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لافانيا · #1 29-12-2013, 12:28 PM

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Greek EU presidency a challenge given ongoing crisis: ****ysts

ATHENS: Crisis-hit Greece in January takes over the six-month rotating EU presidency with a...

US intelligence estimate sees big rollbacks in Afghanistan -report

Dec. 29, 07:28

WASHINGTON: A new U.S. intelligence estimate predicts that gains the United States and allies have made in the Afghanistan war in the past three years will be significantly rolled back by 2017, even if some U.S. troops remain,...

Bahamas police probe shooting that left 4 dead

Dec. 29, 05:01

NASSAU: The Royal Bahamas Police Force says gunmen in a car fired on people in a park, killing four people and injuring several others. Police say that a group of people were in the park in the capital of Nassau before 6 p.m....

Obama faces smattering of protests on Hawaiian vacation

Dec. 29, 04:59

KAILUA: The serenity of President Barack Obama’s Hawaiian vacation was rattled a little on Saturday when demonstrators aired grievances against unmanned aircraft and other issues in a small protest zone near the first...

2 injured in helicopter crash at airport near New York

Dec. 29, 00:54

NEW YORK: A helicopter has crashed at an airport outside New York City, injuring two people, ABC News reported on Saturday. Officials at the Federal Aviation Administration say the Hughes 269 helicopter was trying to land at...

Israel to open Karam Abu Salem crossing Saturday

Dec. 28, 22:31

GAZA CITY: Israeli authorities will open on Saturday Karam Abu Salem border crossing, located southeast of Gaza, after a four-day closure when an Israeli soldier was killed by a Palestinian sniper in eastern Gaza, the crossing...

Hundreds seek to flee C. African Republic on emergency flights

Dec. 28, 22:26

BANGUI: Hundreds of people tried to flee inter-religious violence in Central African Republic on Saturday aboard emergency flights to neighboring Chad, while nearby countries appealed for help to rescue their citizens from the...

Output at Statfjord platform in N.Sea shut after leak: Statoil

Dec. 28, 22:13

OSLO: Output at the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea was shut after an oil and gas leak on Saturday, leading to about half of the 168 staff on board being evacuated by helicopter, operator Statoil said on Thursday....

Tens of thousands protest against Niger government

Dec. 28, 22:10

NIAMEY: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters staged a protest rally on Saturday against what they said was the failure of President Mahamadou Issoufou to improve living standards in Niger, one of the world’s...

Quake shakes Turkey’s Antalya; no casualties reported

Dec. 28, 21:52

ANKARA: A magnitude-6 earthquake has struck in the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Turkish province of Antalya. No damage or casualties were reported. The Istanbul-based Kandilli seismology center said the earthquake occurred...

50 feared dead in Nigeria boat mishap

Dec. 28, 21:17

ABUJA: Around 50 people are feared dead following a boat accident in Nigeria’s central Benue State, said local media. Police spokesman Daniel Ezeala said the boat, which had been conveying fun-seekers returning from a...

Russia Launches New Soyuz Rocket

Dec. 28, 19:06

MOSCOW: Russia successfully launched an upgraded version of its Soviet-design Soyuz rocket on Saturday, the Defense Ministry said, giving a boost to the country’s troubled space program. The launch of the Soyuz 2.1v...

EU condemns attack on Iran exile camp in Iraq

Dec. 28, 17:27

BRUSSELS: The European Union called on the Iraqi government Saturday to investigate last week’s rocket attack on a camp holding exiled Iranian dissidents which left several people dead and many injured. A statement from...

Hundreds detained ahead of banned Bangladesh march

Dec. 28, 17:07

DHAKA: Bangladesh police have rounded up hundreds of opposition supporters, authorities said Saturday, as the capital was virtually cut off from the rest of the country a day before a mass march aimed at derailing January 5...

Suu Kyi’s party to contest Myanmar election

Dec. 28, 16:56

YANGON: Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party vowed Saturday to contest crucial elections in 2015 even if the constitution is not amended first to allow her to become president. The...