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  • Ex-French pres Chirac faces corruption accusations

    Former French President Jacques Chirac and former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin received an estimated USD 20 million in illegal cash from West African leaders, a lawyer who claimed to be the go-between said today. Lawyer Robert Bourgi said he handed over suitcases filled with cash between 1995 and 2005, including USD 10 million from […]

    Gaddafi’s son Al-Saadi fleas to Niger

    A convoy carrying ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s son al-Saadi has crossed into neighboring Niger, a spokesman for Niger’s government said. The fugitive dictator’s 37-year-old son is one of the highest-profile former regime figures to flee to the landlocked African nation. Al-Saadi entered Niger in a convoy with nine other people, Niger Justice Minister Amadou […]

    PPP in secret talks with Musharraf to corner PML-N: report

    Pakistan’s ruling PPP has begun secret negotiations with Pervez Musharraf’s party to isolate its rival PML-N and to facilitate the former military ruler’s possible return to the country, a media report said today. The PPP and Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League have set up a “covert communication channel” to coordinate their political activities, ostensibly directed […]

    Retired general leads in Guatemala election

    A former military general known for his “iron fist” campaign to stop Guatemala’s epidemic crime rates leads the field of 10 candidates in Sunday’s Presidential election. Voters disappointed in outgoing President Alvaro Colom’s failure to reduce crime have indicated that Otto Perez Molina may be the best person to lead the charge in a nation […]

    New Libya govt within 10 days: NTC official

    A new transitional government will be formed in Libya within 10 days, the deputy chief of the National Transitional Council told reporters. “A new government will be formed within one week to ten days,” said Mahmud Jibril on Sunday, who serves as the “prime minister” of the NTC, the political wing of the rebellion that […]

    Afghan suicide attack wounds 50 US soldiers

    A suicide bomber driving a truck attacked an advance NATO combat post in central Afghanistan, wounding 89 people including 50 American soldiers, the United States Army said on Sunday. The Taliban claimed responsibility on their Internet site for Saturday’s attack, news of which came as the world marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks […]

    9/11 remembered in worldwide ceremonies

    Commemorations marking the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are under way in the Pacific as officials and families of the lost gathered in solidarity. Players from the American Eagles rugby team joined hundreds of others Sunday morning at a memorial service in the town of New Plymouth, New Zealand. The team is […]

    Obama urges service, unity on 9/11 anniversary

    Summoning America to unity and service, U.S. President Barack Obama paid tribute to its resilience and the sacrifice of its war dead as the country prepared to mark 10 long years since the horrors of 9/11. A day before the anniversary commemorations, the President made a pilgrimage on Saturday to Arlington National Cemetery, strolling with […]

    Odisha fears flood situation to worsen in next two days

    With 13.5 lakh cusec water flowing through Mundali near Cuttack the flood situation in at least 19 districts of Odisha, including the thickly populated Mahanadi delta, is feared to worsen in the next two days even as the death toll increased to eight on Saturday. “The peak flood may be around 13.5 lakh cusec against […]

    163 dead in Zanzibar ferry capsize, 100 missing

    At least 163 people died when a ferry capsized off the popular tourist archipelago of Zanzibar, but over 100 people are still missing, a minister said on Saturday. “We have recovered 163 people who have died and we have rescued 325 survivors,” said Mohammed Aboud, Zanzibar’s state minister for emergencies, dramatically updating an earlier death […]