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  • Annan says he will return to Damascus soon: diplomat

    Wed, May 9 2012 00:15

    UN and African Union envoy Kofi Annan Tuesday told the UN Security Council he intends to return to Damascus in the coming days, British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said..

  • Civilian death threaten US pact: Afghan president

    Wed, May 9 2012 00:02

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai summoned the NATO commander and the US ambassador on Monday to warn that civilian casualties in military operations threatened a strategic pact he has signed with the US..

  • Suu Kyi given Myanmar passport

    Tue, May 8 2012 22:38

    Myanmar has issued opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with a passport, her party said Tuesday, as the former political prisoner prepares to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years..

  • Al-Qaeda bomb plot targeted US-bound jet: officials

    Tue, May 8 2012 08:55

    Al-Qaeda`s branch in Yemen had intended to blow up a US-bound airliner in a plot thwarted by American authorities, US officials said Monday..

  • Iran hopes new French president reconsiders past policies: spokesman

    Tue, May 8 2012 07:53

    Iran`s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast expressed hope that the new French President- elect Francois Hollande would "revise the wrong policies of his country in the past," official IRNA news agency reported on Monday..

  • Clinton meets with Indian pm

    Tue, May 8 2012 07:44

    U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual concern, said local media reports..

  • Attacks kill four in Iraq

    Tue, May 8 2012 03:58

    Four people were killed and 15 others were wounded, including security forces in five separate attacks across Iraq on Monday, security and medical officials said..

  • Four children killed in Darfur blast: AU-UN

    Tue, May 8 2012 03:48

    Four children were killed and one was wounded when leftover munitions exploded in Sudan`s Darfur region, the African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) told AFP on Monday..

  • Three coalition troops killed in Afghanistan: ISAF

    Tue, May 8 2012 01:35

    Three soldiers serving with international coalition forces in Afghanistan were killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the military said..

  • At least 32 Yemeni troops killed in militant attack

    Tue, May 8 2012 01:33

    Islamist gunmen killed at least 32 soldiers on Monday when they stormed a military position in southern Yemen where militants control broad swathes of territory, a military official said..

National
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Business
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Sports
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Entertainment
ASEAN Jazz Festival expected to attract 500 tourists

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Science/Tech
Indonesia needs electric cars to help solve energy problem

Indonesia needs electric cars to help solve energy problemResearch and Technology Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has said the country needs electric cars to help solve the ...