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Marilyn Monroe hoped to marry JFK

Marilyn Monroe, who notoriously had an affair with John F. Kennedy, apparently believed she was going to marry the ...

Cameron to release three "Avatar" sequels

Canadian director James Cameron is making three sequels to his film "Avatar", which will be released between 2016 and ...

Founder of `Russian Faceboook` offers Snowden a job

The founder of Russia`s most popular social network VKontakte on Thursday offered a job to Edward Snowden, after the ...

Philippines says US spy planes monitoring China at sea

The Philippines said Wednesday that US spy planes were providing crucial intelligence on Chinese military activities ...

Pakistan elects Mamnoon Hussain president: State tv

Pakistan on Tuesday elected businessman Mamnoon Hussain as its 12th president, state TV said, to replace deeply ...

15 Cairo street vendors killed in fight

At least 15 people were killed on Monday night (July 29) in a brawl between Cairo street vendors and a shopkeeper, ...

Bombings kill at least 54 in Iraq

Attacks including car bombs mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Iraq killed at least 54 people on Monday, ...

Ban warns Egytian leaders over demonstration deaths

UN leader Ban Ki-moon warned Egypt`s interim leadership on Sunday that every death in demonstrations is making it ...

Clashes in Cairo between morsi supporters, opponents

Clashes broke out between supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in the Cairo neighbourhood of ...

Indonesian and Australian police increase human smuggling monitoring

The Indonesian Police and the Australian Federal Policy (AFP) are stepping up efforts to monitor people smuggling in ...

Qatar joins calls for release of Egypt`s Morsi

Gas-rich Qatar, a strong backer of Arab Spring uprisings and supporter of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, has ...

13 people killed in shelling in Syria`s Northwest

Syrian regime forces shelled the town of Ariha in the northwestern province of Idlib on Sunday killing at least 13 ...

Portuguese President backs coalition government

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva said Sunday (July 21) he backed the country`s centre-right coalition ...

Snowden applies for Russia asylum

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden applied Tuesday for temporary asylum in Russia, ending three weeks of ...

Putin accuses US of `trapping` Snowden in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (July 15) accused the United States of trapping US intelligence leaker ...