 Leadership tussle looms in Australia as Rudd resignsSYDNEY - In a dramatic move, Kevin Rudd resigned Wednesday as Australia's foreign minister sparking speculation that he may challenge the leadership of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
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 IAEA team denied permission to visit key Iranian nuclear facilityTEHRAN - Amid Iran's standoff with the West over its contentious nuclear programme, the UN nuclear watchdog has said that Tehran stopped its inspectors from visiting Parchin, a key military site.... |
 Britain's resolution to strengthen Amisom in Somalia get UN nodLONDON - The UN Security Council Thursday unanimously agreed to a resolution drafted by Britain to sizably increase in the strength of the African Union troops in Somalia and give them the mandate... |
 Afghanistan talking to Taliban in PakistanKABUL - Talks between Afghan officials and Taliban are underway in Pakistan, a top member of a peace council has said in an indication that Islamabad government is backing the peace move.
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 27 Syrians killed in unabated violenceBEIRUT - At least 27 civilians were shot dead by Syrian security forces after a midnight village raid in a northern province, activists said Wednesday.
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 Euro zone sees contraction in services sectorLONDON - The eurozone's service sector shrank this month while the manufacturing also did not perform so well, according to a new business survey.
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 Train derails in Buenos Aires killing 49BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Scores of people were killed and hundreds injured Wednesday when an overcrowded suburban train derailed at a central city station, Buenos Aires Civil Defence director Daniel... |
 Shell increases Africa footprint with $1.6 bn bid for Cove EnergyLONDON - Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell has offered to buy African oil exploration major Cove Energy for 994.4 million pounds ($1.6 billion) to expand its operations in Mozambique and Kenya.... |
 Dotcom granted bail, put under house arrestAUCKLAND - Founder of file sharing website Megaupload.com Kim Dotcom alias Kim Schmitz, who has been jailed here since January 20 at the request of the US, has been granted bail by a New Zealand... |
 Dells weak sales prediction sends its stocks downSAN FRANCISCO - Dell, the world's No.3 computer maker, has predicted weak sales for the current quarter triggering slump in its stocks that went down by over seven percent in pre-market trading... |
| Can Israel Take Out Iran’s Nuclear Facilities? took a grim view the Israeli military might be able to set back Iran's nuclear drive. Quoting former U.S. military officials that in light of the distance between Israel and Iran, and... |
| McDonnell Calls for Amendments to Ultrasound Bill "I am pro-life. I believe deeply in the sanctity of innocent human life and believe governments have a duty to protect human life. The more our society embraces a culture of life for all people,... |
| Rasmussen: Voters Oppose "Morning-After Pill" Mandate 50% to 38% The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 38% of Likely U.S. Voters think health insurance companies should be required by law to cover the morning after pill without... |
| Estonians Suspected Of Spying For Russia Police in Estonia have detained a longtime security official and his wife on suspicion of spying for Russia. Prosecutors said Aleksei Dressen, who works for Estonia's security police, and his... |
| Prominent Uzbek Cleric Escapes Assassination Attempt Imam Obidkhon Qori Nazarov has survived an attempt on his life in the Swedish city of Stromsund. A source close to Nazarov said he remained in critical condition after being shot three or four... |
| Tatarstan President Endorses Putin, Says Russia Needs 'Tsar' The president of Russia's southern republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, says Russia needs a "tsar" rather than a manager as head of state, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service... |
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| Argentine Train Crash Kills At Least 49, Wounds More Than 500 Police say 49 people have been confirmed killed in a commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Some 600 were reported wounded when the packed train on February 22... |
| New Website To Cover Baku's Eurovision, Warts And All To get best possible experiance using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or other web browser. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found... |
| 'Ugly Babies' Exhibit Depicts Life Under Oppression In China NEW YORK -- French writer Guy Sorman was visiting Chinese artist Liu Xia in Beijing when he mistakenly wandered into the bedroom of her tiny apartment and discovered that it was plastered with... |
| Azerbaijani Opposition Activist Released Early From Jail BAKU -- An activist of Azerbaijan's Musavat (Equality) opposition party has been freed from prison after he was granted an early release. Elshan Hasanov was arrested on April 2 along with 13... |
| Assad commits nearly all his forces in race to crush uprising, experts say WASHINGTON - Syrian President Bashar Assad is now using most of his regular ground forces in an intensified drive to crush the uprising against his family's four-decade-long rule in what could... |
| Egypt's high court delays Mubarak verdict until June CAIRO - Egypt's highest court said Wednesday that a verdict in deposed President Hosni Mubarak's murder trial won't be issued until June, presumably to prevent any disruption to... |
| 9 die in 2nd day of Afghan protests over Quran burnings KABUL, Afghanistan - At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded Wednesday in the second day of anti-American protests in Afghanistan after U.S. personnel burned Qurans and other Islamic... |
| Pakistani health workers punished for helping U.S. find bin Laden ISLAMABAD - Seventeen local health workers have been fired for their part in a scheme that the CIA orchestrated in an effort to confirm that al Qaida founder Osama bin Laden was hiding in a walled... |
| Syrian forces retake Zabadani as rebels withdraw, refugees say BAALBEK, Lebanon - Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad have driven most rebel fighters from the town of Zabadani, northwest of Damascus, in a vicious assault that refugees reaching... |
| Iran says it's ready to cooperate on Thailand bombing Iran is ready to cooperate in identifying the bombers in Thailand, state-run IRNA quoted Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying Wednesday, after four Iranian nationals were arrested... |
| Israeli threat against Iran must be ‘credible' Israel must maintain a credible threat of military action against Iran's nuclear program, analysts said Wednesday, and must follow through on that threat if all other options fail."There... |
| 'US joins PA, UN in slamming outpost plans' The United States joined the Palestinian Authority and UN on Wednesday, in condemning Israeli plans to authorize the Shvut Rachel outpost and 180 homes in the Shiloh settlement, according to an AFP... |
| Kremlin: Russia, Iran oppose intervention in Syria MOSCOW - The presidents of Russia and Iran said on Wednesday the crisis in Syria must be resolved peacefully without foreign intervention, according to a Kremlin statement.Russian President Dmitry... |
| PA angry over Israeli leaks regarding Amman talks The Palestinian Authority is angry over Israeli leaks regarding the recent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Jordan.Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said Wednesday he filed a complaint with the... |
| PM names new PMO communications director Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu moved swiftly Wednesday to name Lior Dan as his new communications director, following the resignation of Yoaz Hendel over the Natan Eshel Affair.Dan, who was... |
| Abbas, Mashaal in Cairo to form unity government Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday began a three-day visit to Cairo where he is scheduled to hold talks with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and representatives of several... |
| Swiss parliament welcomes Hamas spokesman BERLIN - The National Palace (Bundeshaus), which houses the Swiss parliament, hosted Hamas spokesman Mushir al-Masri, prompting stinging criticism on Wednesday from Israel's interim ambassador... |
| Fountain of youth found- in mice Mice, at least, have found a fountain of youth: a gene that extends their life expectancy. If the same discovery is made in a human gene - which is likely - men could eventually enjoy a longer life... |
| This coalition ain't big enough for the both of us The government's three senior ministers - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak - all scrambled to announce that they will... |
| Discovering the Jerusalem from the time of Jesus Travelujah . What did Jerusalem look like in Jesus' days? For most of Christian history, this question remained shrouded in mystery. When the Temple and city were destroyed by the Romans in 70... |
| ‘9 in 10 firefighters suffer post-traumatic stress’ New Ben-Gurion University research on post-traumatic stress disorder in firefighters found that nine out of 10 showed symptoms of full or partial PTSD.The study was not connected with the deaths of... |
| 'Vagina Monologues' to open in Jerusalem Vagina Monologues , has been performed in various cities around the world for the last 16 years and is being featured this year in Jerusalem! Originally written as an exploration into female... |
| Next haredi-oriented legislation likely to be compromise declaring the Tal Law unconstitutional seems likely to cause huge reverberations throughout Israeli society.But the specter of civilian rebellion and complete societal breakdown due to... |
| Three tweets expose the false hope combating intolerance As heated opposition began mounting last week in response to three possibly navel-gazing, possibly blasphemous tweets, 23-year-old Saudi national Hamza Kashgari undoubtedly regretted his announced... |
| Hatred: Coming soon to a campus near you Anti-Israel hatred on campus crests each year during an event called Israel Apartheid Week.With this ominous name and programs that thrive on ignorance and blind disregard for the facts, tens of... |
| The power of film not given its due in the Middle East Many say the pen is mightier than the sword, but today film is mightier than the pen. Every year at this time, our attention turns to the power of film at the Academy Awards, many times in a... |
| Media Comment: The watchdogs Unmasked: Judeophobia , at Jerusalem's Cinematheque on Thursday, February 16, was quite upset. The scenes that had been shown from campuses, media reports, pockets of progressive politics and... |
| Obama – good for the Jews? Mitt Romney is finally emerging as the Republican nominee for president. In the weeks ahead, he will begin to face off directly against President Barack Obama, and this will cause American Jews to... |
| Washington Watch: Watching the Arab vote Quite a bit has been written lately about the impact of the Jewish vote in this year's presidential race, but what about the Arab-American vote? That will be tested next week in the state with... |
| Fundamentally Freund: t’s time for a Gaza offensive Three years may have passed since the end of Operation Cast Lead, when Israeli forces entered Gaza to conduct a limited counterterror campaign, but that hasn't stopped Palestinian terrorists... |
| The Arab media and Israel There has been widespread outrage in Israel over reports that official Palestinian television had aired a show "glorifying" the two Palestinians who, in 2011, brutally murdered five... |
| Abkhazia leader survives assasination attempt File photo - Alexander Ankvab, the president Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia, smiles during a news conference in the provincial capital of Sukhumi. Ankvab survived an assasination... |
| Afghan journalist beheaded - official Khost, Afghanistan - An Afghan radio reporter was beheaded in the insurgency-plagued southeastern province of Paktika after being lured to a meeting by unidentified men, an official said... |
