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Eight killed in southern Russia car bombs

in International - Tue May 21, 2013

MOSCOW : At least eight people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Monday in twin car blasts outside a court buildi

Melting Arctic requires global action

in International - Mon May 20, 2013

The Arctic, which is melting and thereby creating new shipping routes and access to minerals, poses a foreign policy challenge for the United States and other nations

Netanyahu says further strikes on Syria a possibility

in International - Mon May 20, 2013

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has made

US criticises Russia over missiles to Damascus

in International - Sat May 18, 2013

The US has criticised Russia"s recent delivery of anti-ship

Bomber hits Nato convoy in Kabul

in National - Fri May 17, 2013

KABUL: A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops i

Russian hid dead babies in store freezer for 5 years

in International - Fri May 17, 2013

MOSCOW: Russian police said Thursday they have detained a

At least six killed in Kabul suicide bomb

in International - Thu May 16, 2013

A suicide bomber in a car targeted two vehicles carrying foreign forces in the Afghan cap

Taliban free four Turkish hostages in Afghanistan

in International - Mon May 13, 2013

KABUL: The Taliban

Russian boy 7 kills brother 4 with grandfathers rifle

in International - Mon May 13, 2013

MOSCOW: A 7-year-old Russian boy told investigators he had shot and killed his 4-year-old brother by accident

Russias new Mariinsky theater divides St Petersburg

in International - Fri May 03, 2013

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Energy is key theme in Abes Russia talks

in International - Tue April 30, 2013

COMPLEX energy diplomacy will figure prominently in ta

Blaze at Russia psychiatric hospital kills 38

in International - Sat April 27, 2013

RAMENSKY, Russia: Thirty-eight people, mostly psychiatric patients, w

Taliban say they hold foreigners from helicopter

in International - Tue April 23, 2013

KABUL: Taliban insurgents said on Monday they were holding a group of foreigners taken captive after a helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan.The Taliba

Gunman kill six in Russian town of Belgorod because someon

in International - Tue April 23, 2013

Six people were killed in the Russian town of Belgorod on Sunday after a gunman opened fire in a central street, reportedly in anger that someone had scratched

Lawmakers: Did FBI drop ball In probe?

in International - Mon April 22, 2013

Members of Congress are demanding answers from the FBI about whether the marathon bombings could have been prevented citing a 2011 Russian warning about one of the Chechen s

Barack Obama says US to investigate if Boston bombings sus

in International - Sat April 20, 2013

President Barack Obama pledged on Friday that the United States will find out whether the two ethnic Chechen brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bom

US Troops In Jordan Testimony To Syria Regional Catastroph

in International - Sat April 20, 2013

The redeployment of a US armoured division to Jordan testifies to the Syrian conflict turning into a regional catastrophe. Fearing for its Middle East allies, the US i

Boston bombing suspects wanted to fit in friends say

in International - Sat April 20, 2013

(Reuters)  They dressed like typical American teenagers, enjoyed playing sports and strived to fit in after arriving in the United States with their family from t

West will pay for backing al-Qaeda says Assad

in International - Thu April 18, 2013

Wednesday that the West would "pay the price" for allegedly siding with al-Qaeda in the Syrian uprising.

A bullish Assad sought to exploit the West\'

Russia says US signals desire to ease tensions

in International - Tue April 16, 2013

MOSCOW: Russia\'s foreign minister says that President Barack Obama\'s administration has signaled its desire to overcome the current strain in ties and focus on cooperation

Military spending rose in Russia and China in 2012 fell in

in International - Tue April 16, 2013

Military spending fell last year in the United States and across western and central Europe, but surged in Russia, China, the Middle East and North Africa, according to new

Vladimir Putin says Russia to launch first manned space fl

in International - Sat April 13, 2013

President Vladimir Putin told astronauts in orbit on Friday that Russia will send up the first manned flights from its own soil in 2018, using a new launch pad he said wi

World Briefs for April 13

in International - Sat April 13, 2013

BAGHDAD  A pair of bombs struck in quick succession outside a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 30.

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Linguistically challenged

in International - Fri April 05, 2013

FOR anyone writing about Ukraine, language is always a problem. Not the Ukrainian that is favoured in the west of the country, nor the Russian that is still spoken in the ea

Berlin Unexploded Bomb Shines Light on Buried Threat

in International - Fri April 05, 2013

Berlin traffic ground to a halt on Wednesday after a bomb was discovered 20 feet from a train track near the city\'s main station. Hundreds of people were evacuated from nea