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French PM says `no excuse` if Strauss-Kahn sex charges true

If sex assault charges against French IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn are true, there can be "no excuse" for his ...

India, Pakistan exchange border fire after soldier killed

Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged sustained cross-border fire on Sunday, security officials said, a day after an ...

25 killed as Syrian tanks storm Daraa: activists

Thousands of Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed the flashpoint town of Daraa on Monday killing at least 25 people, ...

Four wounded in Easter blast near Baghdad church

A roadside bomb exploded near an entrance to a Catholic church in Baghdad on Easter Sunday, wounding two police ...

Pakistan urges US to stop drone strikes

Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani urged the US Monday to end its drone strikes in Pakistan and said Washington should share ...

UN, French helicopters attack Gbagbo`s residence

UN and French helicopters opened fire on Sunday at the presidential residence in Abidjan, the largest city of Cote ...

Two dead, 18 wounded in Cairo `s Tahrir Square: medics

Two people were killed and at least 18 wounded early on Saturday when Egyptian military police stormed the capital`s ...

Ivory Coast`s Gbagbo regains ground

Forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, besieged in his Abidjan residence, have retaken ground and are edging closer to where ...

Six die as Afghan ambulance bomb targets police

Six Afghan security personnel were killed Thursday as Taliban gunmen detonated a bomb hidden in an ambulance amid an ...

Unlikely Libya rebels can oust Kadhafi: US general

A top US general said Thursday it was unlikely that Libya`s rebel forces could launch an assault on Tripoli and oust ...

Chinese army speeds up developing high-tech weaponry and equipment

The People`s Liberation Army (PLA) of China is promoting the composite development of mechanized and informationized ...

Fighter jets from French aircraft carrier launch operation over Libya

French Tornado fighter jets from aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle launched a reconnaissance operation over Libya for ...

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 ...

Libyan army announces new ceasefire

A Libyan military spokesman announced Sunday a new ceasefire in the campaign against an uprising, as a second night of ...

Civilians `among 35 dead` in US strike in Pakistan

Civilians and police were among 35 people killed when US missiles ploughed into a militant training compound in ...