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Obama does not love America: Giuliani

Obama does not love America: Giuliani

WASHINGTON: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has sparked off a political firestorm in the US with his remarks that President Barack Obama does not love America, a comment termed as “horrible” by the White House. “I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but... read more »

Venezuela arrests opposition mayor accus...

Venezuela arrests opposition mayor accused of coup plot

Venezuela arrested opposition leader and Caracas metropolitan mayor Antonio Ledezma on Thursday in a move the government said was needed to halt a U.S.-backed coup plot but foes decried as tyranny. Intelligence agents took the 59-year-old veteran politician from his office in the banking district... read more »

Tropical Cyclone Marcia: Central Queensl...

Tropical Cyclone Marcia: Central Queensland towns devastated as storm track...

Cyclone Marcia is leaving a trail of destruction along central Queensland as it slowly tracks south over land. A category five system made landfall north of Yeppoon about 8:00am and hit Rockhampton this afternoon as a category three, lashing the town of 80,000 people with gusts up to 205 kilometres... read more »

Democracy can help counter extremism, Ob...

Democracy can help counter extremism, Obama tells summit

President Barack Obama has ended a three-day summit on tackling violent extremism, by rejecting as “an ugly lie” the notion that the West is at war with Islam. He also warned nations that failing to promote freedoms and address grievances only serves the interests of extremists. “When dissent... read more »

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China announces setting up of National Security Council under Pre...

Washington – China has announced that it is setting up a National Security Council under President Xi Jinping with a wider focus, including domestic affairs. Ministry of Foreign Affairs... read more »

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tamil issue: President Rajapaksa

Manmohan Singh’s letter to me does not address Tam...

Colombo – President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s letter to him  has not addressed... read more »

Rare `Asian unicorn` spotted after 15yrs in Vietnam

Rare `Asian unicorn` spotted after 15yrs in Vietnam

Wellington – One of the earth’s rarest and most threatened mammals, Saola, a long-horned ox, dubbed Asian unicorn, was caught on camera in central... read more »

Ttyphoon “Haiyan” in Philippines: Death tol...

UN urges aid for typhoon-hit farmers in Philippines

MANILA –  The death toll from the ravage of typhoon “Haiyan” (local name Yolanda) rose to 2,357, government agency announced Thursday... read more »

Myanmar to re-issue bank notes with national hero’...

Myanmar to re-issue bank notes with national hero's image

Yangon – The Central Bank of Myanmar will re-issue bank notes bearing the image of the country’s late national hero — General Aung San, who... read more »

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Two arrested in Hong Kong cash grab after millions in banknotes spill from security van

Hong Kong – Two people were arrested Thursday evening after police said they snatched some of the nearly 15.23 million Hong Kong dollars that spilled from a money transport van onto a... read more »

Sony says online PlayStation disrupted

TOKYO: Sony’s online PlayStation store and Microsoft’s Xbox site suffered disruptions to users on Christmas Day in the latest possible cyber-attacks on the companies. The... read more »

Tsunami anniversary: Rebuilding lives in Aceh

At first glance, Rina looks like any other 14-year-old Indonesian girl. Shy and cherubic, she’s yet to lose the child-like innocence that comes with the territory of teen-hood. We... read more »

Ex-minister sentenced to death in Bangladesh

Syed Mohammad Qaisar, 73, was found guilty of 14 out of 16 charges including genocide, rape, extortion, arson and torture committed during the 1971 war, prosecutors said. Pakistani-backed... read more »

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe close to deal on controversial US base on Okinawa

Japan parliament reelects Shinzo Abe as prime minister

Japan’s parliament reelected Shinzo Abe on Wednesday to serve another term as prime minister after his party won a snap election earlier this month. Abe won 328 votes out of the 470 cast by... read more »