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  • Chinese prez warns party of growing pains
    Communist party members applause as Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, walks to deliver a speech during at a celebration of the Communist Party’s 90th anniversary at the Great Hall of the People in Beijin
  • Syria running out of time to reform: Clinton
    Protesters take part in a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo on Thursday, June 30. (Reuters Photo) VILNIUS, July 1 (Reuters): Syria is running out of time to reform and will f
  • ‘Far more spent on pets than human rights’
    GENEVA, July 1 (Reuters): Europeans spend 250 times more on their pets than the world devotes to the international protection and promotion of human rights, U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said on Thursday. In a
  • Thaksin looms large as Thai parties make final campaign push
    BANGKOK, July 1 (Reuters): Rain-soaked rallies in Bangkok on Friday marked a final push by candidates ahead of a national election aimed at ending a sometimes violent six-year political crisis but which many fe
  • Case against former IMF boss collapsing on doubts
    NEW YORK, July 1 (PTI): The case of sexual assault against former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears to be collapsing on questions over the credibility of the accusing housemaid, whose version prosecutors
  • Hugo Chavez fighting cancer after surgery
    CARACAS, July 1 (AP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed Thursday night that he is fighting cancer after having a tumor removed in Cuba, but assured his countrymen that he is doing well as he sought to c
  • ‘South China Sea disputes could lead to Asian war’
    CANBERRA, June 28 (Reuters): Risks are growing that incidents at sea involving China could lead to war in Asia, potentially drawing in the United States and other powers, an Australian think tank warned on Tues
  • ‘North Korea soldiers malnourished’
    Pyongyang, June 28 (AFP):  North Korea is struggling to feed its army, according to new footage obtained from within the secretive state which shows a soldier complaining that his unit is weak from a lack
  • Protesters clash with riot police in Athens strike
    ATHENS, June 28 (AP): Riot police fired tear gas at youths hurling rocks and petrol bombs near the Greek finance ministry Tuesday, trying to quell the anger unleashed during mass protests and a general strike a
  • Border shelling overshadows U.S.-Pakistan-Afghanistan talks
    Soldiers patrol near the site of clashes between militants and security forces in Upper Dir, along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. (Reuters Photo/File) ISLAMABAD/KABUL, June 27 (Reuters): Fightin
  • Spectacular new species discovered
    MANILA, June 27 (AFP): A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF s
  • Warcrimes court issues Gaddafi arrest warrant
    THE HAGUE, June 27 (AFP): War crimes court judges on Monday issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and two of his closest allies for crimes against humanity committed against opponents of his
  • China tests Beijing-Shanghai bullet train
    BEIJING, June 27 (AP): Builders of China’s fast-growing bullet train network conducted a test run of its showcase Beijing-to-Shanghai line on Monday amid controversy over the prestige project’s high
  • Pak to set up databank on terrorists
    ISLAMABAD, June 27 (PTI): Pakistan's civilian and military law enforcement agencies engaged in counter-terrorism efforts have decided to create a consolidated databank on terrorists, according to a media report
  • Cambodian court opens landmark K. Rouge trial
    PHNOM PENH, June 27 (AFP): Four top Khmer Rouge leaders went on trial at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court on Monday for genocide and other atrocities during the hardline communist regime's reign of terror
  • Sri Lankan woman faces ‘death by beheading’ in Saudi Arabia
    Riyadh, June 27 (Agencies): A woman in Saudi Arabia is poised to be executed by beheading in front of a crowd of people for allegedly killing a baby in her care.The young maid, Rizana Nafeek, was arrested in Ma
  • ‘Pakistan not living up to Jinnah’s ideals’
    London, June 24 (Agencies): Sayeeda Warsi, the only Asian member in the Prime Minister David Cameron government, has criticised Pakistan for not living up to the ideals of its founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah and fo
  • Syrian refugees seek shelter from army crackdown
    Newly arrived Syrian refugees walk to their tents in the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in Hatay province on Thursday, June 23. (Reuters Photo) GUVECCI, Turkey, June 24 (Reuters): More than 1,500 Syrian r
  • Osama wanted new name for Al Qaeda to repair image
    Washington, June 24 (AP):  As Osama bin Laden watched his terrorist organization get picked apart, he lamented in his final writings that Al Qaeda was suffering from a marketing problem. His group was kill
  • Explosions rock Myanmar’s capital
    YANGON, June 24 (Reuters): Three explosions rocked Myanmar's capital, Naypyitaw, and two other towns within minutes of each other on Friday, residents said, adding several people were wounded but there were no