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Chavez back in Venezuela, on Twitter with four million followers
February 19, 2013
Chavez back in Venezuela, on Twitter with four million followers
CARACAS — After Hugo Chavez spent two months out of the public eye for cancer surgery in Cuba, the Venezuelan…
Turkey crackdown on Marxist group after US embassy attack
February 19, 2013
Turkey crackdown on Marxist group after US embassy attack
Turkish police launched a massive nationwide crackdown Tuesday against a radical Marxist group which claimed a suicide bomb attack against…
Iran scolds world powers over gold sanctions ‘offer’
February 18, 2013
Iran scolds world powers over gold sanctions ‘offer’
Iran criticized on Monday a reported plan by major powers to demand the closure of a uranium enrichment plant in…
Time to refer Syrian war crimes to international court, UN inquiry says
February 18, 2013
Time to refer Syrian war crimes to international court, UN inquiry says
United Nations investigators said on Monday that Syrian leaders they had identified as suspected war criminals should face the International…
Commander: NATO to help implement Karzai airstrike decree
February 17, 2013
Commander: NATO to help implement Karzai airstrike decree
NATO will work with the country's defense leadership to implement a ban by President Hamid Karzai on Afghan forces using…
Israel’s Lieberman goes on trial for corruption
February 17, 2013
Israel’s Lieberman goes on trial for corruption
The trial of Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's former top diplomat, who is facing charges of fraud and breach of trust, was…
Remembering the day Qadhafi died
February 17, 2013
Remembering the day Qadhafi died
Following months of fighting, Libyan rebels on 20 October 2011 found and killed the country’s longtime leader, Muammar Qadhafi. As…
UN adviser shares thoughts on Libya’s post-war stability
February 17, 2013
UN adviser shares thoughts on Libya’s post-war stability
Unlike in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, it took a civil war to ultimately bring leadership change in Libya. In the…
Blasts hit Baghdad Shia districts, killing 20
February 17, 2013
Blasts hit Baghdad Shia districts, killing 20
A series of car bombs exploded in mainly Shia neighbourhoods across the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least…
Libya marks two year anniversary of uprising
February 17, 2013
Libya marks two year anniversary of uprising
Security forces were on high alert across Libya on Sunday as the North African nation marks two years since the…