Thursday, 23 May 2013 - 13 Rajab 1434 H
World
US President Barack Obama said presidents must represent all of America, not just their own core voters, as he aimed to capitalize on Mitt Romney’s comment that 47 percent of his countrymen were tax-dodging “victims”.Obama took the high road but aimed a shot at his Republican opponent, who is still trying to regroup after the release of secret videos showing him disparaging Obama voters as government dependents who cannot take responsibility for their own lives.
The Pakistan government has declared Friday a national holiday in honor of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Top Chinese leaders are concerned that there is too much emphasis on China’s military build-up rather than economic or diplomatic efforts, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
President Benigno S. Aquino III saw significant improvement in his trust and approval ratings both at 78 percent.
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India’s ruling Congress party worked to shore up its governing coalition.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
An Agni-IV strategic missile is launched from Wheeler island off the coast of the eastern India state of Orissa, Monday.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
Russia on Wednesday said it had given USAID until October 1 to halt activities as it was meddling in domestic politics, a move that risks sparking a new diplomatic crisis with Washington.organizations.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
Hailemariam Desalegn, who was appointed Ethiopia’s acting prime minister on the death of long-time ruler Meles Zenawi last month, will be formally sworn into office on Friday, officials said.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
The eleventh edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention, the flagship event of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, will be held in Kochi, Kerala on Jan. 7-9 next year.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have granted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic 300 hours to present his defense case against charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
Afghanistan and Pakistan must settle their bitter differences in a drive.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
Anti-Japan protests in Beijing and elsewhere in China over a bitter territorial row died down on Wednesday as authorities appeared to be trying to lower the temperature in the dispute.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
The Philippines has deported 279 Taiwanese arrested in the country’s biggest crackdown on online fraud after one died and many others fell ill in crowded detention facilities.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
Hundreds of thousands of Chicago public school students are returning to class after teachers ended a seven-day strike, their first walkout in 25 years.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
South African police fired rubber bullets at a crowd gathered near a platinum mine Wednesday, just a day after miners at another facility called off a wildcat strike that led to dozens of deaths.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
A big fire erupted at a natural gas pipeline distribution center near Mexico’s border with the United States on Tuesday, killing 26 maintenance workers and forcing evacuations of people in nearby ranches and homes.
Thursday, 20 - September 2012
British authorities have arrested a police officer and two journalists as part of the investigation into phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.
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