Ruling coalition set to win by-elections |
- Ruling coalition set to win by-elections
- Recap of developments in Middle East, North Africa
- Rio Carnival to culminate with sumptuous parades
- Poll boost for Taiwan's anti-China opposition
- China's richest man says work key to easing poverty
- NZ quake to cost US$11 bn
- Taliban exploit government vacuum in Afghan hinterland
- Gaddafi’s forces retake Misrata, Zawiyah
- Heavy machinegun fire rocks Libyan capital Tripoli
- Heavy machinegun fire rocks Libyan capital Tripoli
- Mustapa advises Nik Aziz over political views
- Govt firm in achieving 6% growth target despite MidEast crisis
- Forty armed men attack Egypt antiquities store - MENA
- Che's 'Motorcycle Diaries' companion dies in Cuba
- U.S. military's mini space shuttle lifts off
- Ireland's main parties form new coalition govt
- Opposition call on Japan foreign minister to quit over donations
- Egypt appoints post-Mubarak interior minister -- MENA
- Libyan rebels seize British SAS troops - Sunday Times
- Reid's prostitution remarks ignite debate in Nevada
| Ruling coalition set to win by-elections Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:51 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday 6 March 2011 (AFP) -- Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition looked set to win by-elections in two of its strongholds Sunday, in what could be the last polls ahead of general elections expected this year.
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| Recap of developments in Middle East, North Africa Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:50 AM PST CAIRO, Sunday 6 March 2011 (AFP) -- Latest developments in the unrest sweeping the Middle East and North Africa.
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| Rio Carnival to culminate with sumptuous parades Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PST RIO DE JANEIRO, Sunday 6 March 2011 (AFP) -- Brazil's famous Carnival kicks into high gear Sunday as the city prepares to hold sumptuous multimillion-dollar parades amid what is billed as the Greatest Party on Earth.
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| Poll boost for Taiwan's anti-China opposition Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:47 AM PST TAIPEI, Sunday 6 March 2011 (AFP) -- Taiwan's main anti-China opposition beat the ruling party in weekend parliamentary by-elections its leader said were a crucial indicator for the 2012 presidential polls.
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| China's richest man says work key to easing poverty Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:46 AM PST BEIJING, Sunday 6 March 2011 (AFP) -- China's richest man Sunday rejected criticism that the rich have done little to help the country's millions of poor and said hard work was the key to lifting themselves out of poverty.
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| Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:45 AM PST WELLINGTON, Sunday 6 March 2011 (AFP) -- The New Zealand earthquake will cost the country up to NZ$15 billion (US$11 billion) and knock gross domestic product growth down by 1.5 percentage points, the Treasury department said Sunday.
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| Taliban exploit government vacuum in Afghan hinterland Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:20 AM PST YAHYA KHEL (Afghanistan), March 6 — Insurgents are exploiting a governance vacuum in Afghanistan's remote eastern hinterland, finding funds and safe haven to fuel an escalating war against Nato-led forces. In the border province of Paktika, US and Afghan intelligence officials describe a "shadow" Taliban authority that levies taxes on the harvest ...
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| Gaddafi’s forces retake Misrata, Zawiyah Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:08 AM PST TRIPOLI, March 6 — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces have recaptured the important coastal cities of Zawiyah and Misrata from rebels, state television said today. It said government forces were also heading for Libya's second largest city Benghazi in the country's east, epicentre of a two-week-old revolt against Gaddafi's 41-year rule in the ...
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| Heavy machinegun fire rocks Libyan capital Tripoli Posted: 06 Mar 2011 12:02 AM PST TRIPOLI, March 6 — Heavy automatic weapons fire erupted in the Libyan capital Tripoli today, the first such outbreak in Muammar Gaddafi's main stronghold in a two-week-old insurrection against his 41-year-old rule. Government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim denied any fighting was under way in Tripoli, saying the gunfire was staged to fete the army's ...
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| Heavy machinegun fire rocks Libyan capital Tripoli Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:32 PM PST TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Heavy automatic weapons fire erupted in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday, the first such outbreak in Muammar Gaddafi's main stronghold in a two-week-old insurrection against his 41-year-old rule. 
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| Mustapa advises Nik Aziz over political views Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:46 PM PST Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee Chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed today advised PAS Spiritual Leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat to exercise caution when giving political opinions on the premise of Islam, saying these statements could disunite Muslims.
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| Govt firm in achieving 6% growth target despite MidEast crisis Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:42 PM PST The Government is firm in achieving 6% annual growth this year despite the civil unrest in some Middle East countries, says Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.
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| Forty armed men attack Egypt antiquities store - MENA Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Forty armed men attacked an antiquities warehouse in the northern Egyptian city of Kafr el-Sheikh on Saturday, shooting at warehouse security men and injuring several, state news agency MENA said. 
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| Che's 'Motorcycle Diaries' companion dies in Cuba Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST HAVANA (Reuters) - Alberto Granado, who accompanied fellow Argentine Ernesto "Che" Guevara on a trip immortalized in the film "The Motorcycle Diaries, died in Cuba on Saturday at the age of 88, Cuba's state-run media reported. 
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| U.S. military's mini space shuttle lifts off Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A prototype miniature space shuttle blasted off aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday for a demonstration run that could last as long as nine months. 
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| Ireland's main parties form new coalition govt Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's two largest parties agreed to form a new coalition government on Sunday, clinching a quick deal that will allow it to press European leaders to ease the terms of the country's 85 billion euro EU/IMF bailout. 
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| Opposition call on Japan foreign minister to quit over donations Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's biggest opposition parties on Sunday called on Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara to resign for accepting donations from a foreign national, piling more pressure on the embattled government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan. 
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| Egypt appoints post-Mubarak interior minister -- MENA Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Sunday named General Mansour el-Essawy as its new interior minister in a further sign that ousted President Hosni Mubarak's old guard were being removed from the cabinet. 
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| Libyan rebels seize British SAS troops - Sunday Times Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Libyan rebels have captured a British special forces unit in the east of the country after a secret diplomatic mission to make contact with opposition leaders backfired, Britain's Sunday Times reported. 
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| Reid's prostitution remarks ignite debate in Nevada Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:01 PM PST LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - When Harry Reid, the veteran Democratic U.S. senator from Nevada, brought up the idea last month of abolishing prostitution in the state, he did so almost as an aside -- a few lines in an eight-page speech. 
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