Musharraf exempted from appearance by court

ISLAMABAD: Pervez Musharraf was on Monday exempted from personal appearance by a Pakistani anti-terror court that is hearing a case against the embattled former dictator over the detention of judges in 2007.Musharraf's counsel Ilyas Siddiqui appeared...

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Afghanistan to free 37 prisoners soon

KABUL: Afghanistan said on Monday it expects to release within two weeks a first batch of alleged Taliban prisoners, who the US says are responsible for dozens of NATO and Afghan deaths.Kabul announced on January 9 that a total of 72 detainees held at...

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Syria talks: Deadlock over power transfer

GENEVA: Syrian peace talks in Geneva were deadlocked on Monday over the explosive issue of transferring power from President Bashar al-Assad's regime, delegates from the warring sides said.But both parties said they were not planning to walk away from...

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Musharraf will have to face law: Pak govt

LAHORE: Pervez Musharraf was in trouble because of his own actions and the former Pakistani military dictator will have to face the legal consequences, a senior minister said.Information minister Pervaiz Rashid said 70-year-old Musharraf was physically...

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Grenade attack kills 9 at Cambodia wedding

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia): Police say a hand grenade thrown at a wedding reception party in Cambodia has killed at least nine people and wounded 28.Chuo Sam An, deputy police chief of Kampong Thom province, said today that an unidentified man threw the grenade...

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PM-in-waiting? Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's unlikely firebrand

KIEV: Ukraine's Arseniy Yatsenyuk, an opposition leader who has been offered the post of government chief by President Viktor Yanukovych, is a pro-EU former foreign minister who has taken a hands-on role in the protests. The bespectacled 39-year-old...

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Bombings rock Cairo killing 5

CAIRO: Three bombings hit high-profile areas around Cairo on Friday, including a suicide car bomber who struck the city's police headquarters, killing five people in the first major attack on the Egyptian capital as insurgents step up a campaign of violence...

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Thai court rules that Feb 2 vote can be delayed

BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that a February 2 election opposed by anti-government protesters can legally be delayed. There was no immediate word on whether the vote would be postponed.The head of the Election Commission has...

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Assassination attempt on Afghanistan ex-minister

KABUL: An influential former Afghanistan warlord who served as water and energy minister in a previous administration narrowly escaped an assassination attempt today in the country's western Herat province, a police spokesman said.Ismail Khan, who is...

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No chance of 'Osama doctor's' release: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan foreign office on Thursday said there was no chance of the government releasing Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped the US track down former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, due to pressure from the US.A bill recently signed...

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Ukraine faces riots as deadline nears end

KIEV: Protesters in Ukraine's capital extinguished burning barricades shielding them from the police on Thursday, enforcing a tenuous peace as an ultimatum issued by the opposition to the president was set to expire with no sign of compromise.The fragile...

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UN envoy meets Syria foes to salvage peace talks

MONTREUX (Switzerland): A UN envoy was to meet delegations from Syria's government and its foes on Lake Geneva on Thursday, trying to salvage peace talks after an acrimonious start by focusing on local ceasefires and prisoner swaps rather than a political...

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Nine Ugandan soldiers killed in South Sudan

KAMPALA: Nine Ugandan soldiers have been killed and 12 others wounded during a month fighting in South Sudan, the army said on Tuesday, dismissing rebel claims to have killed scores.Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni confirmed last week that troops had...

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Ukraine going 'out of control', Russia says

KIEV: Russia on Tuesday warned the situation in Ukraine was spiralling out of control after a second night of violent clashes between pro-EU protesters and security forces in the centre of Kiev.The clashes raged in the centre of the Ukrainian capital...

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Syria photos 'prove mass torture'

LONDON: Former international prosecutors said Tuesday they have evidence from a defector proving that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has systematically killed and tortured around 11,000 people.A report by three top investigators commissioned...

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Snowden had Russian help: US lawmaker

LONDON: Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a Republican representative from Michigan, Mike Rogers, has reportedly claimed that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden had some Russian help in his mega revelations of the classified surveillance...

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Bomb blasts kill 26 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Seven bomb explosions killed 26 people and wounded 67 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, police and medics said, as security forces battled Sunni Muslim militants around the western cities of Falluja and Ramadi.The bloodiest attack occurred...

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Legendary Italian conductor Abbado dies at 80

ROME: Claudio Abbado, a star in the great generation of Italian conductors who was revered by musicians in the world's leading orchestras for developing a strong rapport with them while still allowing them their independence, died on Monday. He was 80.Abbado...

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China building second aircraft carrier: Report

BEIJING: China has started constructing the second of four planned aircraft carriers, a top government official said according to media reports on Saturday.The ship is under construction in the northeastern port of Dalian and will take six years to build,...

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Iranian diplomat killed in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen: Officials in Yemen said an Iranian diplomat has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Sanaa.Three security officials said the diplomat was leaving the Iranian ambassador's house in the city's southern Hadda neighbourhood when...

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IMF official killed in Kabul restaurant blast

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund's representative in Afghanistan was killed in the attack on a Kabul restaurant that left at least 21 dead, the IMF said.The Fund said its resident representative in Afghanistan, Lebanese national Wabel Abdallah,...

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Several layers found in Lanka mass grave: Experts

COLOMBO: A mass grave found in northeastern Sri Lanka, the scene of pitched battles between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009, is said to contain several layers of bodies, forensic experts have said.A team of forensic experts led by Judicial...

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France's Hollande visits 'first lady' in hospital

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande paid a first visit on Thursday to his partner Valerie Trierweiler since she was hospitalised in need of rest after reports he has a mistress, a source in his office said.The source declined to give further details...

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UN envoy reports child soldiers in South Sudan

JUBA: A top UN rights envoy in South Sudan said child soldiers are fighting in the more than month-long conflict, with mass killings reported to have taken place."The reports that we have come across involve mass killings, extrajudicial killings, widespread...

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Palestinians apologize for arms at Prague embassy

PRAGUE: The Czech foreign ministry says Palestinian authorities have apologized for illegal weapons that were discovered at the Palestinian embassy complex in Prague where a possibly booby-trapped safe killed the ambassador.In a statement on Tuesday,...

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Hunger, death in besieged Damascus area

BEIRUT: Children, the elderly and others displaced by Syria's civil war are starving to death in a besieged camp where women brave sniper fire to forage for food just minutes from the relative prosperity of Damascus.The dire conditions at the Yarmouk...

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Chinese shoe factory fire kills at least 16

BEIJING: A fire at a shoe factory in eastern China on Tuesday killed at least 16 people, state media reported.The blaze broke out at the Dadong factory in the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province, state broadcaster CCTV said. Firefighters put it out...

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Vote on charter defines Egypt's future

CAIRO: With a presidential run by Egypt's powerful military chief seeming more likely by the day, this week's constitution referendum, to be held amid a massive security force deployment, is widely seen as a vote of confidence in the regime he installed...

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Israel to bury former prime minister Ariel Sharon

JERUSALEM: Israel was on Monday set to bury former prime minister Ariel Sharon, celebrated as a military hero at home but loathed by Palestinians as a bloodthirsty criminal. Sharon will be laid to rest in a ceremony at his family's Sycamore Ranch in...

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Israel holds memorial ceremony for Ariel Sharon

JERUSALEM: Hundreds of Israeli VIPs and international dignitaries attended a state memorial ceremony for the late Ariel Sharon on Monday, remembering the controversial former prime minister as a fearless warrior and bold leader who devoted his life to...

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Pope names 19 new cardinals, focusing on the poor

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday named his first batch of cardinals, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, including Haiti and Burkino Faso, to reflect his attention to the poor.Francis made the announcement as he spoke from his studio...

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In Syria, at least 700 killed in 9 days: NGO

BEIRUT/PARIS: Fierce fighting between jihadists and rival rebel groups in Syria in the past nine days has killed at least 700 and led to the disappearance of hundreds more, an NGO said on Sunday.Since early January, opposition groups have been battling...

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Students fight security forces in Egypt

CAIRO: Hundreds of students supporting Egypt's ousted president are battling security forces at a main Cairo University — two days before a planned vote on a draft constitution.The clashes Sunday came as Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour urged voters...

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Fire destroys Tibetan town in China

BEIJING: A 10-hour inferno has razed an ancient Tibetan town in China's southwest Yunnan province that's popular with tourists.There is no immediate report of casualties, and the cause of the fire is unclear.The Deqen prefecture government said the fire...

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Ukraine ex-minister beaten in clashes

KIEV: Ukraine's ex-interior minister and current opposition leader Yuriy Lutsenko was under intensive care in hospital Saturday after being beaten in fresh clashes that erupted between pro-EU demonstrators and club-wielding police. Dozens of nationalist...

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Fire destroys ancient Tibetan town in China resort

BEIJING: A Tibetan town in southwest China's Shangri-la resort, famous for its ancient wooden structures and cultural relics, was today destroyed in a massive fire that gutted over 240 houses and forced the evacuation of 2,600 people.The fire broke out...

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Tunisia Islamist PM set to step down as unrest mounts

TUNIS: Tunisia's Islamist premier was expected to resign Thursday to make way for an interim government of independents under a plan to end months of political deadlock that has fuelled mounting social unrest. Just days before the third anniversary...

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