A showdown between the military and the government was narrowly averted yesterday over a controversial amnesty granted to politicians and officials charged with crimes ranging from corruption to murder.
Chechnya Coerces Women on Dress, Activists Say
Women in Chechnya are under pressure to adopt Islamic dress, according to human rights activists.
Kuwait praised over labour law overhaul
Official says new regulation will allow expatriate workers to change jobs or return home, which is not possible under the current system.
India Ayodhya verdict delayed by concerns over Hindu-Muslim tensions
Tuesday, India's Supreme Court will hear a petition for more mediation in a 1992 case in which Hindus zealots destroyed a mosque on a long-contested site. The Ayodha verdict, due last week, has been delayed for security reasons.
Question mark over Brazil clown's political hopes
A Brazilian clown who is a favourite to win a seat in congress in Sunday's election is challenged to prove he can read and write, or be debarred
Kosovo president resigns over breach of constitution
Fatmir Sejdiu, the president of Kosovo, has announced his surprise resignation in a move that could hamper the start of Eu-brokered talks between Belgrade and Pristina.
Tourists flock to Chernobyl 25 years after disaster hit Ukraine
Tourists are flocking to Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history, almost 25 years after the explosion at the Soviet-era nuclear reactor. The 'zone', which lurks some 60 miles from the Ukrainian capital Kiev, has been described as one of the "world's unique places to visit" by US magazine Forbes
IMF: Mauritania witnessing an economic recovery with 5.5 % growth
An International Monetary Fund mission, led by Mr. Boileau Loko visited Nouakchott from September 15 to 26, 2010 to conduct discussions regarding the first review
Hearing Begins on Killing of Afghans
An investigator testified that a soldier’s videotaped statement describing how he and his colleagues randomly killed three civilians appeared to be a reliable account.
Cyber Storm III aims to protect against real thing
An international cyberwar game to be staged this week by the Department of Homeland Security will simulate a sophisticated hacker attack that undermines the trusted relationships between computers on which the very architecture of the Internet relies.
Kazakhstan could export grain to Persian Gulf countries
Kazakhstan considers building grain terminals in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan to export its grain to the Persian Gulf countries, Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov said at Monday's Cabinet meeting
Jewish group falls from favor at White House
The White House appears to be distancing itself from the liberal advocacy group J Street that it once embraced as its envoy to the U.S. Jewish community after disclosures that nearly half the group's funding for 2008 came from a single Hong Kong donor
Pakistan: NATO strikes breach airspace
Pakistan vehemently protested NATO helicopter strikes that killed more than 70 militants, saying Monday that U.N. rules do not allow the copters to cross into its airspace even in hot pursuit of insurgents.
C.I.A. Steps Up Drone Attacks Within Pakistan
The C.I.A. has drastically increased bombing in the mountains of Pakistan, American officials said, part of an effort to try to cripple the Taliban there.
Germany Moves Toward Ending Draft
Party leaders agreed to halt a policy embedded in the Constitution half a century ago to help keep the armed forces from ever again becoming a self-directed state within a state.
Romanian gipsy gang 'snatched 200 children from homes to use them as beggars'
A gang of Romanian gipsy child-snatchers stole almost 200 poor children from their families and brought them to Britain to pick pockets, a court heard.
EU 'must end Kosovo Roma return'
EU countries should end the forcible return of Roma and other minorities to Kosovo, Amnesty International says in a new report.
Shell increases trade with Iran
Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, paid the state-owned Iranian oil company at least $1.5bn (£0.94bn) for crude oil this summer, increasing its business with Tehran as the international community implemented some of the toughest sanctions yet aimed at constricting the Islamic republic's economy and its lifeline oil business.
Has the West declared cyber war on Iran?
Computers can go wrong, and everyone is used to it. But that's at home. We assume that the machines controlling the infrastructure that makes everything tick – power stations, chemical works, water purification plants – have rock-solid defences in place to deal with unexplained crashes or virus attacks by malicious strangers.
Gül: Turkey told Hamas to stop firing rockets into Israel
Turkey has urged the Palestinian group Hamas to stop rocket attacks on Israel and seek dialogue with Europe and the United States, President Abdullah Gül has said.
Flemish-speaking Belgian minister wants English to be Europe's 'common language'
A Flemish-speaking Belgian politician has fanned the flames of a heated EU language debate and outraged the country's French speaking community by calling for English to become Europe's "common language".
Hamid Karzai's brother in US corruption probe
The brother of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai is under investigation by US prosecutors as part of a corruption probe that could complicate Washington's dealings with Kabul.
Israel calls for end to UN Gaza investigations
Israel called on Monday for an end to United Nations Human Rights Council investigations into its actions in the 2008-09 Gaza conflict, insisting that the body was “obsessively biased” against it.
Romanian ministerquits after cop protest
Romania’s Interior Minister Vasile Blaga resigned on Monday, just days after a rally by policemen protesting against International Monetary Fund-mandated pay cuts.
Solar Energy - Egypt going green
Egypt is serious about benefiting from the solar energy as the power and energy sector is working on establishing a photovoltaic solar plant
NATO launches airstrikes into Pakistan, 50 dead
NATO helicopters in eastern Afghanistan launched rare airstrikes into Pakistan, reportedly killing more than 50 militants after an outpost near the border came under attack from insurgents, officials said Monday.
Saudi wasting up to 30% of groundwater - scholar
Kingdom could reduce the amount of water wasted to 5% if it changed technology.
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