WikiLeaks founder due back in court
Lawyers fighting over the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are returning to court for final arguments in a high-profile case that has threatened to overshadow the organization's...
View ArticleUS diplomat calls African dictator a good guy
A U.S. diplomat calls Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 31 years one of "the good guys" in leaked diplomatic cables urging Washington to engage with its third largest oil supplier or risk endangering...
View ArticleIsraeli officials: Mubarak wants honorable exit
A former Israeli Cabinet minister who has long known Egypt's embattled leader said Friday that Hosni Mubarak realizes he must step down and is looking for an honorable way out.
View ArticlePhilippines, communist rebels plan cease-fire
The Philippine government and communist rebels will declare a seven-day cease-fire when they resume negotiations next week aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies, the chief...
View ArticleRussian FM talks tough on dispute with Japan
Russia's foreign minister has opened talks with his visiting Japanese counterpart by saying that the latest statements from Tokyo on disputed Pacific islands are "unacceptable."
View Article91 Rohingya refugees land on Indian shores
Ninety-one Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh have landed on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands claiming they had been turned back into the sea by the Thai navy, a police officer said Friday.
View Article10 Indonesians arrested over religious violence
Indonesian police say 10 suspects have been arrested after Islamic hard-liners set churches on fire and killed three members of a minority Islamic sect.
View ArticlePirates attempt to board tanker off Nigeria
Pirates off the coast of Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos have attacked a chemical tanker in a bid to board and rob the ship in the Gulf of Guinea.
View ArticleThai airline trains transsexual flight attendants
Four Thai "ladyboys" have been recruited as flight attendants for a start-up charter airline that says it will be Thailand's first to include transsexuals among its cabin crew.
View ArticleMonaco princess-to-be swims for charity in SAfrica
The South African-born future princess of Monaco is a former Olympic swimmer, but she says a weekend swim in her homeland to raise money for the Special Olympics won't be easy.
View ArticleMalaysia is Asia's 1st to charge Somali pirates
Malaysian prosecutors filed charges that carry the death penalty Friday against seven Somali pirate suspects in an attack on a Malaysian-operated ship, in the first such charges in Asia against the...
View ArticleNokia, Microsoft in pact to rival Apple, Google
Technology titans Nokia and Microsoft are combining forces to create smart phones that might challenge rivals like Apple and Google and revive their own fortunes in a market they have struggled to...
View ArticleIraq embassy in Cairo urges Iraqis to return home
The Iraqi embassy in Egypt is offering food, financial aid and free flights home to Iraqis who have moved there but may now feel threatened by riots and looting during the popular uprising.
View ArticleAhmadinejad: Egyptian protests herald new Mideast
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Egypt's popular uprising shows a new Middle East is emerging, one that will have no signs of Israel and U.S. "interference."
View ArticleReport of dozens killed at Egyptian prison
A leading human rights activist has called for an immediate investigation of reports that guards deliberately killed dozens of inmates at an Egyptian prison during the chaotic first days of Egypt's...
View ArticleTurkey: search under way for 9 missing coal miners
Turkish officials say rescue teams are looking for nine missing workers after a landslide at an open coal mine killed at least one worker in southern Turkey.
View ArticleImage of disfigured Afghan woman wins photo prize
A South African photographer's portrait of an Afghan woman whose husband sliced off her nose and ears in a case of Taliban-administered justice won the World Press Photo award for 2010 Friday, one of...
View ArticleTurkey: search under way for 9 missing coal miners
Turkish officials say rescue teams are looking for nine missing workers after a landslide at an open coal mine killed at least one worker in southern Turkey.
View ArticleMalaysia is Asia's 1st to charge Somali pirates
Malaysian prosecutors filed charges that carry the death penalty Friday against seven Somali pirate suspects in an attack on a Malaysian-operated ship, in the first such charges in Asia against the...
View ArticlePirates attempt to board tanker off Nigeria
Pirates off the coast of Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos have attacked a chemical tanker in a bid to board and rob the ship in the Gulf of Guinea.
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