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Somali lawmaker shot dead, second in 24 hours

Insurgents assassinated a Somali lawmaker Tuesday, police and witnesses said, the second such killing in 24 hours and ...

Tunisian president`s party quits government

The Tunisian Congress for the Republic (CPR) party decided to withdraw from the Islamist Ennahdha-led coalition in ...

Former Tajik prime minister arrested in Kiev

Ukrainian authorities this week detained a former Tajik politician, who has long been living in the United States, ...

East Timor votes in test for young nation

East Timor voted Saturday in the country`s second presidential election as a free nation, seen as a key test for a ...

Gunmen wound top Shiite cleric`s aide

Gunmen wounded a representative of Iraq`s top Shiite cleric as he was returning home from prayer in al-Qassim, south ...

Pakistan angered by Afghan allegations on Rabbani

Pakistan urged Afghanistan on Thursday to act responsibly after Kabul accused Islamabad of masterminding the killing ...

Plot to kill afghan president foiled - agency

Afghanistan`s intelligence agency said on Wednesday it had thwarted a plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai after ...

Afghan peace council head killed in Kabul

Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani and head of the council tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to ...

Indian Journalists shot dead in Mumbai

A senior journalist was shot dead by four unidentified persons in suburban Powai in Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra ...

Saleh attack was bomb, "inside job": US experts

The attack that injured Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was an assassination bid, likely an "inside job," using an ...

Kadhafi wife slams NATO strike she says killed her son

Moamer Kadhafi`s wife, Sofia, on Friday slammed the airstrikes that killed her son and accused NATO forces of ...

Afghan governor survives assassination attempt

The governor of a restive province in north-eastern Afghanistan said he survived a "fierce" attack Thursday on the ...

President to seek "justice" over A`lian media reports

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would exert all his rights "to be treated justly" following two Australian ...

New US envoy seeks better ties with Syria

The new US ambassador to Damascus, Robert Ford, presented his credentials to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on ...

Ahmadinejad Advises West Not To Interfere In Lebanon, Tunisia

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the intervention by foreigners only makes issues in Lebanon and Tunisia ...