldier Held Hostage By Taliban Break Their Silence »
The parents of an American soldier held captive by a Taliban faction for nearly three years have spoken of their frustration that Barack Obama has failed to contact them and talks to release him have...
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Viewing Child Pornography Online Not A Crime: New York Court Ruling »
In a controversial decision that is already sparking debate around the country, the New York Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that viewing child pornography online is not a crime. “The purposeful viewing of child pornography on...
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US Leaks On Al-Qaeda Plot Could Jeopardize CIA Work »
U.S. lawmakers raised questions Wednesday about leaks that revealed how the CIA disrupted an al-Qaeda plot through a spy who infiltrated the terror group, saying the release of the details could jeopardize sensitive intelligence work....
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Mystery Of F-22 Illnesses Grows »
Even as the Air Force searches for the reason pilots are getting sick flying the F-22, a new mystery about the troubled stealth fighter jet has come to light: Why are mechanics on the ground...
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Trial Ordered For 2 California Police Officers In Beating Death Of Homeless Man »
A California judge ordered Wednesday that two Fullerton police officers stand trial in the beating death last year of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with a mental illness. Officer Manuel Ramos is charged with second-degree...
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Warhol ‘Double Elvis’ Goes For $37 Million »
The Andy Warhol classic painting “Double Elvis (Ferus Type)” sold Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York for more than $37 million, the auction house said. With commission, the sale price of $33 million totaled $37,042,500,...
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Joran Van Der Sloot Challenges Extradition To US »
Joran van der Sloot told a judge and prosecutor Tuesday that he would prefer to finish serving a 28-year murder sentence in Peru rather than be extradited to the United States to face charges related...
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Al-Qaeda Underpants Bomber Was Working For CIA »
The al-Qaeda operative tasked with carrying a high-tech new “underpants” bomb onto a US-bound jet was in fact an agent working for the CIA and Arab intelligence agencies, it emerged last night. The agent penetrated...
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Second Masseuse Brings Sexual Assault Suit Against John Travolta »
A second male masseuse is reportedly suing John Travolta for sexual assault, claiming that the Hollywood star made an advance on him. No details or court documents were available for the second plaintiff, who reportedly...
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Harrods Owner Rejected By Co-Operative Board Of New York Building »
He is the owner of Harrods and developed one of the most luxurious apartment blocks in the UK, but it seems that the Prime Minister of Qatar’s money cannot buy a home in one of...
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Avengers Becomes Biggest Film Opening Of All Time »
Hollywood is celebrating after “The Avengers” achieved easily the biggest film opening of all time. The blockbuster is likely to be the first movie ever to make $200 million at the box office in a...
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US Hostage Tells Obama ‘My Life Is In Your Hands’ In Al-Qaeda Video »
In a video released by al-Qaeda, American hostage Warren Weinstein said he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group’s demands. “My life is in your hands, Mr President,” Mr Weinstein...
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Texas Rangers Investigating Killing Of Rare White Buffalo Calf »
The birth of the white buffalo in May last year was said to have been a one in several million occurrence, and it was named in a special ceremony attended by thousands of people. It...
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Abbott Laboratories To Pay $1.6 Billion Over Misbranding Drug »
Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.6 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday....
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US And International Intelligence Agencies Defeat Attempt To Blow Up US Bound Jetliner »
A U.S. official told CNN the plot was disrupted “well before it was ever a threat to the United States.” The official added that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was the group responsible for the...
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US Muslim Woman Wins $5 Million Verdict For Discrimination »
A Kansas City woman who converted from Christianity to Islam has been awarded $5 Million in punitive damages by a jury who found the telecommunications giant AT&T created a “hostile work environment” after her conversion,...
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US Hikers Jailed In Iran For Spying Set To Marry »
Two of the U.S. hikers imprisoned in Iran on spying charges after straying across the border in July 2009 are set to marry over the weekend, a lawyer and friend of the couple said Friday....
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US Honor Student Pleads Guilty In ‘Jihad Jane’ Plot To Kill Cartoonist Who Offended Muslims »
A Maryland honor student pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to help a Pennsylvania woman known as “Jihad Jane” plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended some Muslims. Mohammed Hassan Khalid, 18, is believed...
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Escort In Secret Service Scandal Says Her Life Is ‘Ruined By This’, VIDEO »
The woman at the center of the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal embraced her notoriety and spilled colorful details Friday about alcohol flowing like water and Secret Service agents dancing on a bar. Dania Londono...
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Conrad Black Released From Prison And Deported »
Conrad Black, the former owner of The Daily Telegraph, has been released from a Florida prison after serving three years for defrauding investors, and deported to Canada. Black, 67, whose empire once included the Chicago...
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Deal Over Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng Agreed Between US And China »
The blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng will be allowed to leave China with his family to study at an American university under a new deal agreed by China and the United States. Mr Chen,...
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Ikea Used Cuban Prisoners To Make Furniture »
Cuban prisoners made furniture for Swedish retail giant Ikea under a 1980′s deal to produce thousands of tables and sofas, according to government files. The deal was struck in 1987 when representatives of Ikea Trading...
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US Retailer Bans Amazon Kindle Sales In protest over window shoppers »
One of the biggest retailers in the US has taken a stand against consumers using stores as a ‘showroom’ before buying goods online by banning the sale of Amazon Kindle e-readers from its stores in...
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Cuban Actors Who Disappeared En Route To Film Festival Want To Defect »
Two Cuban actors who disappeared en route to a New York Film festival and later emerged in Miami have said that they wish to defect from their home country and will apply for asylum in...
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Election Results Show Syrians Support The Regime, Says Assad »
Legislative elections in Syria this month showed a majority support for the the regime and the government’s policy of reform, embattled Syrian President Bashar...
May 16 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »North Korea Upgrading Missile Launch Site »
North Korea has started work to upgrade its Musudan-ri missile launch site and potentially make the facility capable of firing an intercontinental ballistic missile....
May 16 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Top Lord’s Resistance Army Commander Captured »
Ugandan troops have captured the fourth most senior rebel commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Caesar Acellam, in the Central African Republic, the rebels...
May 16 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Iranian Kick-Boxer Hanged For ‘Being Israeli Spy’ »
An Iranian kick-boxer who confessed to being an Israeli spy has been hanged for the assassination of prominent physicist linked to the regime’s nuclear...
May 16 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Iraq “Torture Prison” Is Still Open Says Rights Group »
Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that Iraqi authorities were still running a jail they said had been shut over a year ago after...
May 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Rights Groups Slam New Calls For Female Circumcision In Southern Egypt »
A group of Egyptian medical and human rights organizations on Monday condemned reports on the mobile medical convoy for circumcision of girls in the...
May 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Syrian Death Toll Mounts As Assad Forces Pound Central Deraa Overnight »
Syrian forces shelled central Deraa on Tuesday night, killing at least eight people, including two children, Al Arabiya reported on Wednesday citing Syrian activists...
May 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »At Least 53 Killed In Anti-Qaeda Sweep Across South Yemen »
Yemen’s military on Tuesday ramped up its offensive against al-Qaeda in the country’s restive south, launching ground and air assaults that reportedly killed at...
May 15 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Palestinian Prisoners Agree To End Mass Hunger Strike In Israeli Jails »
Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike have agreed to a deal with Israel to end their fast in exchange for an easing of their conditions,...
May 14 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Egyptian Police Raid Iran TV Office In Cairo »
Egyptian police raided the Cairo office of Iranian television channel, Al-Alam, confiscating its equipment after it was found to be operating without license, a...
May 14 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Cave-Dwelling Palestinian Farmers Facing Eviction From Homes »
A unique way of life in the West Bank is under threat after Israel renewed a legal bid to evict more than 1,600 cave-dwelling...
May 13 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Syria: No Stop To Gunfire, Shelling As Violence Spills Into Lebanon »
Gunfire and mortar shells pierced the pre-dawn sky in cities around Syria early Monday, the latest in the months-long violence that has even begun...
May 13 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Yemen Launches Anti-Extremism Campaign In Schools »
Yemen has launched an anti-extremism awareness campaign in schools in the capital Sana’a to educate the youth about the violence that flared since the...
May 13 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Yemeni Military Kills 24 Suspected Al Qaeda Militants »
Government troops in southern Yemen on Sunday attacked al Qaeda hideouts, killing two dozen suspected militants in the latest push to clear the area...
May 13 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Funeral In Egypt Turns Into Celebration After Dead Man Awakes »
The funeral of a 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned into a celebration when he woke up after being declared dead. Hospital officials...
May 12 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Iran Curbs Foreign Sourced Email Providers »
Iran’s telecommunications ministry has barred local banks, insurance firms and telephone operators from using foreign-sourced emails to communicate with clients, a specialist weekly said...
May 12 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Four Coalition Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan: ISAF »
Four coalition soldiers were killed in three separate incidents in Afghanistan Saturday, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. Afghan sources said at least...
May 12 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »No Need For War To Destroy Israel Says Ahmadinejad »
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that war was not essential to achieve the “destruction” of Israel, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported. “The...
May 12 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Internet Allows Virtual Giza Tour In 3D »
Vicarious travellers and students of history can take a virtual stroll through the vast necropolis build by the ancient Egyptians in the Giza Plateau,...
May 11 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi ‘Gave Direct Orders For Libyan Opponents To Be Killed’ »
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi gave direct orders for opponents in the country’s east who had rebelled against the regime to be killed, taped telephone calls...
May 11 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Chen Guangcheng Claims Nephew Is Facing ‘Intentional Murder’ Charge »
The blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has claimed his nephew his facing a charge of “intentional murder” after attacking officials who broke into his...
May 11 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »US Resumes Arms Sales To Bahrain »
The US has partially resuming sales of military supplies Bahrain after having frozen the shipments last year after the Arab state cracked down on...
May 11 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Damascus Rush-Hour Bombings Kill 55, Wound 400, As Activists Call For Mass Protests »
Fifty-five were killed and nearly 400 others were wounded in two successive powerful explosions that shook the Syrian capital early on Thursday, Syria’s interior...
May 10 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Moussa And Abul Fotouh Face-To-Face In Egypt’s 1st Ever Presidential Debate »
Egypt held its first ever debate between presidential candidates on Thursday when two frontrunners for this month’s election dueled it out on television as...
May 10 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Arab Media Struggle To Adapt To New-Found Freedom Promoted By Social Networks »
Caught out by last year’s Arab Spring uprisings, the region’s media are still coming to terms with their new-found freedom from the strong-arm tactics...
May 10 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »The Salman Rushdie Of Music? Iran Calls For Killing Of ‘Apostate’ Rap Artist »
Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani, a Shi’ite cleric based in the holy Iranian city of Qom, has issued a death sentence against rap artist Shahin Najafi...
May 9 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »US ‘Pretends To Be Sorry’ Over Quran burning, Says Al-Qaeda Chief Zawahiri »
Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri rejected the U.S. apology over the burning of Quran copies at a base in Afghanistan, adding that the Americans “pretend...
May 9 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Egyptian Court Issues Surprise Ruling To Suspend Presidential Elections »
An Egyptian administrative court issued an unexpected ruling on Wednesday to suspend the presidential election due later this month, judicial officials announced. Courts in...
May 9 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Wreckage Found From Russian Plane Missing In Indonesia »
The wreckage of a Russian passenger airliner that went missing during a demonstration flight over Indonesia has been found in a mountainous area, a...
May 9 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »International Alert Issued For Fugitive Iraqi Vice President »
Interpol on Tuesday issued a “red notice” for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who is suspected of guiding and financing terrorist attacks in the...
May 9 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Libya Opens First Civil Trial Of Suspected Qaddafi Supporters »
Five defendants appeared in the dock in the Libyan city of Zawiyah on Tuesday in what court officials said was the first civil trial...
May 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »The ‘Traitor’ Grandfather Of North Korea’s Leader Kim Jung-un »
The grandfather of North Korea’s leader worked as a collaborator with Japanese soldiers who were hunting Kim Il-sung during the Second World War, according...
May 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Al Jazeera Reporter Expelled From China »
An Al-Jazeera reporter has been expelled from China, the first foreign journalist in 14 years to be deported, as Beijing deals with the fallout...
May 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Organized Gang Behind Internet Crime Boom, Over 1,000 Attacks In Israel Per Minute »
Interpol president Khoo Boon Hui said on Tuesday that organized international gangs are behind most internet scams and that cyber crime’s estimated cost is...
May 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Russian Parliament Confirms Medvedev As PM »
Russia’s lower house of parliament confirmed former president Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister on Tuesday, completing a job swap with Vladimir Putin. The approval...
May 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »China Says It Will Investigate Abuses Blind Activist Has Suffered »
Rights advocate Chen Guangcheng says the Chinese government has quietly promised him it will investigate abuses he and his family suffered at the hands...
May 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Al-Qaeda Kills 32 Yemeni Troops After Leader Eliminated In Air Raid »
Suspected al-Qaeda gunmen killed at least 32 soldiers in attacks on two army posts in southern Yemen on Monday, a day after a wanted...
May 7 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Israel’s Supreme Court Rejects Palestinian Hunger Strikers’ Appeals »
Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by two Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike for 69 days in protest at...
May 7 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Iraqi Court To Free Hezbollah Commander Accused Of US Killings »
An Iraqi court on Monday ruled that a Hezbollah commander accused of plotting the killing of five U.S. soldiers in January 2007 should be...
May 7 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Demand For Rhino Horns Surges Undoing Decades Of Conservation Efforts »
Decades of conservation efforts to save rhinos are coming undone, as surging demand for their horns in Asian traditional medicine has spawned a vast...
May 7 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Vladimir Putin’s Return To Presidency Preceded By Violent Protests In Moscow »
Protesters clashed with riot police in Moscow on Sunday in the most violent demonstration yet against Vladimir Putin‘s rule, on the eve of his return...
May 6 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Senior Al Qaeda Operative Killed By Airstrike In Yemen »
A senior operative of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula wanted for his role in the USS Cole bombing was killed by an airstrike...
May 6 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Bahrain Human Rights Activist Arrested As Crackdown Escalates »
A prominent human rights activist and critic of Bahrain’s ruling family has been arrested, the country’s interior ministry said on Sunday, as authorities escalated a...
May 6 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Two Palestinians On Hunger Strike Nearing Death, Lawyer Says »
The lawyer representing two Palestinian prisoners entering the 70th day of a hunger strike said his clients were nearing death and accused an Israeli...
May 6 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Morocco Says Breaks Up Terror Network Active In Several Cities »
Morocco said Saturday it had broken up a “terrorist network” active in several cities in the country and that had links to Al-Qaeda in...
May 5 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »US Drone Attack Kills 10 In Pakistan Militant Stronghold »
A U.S. drone attack targeting a militant compound killed at least 10 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal district along the Afghan border early...
May 5 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Egypt: Two Killed, Hundreds Injured And 170 Arrested In Cairo Clashes »
At least two people have been killed, one of whom was a soldier, in clashes between antimilitary protesters and soldiers in Cairo following skirmishes...
May 4 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Yulia Tymoshenko Agrees To Treatment In Ukraine Hospital »
Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s jailed and ailing ex-partner, has agreed to be treated in a local clinic in a move the government hopes could limit...
May 4 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Chen Guangcheng: I Want A Seat On Hillary Clinton’s Plane Out Of China »
The United States is under intense pressure to help the leading Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng flee China after he pleaded to be allowed to...
May 4 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »Japanese Rice Sales Dwindle For The First Time Amid Rising Demand For Western Foods »
For thousands of years, it has been a staple ingredient in Japan’s daily diet and a symbol of the nation’s connection to nature. But...
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