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Yemen`s envoys to Egypt, Arab League defect: diplomat

Yemen`s ambassadors to Egypt and the Arab League on Monday defected from the regime to join a rapidly growing protest ...

Israeli official threatens Hamas leaders

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Monday issued a death threat against Hamas leaders after dozens of ...

Spiegel shows U.S. soldiers posing with dead Afghans

German weekly Der Spiegel on Monday published photos that it said showed two US soldiers in Afghanistan from a rogue ...

Rapper Wyclef Jean wounded in Haiti shooting

Haitian-born rapper Wyclef Jean said Sunday he was grazed by a bullet in the hand on the eve of his country`s historic ...

RI calls for protection of innocent civilians in Libya

The Indonesian government in a statement on recent developments in Libya stated it had consistently called for the ...

Quake, tsunami could cost Japan $235 billion: WB

The massive quake and tsunami of March 11 could cost Japan`s economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 percent of output, but ...

Japan to monitor seawater near nuclear plant

Japan will monitor radiation levels in the Pacific Ocean near a quake-hit nuclear plant, where firefighters have been ...

Pakistan mine blast toll rises to 24

The death toll from a coal mine collapse in Pakistan has risen to 24 with another two dozen still missing, officials ...

Japan quake dead, missing nears 22,000: police

The number of people confirmed dead or listed as missing in Japan neared 22,000 on Monday, 10 days after a massive ...

Russia slams `indiscriminate` foreign attacks on Libya

Russia called for an end to "indiscriminate use of force" by foreign states taking part in military operations in ...

Yemeni president sacks government

Yemen`s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday sacked his government in the face of massive protests ...

Building of Kadhafi residence destroyed: AFP

A missile totally destroyed an administrative building of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi`s residence in Tripoli, an AFP ...

US defense chief rejects targeting Kadhafi

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday it would be "unwise" to have coalition forces try to kill Moamer ...

19 US planes in Libya raid Sunday - US Africa command

Nineteen US planes, including three B2 stealth bombers, took part in early morning raids Sunday on targets in Libya, ...

Iran frees 80-year-old opposition head: IRNA

Ebrahim Yazdi, the 80-year-old head of a banned liberal party who was arrested last October 1, was released from ...