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Syria warns against recognising opposition
Syria has warned it will retaliate against any country that formally recognizes the recently-established Syrian National Council (SNC), which consists of groups opposed toPresident Bashar al-Assad's rule. "We will take tough measures against any state which recognizes this illegitimate council," Walid al-Moualem, the Syrian foreign minister,told.. More -
Deaths as Sri Lanka holds local elections
Police say three people, including an adviser to Sri Lanka's president, have been killed in election-related violence just outside of the capital Colombo. Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, a former politician, and two of his supporters were killed on Saturday in an intra-party shootout during local council elections. Police sources said that the men.. More -
US drones infected by key logging virus
The US military's unmanned Predator and Reaper drones are continuing to fly remote missions overseas despite a computer virus that has infected their US-based cockpits. Government officials are still investigating whether the virus is benign, and how it managed to infect the heavily protected computer systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, whereUS.. More -
Yemen\'s Saleh \'to leave power within days\'
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has saidthat he will meet anti-government protesters' demands and leave power in the coming days, but opposition leadersremain skeptical. "I reject power and I will continue to reject it, and I will be leaving power in the coming days," the veteran leader said on Saturday in a televised speech during which.. More -
Hundreds killed in Southeast Asia floods
Nearly 400 people have died in Cambodia and Thailand as a result of what officials in the Southeast Asian region are describing as the worst monsoon flooding in decades. By Wednesday, after several weeks of heavy rain, at least 224 people had been confirmed killed in Thailand and another 167 were found dead in Cambodia. Keo Vy, spokesman for Cambodia's.. More -
Turkey steadfast on Syria sanctions
Turkey has pledged to press ahead with plans to impose sanctions against the Syrian governmentfor its deadly crackdown on protests, a day after China and Russia vetoed a draft UN resolution condemning the violence. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, said on Wednesday that his country and other nations would not be deterred by Tuesday's.. More -
US economic recovery \'close to faltering\'
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has urged congress against implementing spending cuts that could cause more financial turmoil, saying the country's economic recovery is "close to faltering". Ben Bernanke made the appeal in testimony to US legislators in Washington on Tuesday, painting a bleak picture of the economic outlook for the.. More -
China warns against US currency bill
China's foreign ministry has said it "firmly opposes" a bill pushed by the US Senate that will allow the country to impose duties on countries that undervalue their currencies. In a statement posted on China's official government website on Tuesday, the ministry said the US was "using the excuse of 'currency imbalances'" to adopt.. More -
NATO air raids to continue in Libya
Leon Panetta, the US defense secretary, says NATO air raids in Libya will continue as long as there is heavy ground combat between supporters offormer leader Muammar Gaddafi and fighters loyal to the country's new leaders. Speaking during a visit to Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on Tuesday, Panetta said he could not predict when the air campaign would.. More -
Palestinians sceptical of peace talks
Palestinian officials have said that Israel welcoming a proposal by the Middle East Quartet to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians without any preconditions changes nothing on the ground. In reaction to Israel's accepting a return to negotiations, Palestinians saidon Sunday that Israel could not say it had accepted the Quartet statement.. More -
Egypt\'s military ruler denies order to shoot
Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, Egypt's military ruler, hasdefended his testimony last month in the trial of toppled President Hosni Mubarak,and saidthat the army was never ordered to shoot protesters during the uprising earlier this year. The remarks were made during a ceremony south of the capital, a week after Tantawi testifiedat the former.. More -
Syrian opposition forms united front
Syrian dissidents meeting in Turkey have formally announced the creation a national council aimed at toppling the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. In his opening statement on Sunday in Istanbul, Burhan Ghalioun, a Paris-based Syrian academic, said that the new councilwould aimto support Syrians establish a civil state, adding that the new body rejected.. More -
Philippines struggles in typhoon aftermath
Rescue workers in the Philippines are struggling toevacuate tens of thousands of people trapped in their homesas more floods are forecast in the aftermath of Typhoon Nalgae. In the municipality of Calumpit, in the north of the country, residents waded through waist-deep waters in search of food and drinking water on Sunday morning. Some grappled with.. More -
Red Cross sends medical aid to Sirte
Aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have delivered medical supplies to Sirte amid growing fears of an unfolding humanitarian disaster in the besieged hometown of Muammar Gaddafi, the ousted Libyan leader. Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC), said on Friday that its forces.. More -
Hundreds held in anti-Wall Street protest
New York City police said about 700 protesters have been arrested after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours. Police said some demonstrators spilled onto the roadway Saturday night after being told to stay on the pedestrian pathway. "Over 700 summonses and desk appearance tickets have been issued.. More
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