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South Korea rejects North demands
South Korea has dismissed an "incomprehensible" list of North Korean demands for reviving suspended operations at a jointly-run industrial park. "The North's demand, as you probably know, is completely incomprehensible and unfair," Kim Hyung-Seok, spokesman for Seoul's Unification Ministry which handles inter-Korean affairs, said.. More -
Malaysia votes in 'day of reckoning'
Voters have braved long lines in Malaysia to take part in a historic general election that is widely expected to go down to the wire. Voting began at 8am local time [0000 GMT] at more than 8,200 polling centers across the country after a last-ditch campaign frenzy that went until the stroke of midnight. Polling stations close at 5pm [0900 GMT] on Sunday,.. More -
Syrians flee coastal town after 'massacre'
Hundreds of Sunni Muslim families are fleeing their homes in Syria's coastal town of Banias, fearing further sectarian violence after fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed dozens of people overnight, according to opposition activists. The activists on Saturday said the killings in the Ras al-Nabaa district of Banias took place two days.. More -
Syria: 'Israeli strike' hits army centre
Syrian state television has reported that a series of heavy explosions in the capital were caused by Israeli rocket strikes. SANA said the blasts early Sunday morning targeted a military research Centre on the outskirts of the capital. The research Centre in Jamraya was the target of an earlier Israeli strike in January. "The new Israeli attack.. More -
Anti-Muslim violence hits central Myanmar
At least one person has died and 10 people have been injured in central Myanmar after Buddhist gangs set fire to hundreds of homes and overrun two mosques. Tuesday's flare-up in Okkan, 110km north of Yangon, is the latest anti-Muslim violence to shake the Southeast Asian nation since late March. In Chauk Tal, an outlying village, leaping flames still.. More -
Syria opposition denounces Hezbollah 'threat'
Syria's opposition has denounced what it called "threats" from the head of Hezbollah, and warned against any intervention by the movement or by Iran, which backs the Lebanese group, in the Syrian conflict. The Syrian National Coalition's (SNC) statement on Wednesday comes after Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, said Syrian rebels would.. More -
Saudi minister: US to remain energy dependent
Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi has called the US push for energy independence "naive," saying the country will continue to need Middle Eastern oil long into the future. Naimi said on Tuesday he welcomed the surge in US domestic energy production from shale oil and gas fields, which he said will add depth and stability to global oil markets. ".. More -
Deadly blast hits central Damascus
A blast near Syria's interior ministry has rocked the central Damascus district of Marjeh killing 13 people and injuring over 70 others, state television said, just a day after the country's prime minister survived a car bomb attack. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) gave a lower toll, saying nine people were killed in Tuesday's.. More -
US seeks 'certainty' on Syria chemical arms
US President Barack Obama has said his administration will have to "rethink the range of options" available to Washington if chemical weapons have been used by the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president. In a rare Tuesday press conference at the White House, Obama said the Pentagon and other security agencies had been told to make.. More -
US assesses reported Syrian chemical use
The US Defense Secretary has said that his country and its allies are still trying to figure out details of Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons against its own people. "We are continuing to assess what happened -- when, where," said Chuck Hagel. "I think we should wait to get the facts before we make any judgments on what action,.. More -
Israel air raids strike Gaza
Israel's air force has carried out three strikes in the Gaza Strip, witnesses have said. Two airstrikes hit the southern town of Khan Yunis, early on Sunday. The third was near the southern town of Rafah, near the Egyptian border, Palestinian witnesses said. There were conflicting reports concerning the targets and no reported casualties. An Israeli.. More -
Cairo court rejects Mubarak's second appeal
Cairo's Criminal court has rejected ousted President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak's second appeal calling for his release, pending the investigation of illicit gain charges and confirmed the prosecution's request to keep him detained. The news agency MENA said the Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday ordered Mubarak to remain in jail for 15 days while the charges.. More -
Libya fighters surround foreign ministry
Armed men have surrounded Libya's foreign ministry in the capital, Tripoli, to push demands that officials who had worked for deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's government be banned from senior positions in the new administration. At least 20 pickup vehicles loaded with anti-aircraft guns blocked the roads on Sunday, while men armed with AK-47s and.. More -
Israeli army breaks up Palestinian march
Israeli soldiers have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse about 500 Palestinian villagers marching towards an illegal settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank. Friday's procession, the largest of its kind for years, followed charges by Palestinians that the Israeli settlers, whose caravans abut village land, had attacked them twice this.. More -
UN investigates Syria chemical weapons use
A UN spokesman has said that investigators from the world body have started collecting evidence outside Syria on the suspected use of chemical weapons. Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, on Friday wrote to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with a new request for access to investigators inside the war-torn country. Last month, both the Syrian government.. More
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