VIDEO: Egypt embraces freedom of speech |
- VIDEO: Egypt embraces freedom of speech
- Syrian forces attack town as refugees flee to Turkey
- Vietnam allows second anti-China protest in Hanoi
- US lawmaker Weiner seeks treatment after sex scandal
- Croatia gay parade turns violent, over 100 arrested
- Qaeda takes new hit with loss of E.Africa plotter
- Somalia says killed top African al Qaeda operative
- Mugabe, Sudan's Bashir to visit Malaysia: minister
- Fresh anti-China demos in Vietnam
- China downpours unleash floods, mudslides killing at least 94
- VIDEO: Rome hosts Europe gay pride march
- Filipino declared world's shortest man
- Sabahan Urged to take advantage of Firefly flights
- Suspected suicide bombing kills 34 in Pakistan
- Berlusconi faces another test with Italy referendums
- Fighting in Zawiyah shuts Libya road to Tunisia
- U.S. lawmaker Weiner seeks treatment after sex scandal
- Helicopters open fire to disperse Syrian protesters
- 94 dead in China floods, mudslides
- Chilean ash cloud disrupts New Zealand-Australian flights
| VIDEO: Egypt embraces freedom of speech Posted: 12 Jun 2011 12:46 AM PDT Entrepreneurs explore the possibilities presented by Egypt's new freedom of speech.
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| Syrian forces attack town as refugees flee to Turkey Posted: 11 Jun 2011 11:41 PM PDT GUVECCI, June 12 — Syrian tanks stormed a border town overnight, residents said today, in the latest assault to crush a three-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad that has driven thousands of refugee to flee to Turkey. In a pattern witnessed in other cities and towns besieged by troops and armour following street protests demanding ... 
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| Vietnam allows second anti-China protest in Hanoi Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:47 PM PDT HANOI, June 12 — Vietnamese authorities tolerated a second day of anti-China protests in the capital today as more than 100 people demonstrated against what they see as bullying behaviour by Beijing in an escalating row over maritime territory. In a park in front of the Chinese embassy the demonstrators waved flags, sang patriotic songs and ... 
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| US lawmaker Weiner seeks treatment after sex scandal Posted: 11 Jun 2011 08:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON, June 12 — US Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner defied calls yesterday from party leaders to resign and said he would instead seek treatment and a leave of absence after being snared in an Internet sex scandal. The 46-year-old New York congressman announced his plans shortly after House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi publicly ... 
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| Croatia gay parade turns violent, over 100 arrested Posted: 12 Jun 2011 12:15 AM PDT ZAGREB (Reuters) - About a dozen people were hurt and more than 100 arrested on Saturday at a gay parade in the southern Adriatic city of Split, Crotian state television said. 
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| Qaeda takes new hit with loss of E.Africa plotter Posted: 11 Jun 2011 11:44 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - The killing in Somalia of a top al Qaeda militant deepens the group's woes a month after Osama bin Laden's death, but Fazul Mohammed's recent role as a trainer of aspiring operatives may have left a menacing legacy. 
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| Somalia says killed top African al Qaeda operative Posted: 11 Jun 2011 11:14 PM PDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali police said on Saturday that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operative, was killed in the capital of the Horn of Africa country on Tuesday. 
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| Mugabe, Sudan's Bashir to visit Malaysia: minister Posted: 11 Jun 2011 11:08 PM PDT Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, are to visit Malaysia for an economic gathering, a minister said Sunday.
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| Fresh anti-China demos in Vietnam Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:53 PM PDT Dozens of Vietnamese protested outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the second weekend in a row on Sunday, as a maritime dispute raised tensions between the two communist neighbours.
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| China downpours unleash floods, mudslides killing at least 94 Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:43 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Torrential rains battering central and southern China unleashed floods and landslides that killed at least 94 people, turning areas enduring drought just over a week ago into scenes of muddy destruction, local news reports said on Sunday. 
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| VIDEO: Rome hosts Europe gay pride march Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:26 PM PDT A massive crowd of revellers has marched through Rome for the annual European gay pride parade.
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| Filipino declared world's shortest man Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:04 PM PDT A Filipino blacksmith's son who stopped growing when he was a toddler was declared the world's shortest man Sunday as he celebrated his 18th birthday.
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| Sabahan Urged to take advantage of Firefly flights Posted: 11 Jun 2011 08:47 PM PDT Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri today urged Sabahans to take advantage of the flight services provided by community airline Firefly, now that it is operating the Kota Kinabalu-Kuala Lumpur route.
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| Suspected suicide bombing kills 34 in Pakistan Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:11 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 34 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Peshawar late on Saturday, the latest attack since Osama bin Laden's killing last month. 
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| Berlusconi faces another test with Italy referendums Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:11 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Italians vote in four referendums on Sunday and Monday that could strike a new blow against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is still stinging from heavy local election losses last month. 
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| Fighting in Zawiyah shuts Libya road to Tunisia Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:11 PM PDT ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fought gun battles with rebels in the town of Zawiyah on Saturday, witnesses said, shutting the coastal highway that links the capital Tripoli with Tunisia. 
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| U.S. lawmaker Weiner seeks treatment after sex scandal Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner defied calls on Saturday from party leaders to resign and said he would instead seek treatment and a leave of absence after being snared in an Internet sex scandal. 
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| Helicopters open fire to disperse Syrian protesters Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:11 PM PDT GUVECCI, Turkey (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrians fled to Turkey on Saturday to escape a military assault to quash a three-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. 
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| 94 dead in China floods, mudslides Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:02 PM PDT BEIJING, June 12 — Torrential rains battering central and southern China unleashed floods and landslides that killed at least 94 people, turning areas enduring drought just over a week ago into scenes of muddy destruction, local news reports said today. In Yueyang in Hunan province in the south, weather stations recorded more than 200 millimetres ... 
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| Chilean ash cloud disrupts New Zealand-Australian flights Posted: 11 Jun 2011 07:24 PM PDT WELLINGTON, June 12 — A cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile has drifted over the Atlantic and Indian oceans to lie over southern parts of New Zealand and Australia, disrupting air travel. Australian carrier Qantas Airways said it had cancelled 22 flights today while Air New Zealand said it was flying at lower altitudes and different ... 
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