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  • New Tunisian govt likely today

    The composition of a new Tunisian government will be announced Monday and will not include any parties close to disgraced former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, an opposition leader said. “The composition of the new government will be announced tomorrow morning,” Maya Jribi, secretary general of the opposition Progressive Democratic Party, told AFP after […]

    ASEAN urges western nations to lift sanctions against Myanmar

    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have urged Western nations to lift sanctions against Myanmar after its ruling military released opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told newsmen at a retreat for the regional bloc’s foreign ministers on the island of Lombok that ASEAN countries have the same views […]

    Australia: Flood crisis shifts to South swamped by record deluge

    In Australia, flood crisis now shifted to the country’s far south today with more than 1,400 homes swamped by a record deluge. Dozens of towns braced for unprecedented river levels in Victoria state, where emergency officials said more than 3,500 people have fled. Homes were swamped to waist height as waters swept through the southeast, […]

    Tense calm returns to Tunisia after revolt

    A tense calm returned to Tunisia Sunday as talks on a new government got under way after the overthrow of strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the Arab world’s first popular revolt in recent history. Some cafes re-opened in the centre of the capital Tunis — the scene of violent clashes in the days […]

    Yemen: Students call for Arabs to rise up

    About 1,000 students marched through the streets of the Yemeni capital Sunday urging Arabs to rise up against their leaders in the wake of Tunisian strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s ouster. The students headed from Sanaa University’s campus to the Tunisian embassy flanked by human rights activists. They called for Arab peoples to wage […]

    US drones shot down outside Iran airspace: army

    Iran shot down two US navy drones outside its airspace in the Gulf, the news agency quoting a top military commander as saying today. The head of Guards’ air force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said on 2nd January that his forces had shot down two drones after they “violated” Iranian territory. Today, General Gholam Ali Rashid, […]

    Pak to impose partial curfew in Karachi

    A partial curfew will be imposed in parts of Pakistan’s financial hub of Karachi to facilitate operations aimed at ending a surge in ethnic and political violence that has claimed nearly 30 lives, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Sunday. Malik said a “semi-curfew” would be imposed in parts of Karachi to facilitate operations against those […]

    US, China must limit competition to prevent conflict: Kissinger

    Ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington this week, former American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said US and China “must find” ways to limit their global competition to prevent it from spiraling into a conflict. “If our two countries cooperate we can contribute to solving the problems of the world. But […]

    Brazil declares national mourning for flood victims

    Brazil has declared three days of national mourning for at least 610 people killed near Rio de Janeiro this week in the country’s worst flood disaster on record. Emergency workers in the disaster zone, in the Serrana region just north of Rio, were overwhelmed by the body count, with refrigerator trucks brought in to store […]

    Sheikh Hasina leaves for Abu Dhabi to attend WFES 2011

    Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left for Abu Dhabi this morning from Dhaka on a four-day visit to the United Arab Emirates to attend the 4th World Future Energy Summit 2011 (WFES 2011). The summit which is scheduled to begin tomorrow is focussed on the theme- Enabling Future Energy Solutions and will provide a platform […]