World NewsIraqis rally to cheer end of US forces
The Africa News.Net
Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.
The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to ...
Washington police close camp near President
The Africa News.Net
Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.
The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few ...
Putin shows he has his own cheer squad
The Africa News.Net
A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Around 140,000 people attended a rally on Saturday in which placards were raised announcing Putin as a man ...
Suspected drug lord in Mexican police custody
The Africa News.Net
Mexican police have arrested Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, who is alleged to have masterminded drug exportation and murders.
Marrufo, the supposed head of a Sinaloa drug cartel, has been accused ...
Mitt Romney way ahead of Gingrich in Nevada primary
The Africa News.Net
Voting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in ...
U.S. Army orders Bradley Manning to face cout martial
The Africa News.Net
A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.
Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half ...
Romney Wins In Nevada
RadioFreeEurope
Mitt Romney has taken another step to winning the nomination to be Republican Party's candidate in November's presidential election. The former Massachusetts governor has won in ...
'Public funding for updating health basket eroding'
Jerusalem Post
Although the cost of the basket of health services that the four health funds provide rose to more than NIS 32 billion last year, the erosion in public funding for updating the basket continues, ...
Across the great divide
Jerusalem Post
SAN FRANCISCO - That icon of all icons, the Golden Gate Bridge, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, so I happily used the occasion to re-visit this engineering masterpiece, which links ...
Romney gets easy win in Nevada
C News
U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado February 4, 2012. (REUTERS/Brian ...
Power Shortages Crippling Pakistan's Economy
Sky News
Pakistan is not producing enough power to meet the growing demand and economists estimate the shortages are shaving 2% off its gross domestic product. At one time most of the world's ...
How Romney won the Nevada caucuses
CBS News
Mitt Romney won the 2012 Nevada Republican caucuses with a sizeable victory . Romney has now won three out of the five Republican primaries or caucuses held so far this ...
Storm blankets Nebraska after dumping on Colo.
CBS News
Statues of children with umbrellas stand in front of Children's Hospital as heavy snow falls in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. A band of heavy snow stalled over Nebraska, dumping nearly ...
VIDEO: Fidel Castro launches memoirs
BBC
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs. The book, Guerrilla of Time, is almost 1,000 pages long and relates his childhood and rise to power in ...
Wonder Dog: A Golden Retriever Reaches a Raging Boy
International Herald Tribune
In May 1999, Donnie Kanter Winokur, 43, a writer and multimedia producer, and her husband, Rabbi Harvey Winokur, 49, beheld the son of their dreams, the child infertility denied them. Andrey, a pale ...
CNN Calls Nevada for Romney
Weekly Standard
CNN projects that Mitt Romney will win the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses based on results and entrance polling. With 10% of the results in, Romney had about 48% of the vote while Rep. Ron ...
Republican Romney sails to easy win in Nevada
Jerusalem Post
LAS VEGAS - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada on Saturday, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile ...
PA's Abbas, Hamas's Mashaal to meet in Qatar
Jerusalem Post
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet in Qatar on Sunday with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal to discuss the formation of a Palestinian unity government.Abbas is also ...
Book debunking ‘Protocols of Zion’ now in Farsi
Jerusalem Post
Translation of the book into Farsi was done by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, a small research group led by Col. (res.) Reuven Erlich, a former Military Intelligence officer who ...
Spotlight on slimy, speckled swamp species
Jerusalem Post
This weekend, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) celebrated the lives of some slimy, speckled swamp species, devoting events on Saturday to animals such as the salamander and the Hula ...
Those helping Holocaust survivors to be honored
Jerusalem Post
A new award aimed at honoring those who have worked to help improve the lives of thousands of Holocaust survivors in Israel and highlight the contributions survivors have made to the state will be ...
Syrian embassies under attack
The Herald
As news of the bloodshed in Homs reverberated around the world yesterday, angry scenes erupted outside Syrian embassies and diplomatic ...
Insurgent convoy struck in Somalia
The Herald
KENYA'S military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last ...
Cairo riots death toll rises to eight
The Herald
THE number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight yesterday, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in the ...
Civilian death toll continues to rise
The Herald
Civilian deaths undermine support in Afghanistan and America for the US-led war, and are one of the biggest causes of friction between President Hamid Karzai and the Nato-led International Security ...
Minister evades corruption trial
The Herald
India's beleaguered government won some relief yesterday when a court threw out a corruption case against one of its top ministers ahead of crucial state elections next ...
Thousands gather at Putin protests
The Herald
Tens of thousands of Russians braved the bitter cold in Moscow yesterday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while thousands of others staged a rally ...
Rebels close in on major target
The Herald
Heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal yesterday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two weeks of ...
ANC ruling to end Malema career
The Herald
ARULING South African African National Congress appeals panel yesterday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into ...
Stage and screen star dies, aged 81
The Herald
ACTOR Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions, died of pancreatic cancer in a Manhattan hospital on Friday, his lawyer said ...
Romney wins big in Nevada, Gingrich battles for second
Channel News Asia
LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, US media predicted, cementing him as frontrunner to take on President Barack Obama in ...
Europe cold snap claims 260 lives, disrupts travel
Channel News Asia
ROME: The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with the winter misery set to hit thousands of those seeking to escape it Sunday as air traffic was ...
Not all civilisations equal, French minister says
Channel News Asia
PARIS: French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, who also holds the immigration portfolio, caused political uproar by claiming that not all civilisations are equal, with some more advanced than ...
CBS News: Romney to win Nevada
CBS News
(Credit: CBS/AP) Updated at 10:57 p.m. ET With the doors closed at caucus precincts across Nevada, CBS News projects that Mitt Romney has won the Nevada Republican caucuses by a sizable ...
Death toll in latest Egypt clashes at 12
CBS News
Backdropped by Egyptian riot police, two men ask protestors not to throw stones during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The number of people killed in ...
Protesters brave cold to march against Putin
CBS News
In spite of sub-zero temperatures, thousands of Russians took to the streets to demonstrate for clean elections. Opposition protesters claim Putin's government rigged parliamentary elections ...
Europe in grips of deadly deep-freeze
CBS News
A deadly deep freeze has killed at least 220 people across Europe. Arctic winds have driven down temperatures for a week, and the snow is piling up in the unlikeliest of places. Charlie D'Agata ...
Auto dealer, wife killed in AZ plane crash; 2 hurt
Deseret News
PHOENIX — A small plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff Saturday in an eastern Arizona mountain community, killing a well-known rural Arizona auto dealer and his wife and ...
Disabled cyclist takes matters into his own hands
USA Today
Then pain developed in the large joints in his body, especially the hips and shoulders. It was so intense he was bedridden for almost two years, sometimes unable to sleep for days. By the time a ...
Navy says 8 sailors discharged for hazing
USA Today
A Navy spokesman said Saturday the eight received general discharges following allegations they assaulted and choked a fellow sailor aboard the ship, the Bonhomme Richard, on Jan. 17, as part of an ...
Egyptian Pipeline Supplying Israel Is Attacked
International Herald Tribune
Saboteurs on Sunday blew up a pipeline in Egypt that supplied gas to Israel, the 12th such attack in a year, security officials said.
Masked gunmen planted explosives under the pipeline near ...
Protesters set fire to gov't building in Cairo
Jerusalem Post
CAIRO - An Egyptian government building was set on fire on Sunday as protests disrupted the heart of Cairo for a fourth day and public figures demanded a faster transition to civilian rule.It was ...
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