World
‘Turning point’ as fighting rages in Syrian capital
Syria’s military Monday deployed armored vehicles near central Damascus as troops battled rebels around the capital in what activists said could be a turning point in the 16-month uprising.
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A group of Palestinians from Gaza spent half an hour Monday visiting relatives held in Israeli prisons for the first time in five years.
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The Islamic Cultural Center (ICC) launched the Olympic Ramadan Iftar 2012 project at the Regents Park here, Sunday.
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Tunisia’s ruling Islamist Ennahda party stressed its “centrist” and “moderate” position, in a resolution adopted late Sunday, the fourth day of its first congress at home in 24 years.
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The struggle for Egypt’s future reaches a critical juncture Tuesday when a court could dissolve a body tasked with writing the new constitution, a step that would open a new front in the power struggle between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military.
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People hold placards to protest against nuclear power plants in Tokyo, Monday.
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The head of US forces in the Pacific reaffirmed American commitment to support the Philippines Monday, amid the country’s continuing territorial dispute with China.
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The UN’s drugs and crime office launched a new media awareness campaign Monday to highlight the threat posed by the multi-billion dollar operations run by organized crime groups worldwide.
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Japan’s ambassador to China returned to Beijing Monday after Tokyo summoned him over the weekend to discuss the escalating tension over a group of islands that both countries claim.
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A total of 326 “stranded” Nigerians, including about a dozen children, were brought back home from Libya this weekend, an official statement said Sunday.
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Egypt’s new president holds the key to blockaded Gaza, but he is signaling that he won’t rush to help the territory’s Hamas rulers by striking a border deal with them, even though they are fellow members of the region’s Muslim Brotherhood.
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The president of Libya’s Olympic Committee Nabil Al-Alam was kidnapped by gunmen in the centre of Tripoli and taken to a secret location, a committee official said Monday.
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South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected Sunday to become the first female head of the African Union (AU) Commission, ending a bruising leadership battle that had threatened to divide and weaken the organization.
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North Korea’s army chief has been removed from all his posts due to illness, state media announced Monday, which analysts said showed new leader Kim Jong-un tightening his control over the powerful military.
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Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic is back in court for his genocide trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal after recovering from a health scare that saw him rushed to hospital last week.
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Mitt Romney, stung by President Barack Obama’s persistent attacks on the Republican challenger’s record as a businessman, said Monday the president should be talking about his own record in the White House instead.
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Egyptian Bedouin tribesmen Monday released two US tourists and their guide who had been held in captivity for three days in the Sinai Peninsula.
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A court in the Maldives will hear how former president Mohamed Nasheed came to order the arrest of a judge, whose detention sparked protests that forced Nasheed to quit in February.
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A maritime watchdog says sea piracy worldwide fell by 54 percent in the first half of 2012, led by a drop in Somali piracy.
