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Ousted Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed yesterday rejected a US call for compromise and dismissed proposals for a unity government to end political unrest in the Indian Ocean nation.
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Slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden urged his younger children to go live peacefully in the West and get a university education, his brother-in-law said in an interview published yesterday.
Print EditionThe US military's top general met Egypt's ruling field marshal on Saturday amid a row between the allies over impending trials of American pro-democracy activists.
Print EditionMalaysia yesterday deported a young Saudi journalist wanted in his home country over a Twitter post about the Prophet Mohammed, defying pleas from human rights group who said he faced execution.
Print EditionEighty-one people have so far died of swine flu in Mexico this year, while at least 3,522 have been infected with the virus, health officials said.
Print EditionA bomb hidden in a television set exploded in a house in northwest Pakistan early yesterday, killing at least seven people, in an attack police believe was part of a local feud.
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Print EditionIn east UP's badlands, known for mafia dons and low voting percentages, people again sprung a surprise, with 59% of the electorate casting their vote on Saturday, keeping up the tempo of the first phase which saw a record 62% polling.
Print EditionMyanmar's president pledged to seek "lasting peace" with armed rebels and issued a plea for the nation's support yesterday, as ethnic unrest continues to marr reforms.
Print EditionArab countries yesterday held a key meeting in Cairo in a renewed push to end Syria's bloody 11-month crackdown on dissent, as fighting escalated, even spilling over into Lebanon.
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Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has voiced his support for the Syrian uprising in a new video message released on jihadist Internet forums, US monitors said yesterday.
Print EditionPrime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, in an interview broadcast on Saturday, said corruption charges against Pakistan's president were "politically motivated" and that the president had immunity as head of state.
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Mitt Romney has gotten a sorely needed boost in the rocky race for the Republican presidential nomination, winning a non-binding contest in Maine and a straw poll among conservatives after a trio of unnerving losses.
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Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, in an interview broadcast on Saturday, said corruption charges against Pakistan's president were "politically motivated" and that the president had immunity as head of state.
Print EditionSaif al-Islam Gaddafi, son and one-time heir apparent of toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will be moved to a Tripoli prison within two months and then face trial, the chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) said yesterday.
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Rupert Murdoch will fly to London this week to meet journalists at The Sun after five senior staff at his flagship British tabloid were arrested over bribery allegations, sources said yesterday.
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