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  • Taliban militants infiltrate in Pak, kill soldier

    Taliban militants from Afghanistan launched yet another cross-border raid into Pakistan, attacking a check post and killing a Pakistani soldier on Monday, while four children were injured by rockets that tribesmen said were fired from Afghan territory. Reports said that over 100 Afghan Taliban attacked a paramilitary check post in Kitkot area of Bajaur tribal […]

    Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched through cities in Moroccao

    In Moroccao, thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched through cities on Sunday to protest constitutional changes they say fail to ease King Mohammed VI’s autocratic grip on power. At least 1,000 people marched in the capital, Rabat. Thousands more rallied in Morocco’s main economic hub, Casablanca, where pro-government supporters clashed with demonstrators. There were also pro-democracy […]

    Chavez cancer risk not life threatening: Vice Prez

    Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua has said ailing President Hugo Chavez was not in danger of losing his life after surgery to remove a cancerous tumour, and hopes to recover in time for next year’s presidential election. The tumour has “never been life threatening,” Jaua insisted to the El Universal newspaper, in a bid to […]

    Opposition Wins Thailand Election, gets first female PM

    Yingluck Shinawatra, the youngest sister of outlawed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is now set to become Thailand’s first female prime minister. “I want to insist that Puea Thai is insisting on implementing the policy that we have mentioned to people during our campaign. As we mentioned to the people, we will do our best […]

    Kaleda Zia’s son charged over grenade attack

    Tarique Rahman, the son of ex-Bangladeshi premier Kaleda Zia, and 29 others were charged on Sunday over a deadly grenade attack in 2004 on a rally of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that killed 24 people and injured some 300 others. Rahman, 46, has been charged for abetting the attack that also injured Hasina. “We have […]

    Thakshin allied opposition set to return to power in Thailand

    Thailand’s opposition allied to ousted former premier Thakshin Shinawatra was set to make a spectacular comeback in the national elections on Sunday, scoring an overwhelming victory against Abhisit Vejjavya’s Democrats, exit polls showed. The Pheu Thai Party led by Thakshin’s younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra was tipped to win almost 300 of the 500 seats, an […]

    Libya rebels poised for push towards Tripoli

    Buoyed by French arms drops and intensified NATO air strikes on the regime’s frontline armour, Libya’s rebel army said it is poised for an offensive that could put it within striking distance of Tripoli. The rebels’ announcement late yesterday came as a prolonged deadlock on the battlefield prompted mounting pressure from countries outside the NATO-led […]

    11 dead in Mexico after Tropical Storm

    At least 11 people were confirmed dead in Mexico after Tropical Storm Arlene drenched much of the country with heavy rains and left hundreds of thousands homeless, officials has said. The first named storm of the Atlantic season barreled ashore along Mexico’s Gulf coast on Thursday, dumping several centimetres (inches) of rain in areas still […]

    Thai election rivals in final push for votes

    Thailand’s rival political camps launched a last-minute appeal for votes on Saturday on the eve of a hard-fought election seen as crucial to the future of the kingdom after years of often bloody unrest. About 170,000 police are to be deployed to protect polling stations for the tense vote, which comes little more than a […]

    Gaddafi threatens Europe if NATO presses air war

    Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has threatened retaliation against Europe unless NATO ceases its operations, warning loyalist forces can launch stinging attacks like “locusts and bees.” “The Libyan people are capable, one day, of taking the battle to Europe and the Mediterranean,” Gaddafi said yesterday in a speech broadcast by loudspeaker to thousands of loyalists gathered […]