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Israeli leaders make secret journey to Jordan
JERUSALEM: Israeli leaders made a secret journey to neighbouring Jordan earlier this week, listening to pleas from King Abdullah II to avert a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli .....more |
Medvedev’s Venezuela, Cuba trips set to rile US
MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visits to Venezuela and Cuba during a week-long trip to Latin America look set to irk Washington, highlighting a foreign policy challenge facing President-e .....more | |
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Costa Rica arrests 6 for medicine shipments to US
SAN JOSE (Costa Rica): A Costa Rican official says two Americans and four others have been arrested for allegedly sending restricted pharmaceutical drugs to the United States. Security Minister Jan .....more |
Russia will come out stronger from crisis; Putin
MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised on Thursday the country would emerge stronger from a world economic crisis he said had been triggered by U.S. recklessness. Putin said the glo .....more | |
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Iraq parliament engulfed in protests over US pact
BAGHDAD: As opposition lawmakers shouted and pounded their desks in protest, Iraq's parliament on Thursday resumed deliberating a proposed security agreement with the United States that would allow Am .....more |
South Africa to withhold Zimbabwe aid over deadlock
HARARE: South Africa said on Thursday it will withhold aid for Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place, in what appeared to be the first punitive measure by a regional country to enforc .....more | |
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AU chief warns against rise in Somali piracy
NAIROBI (Kenya): The African Union urged the United Nations on Thursday to quickly send peacekeepers to Somalia, as piracy off the east African nation's sprawling coast spiralled out of control. An .....more |
Rebels fighting pro-government militia in DR Congo
KIWANJA (DR Congo): Fighting broke out on Thursday between Laurent Nkunda's rebel force and pro-government militia in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, several sources reported. The fresh c .....more | |
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Deadly floods hit Australian city
BRISBANE: Flash floods killed a woman and forced evacuations as torrential rain drenched Australia's battered city of Brisbane on Thursday just days after it was hit by a violent storm, officials said .....more |
France charges Rwanda aide amid Kigali protests
PARIS: French judicial officials charged a longtime comrade-in-arms of Rwanda's president over an assassination in the run-up to the 1994 genocide, as anti-European protests unfolded in Kigali. Ger .....more | |
