Sunday, February 24, 2013

65 Islamic rebels killed in MaliThe Chadian army says that its troops killed 65 Islamic extremist rebels and destroyed five vehicles in fierce fighting northern Mali.

  • Times of India - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed (centre) left the Indian high commission in Male after taking refuge for 11 days to avoid arrest on charges related to his presidency. (Reuters ...

  • US forces must leave Afghan region

    BBC - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    The Afghan president has ordered US special forces to leave Wardak province within two weeks over allegations of disappearances and torture. The measures were being taken due to the actions of ...

  • Scandals and intrigue heat up at Vatican ahead of papal conclave

    Times of India - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    The drumbeat of scandal has reached such a fever pitch that the Vatican secretariat of state issued a rare pointed rebuke on February 23, 2013. (AFP ...

  • Navy ship to try to fetch Filipinos in Malaysia

    San Diego Union-Tribune - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    MANILA, Philippines -; The Philippines is sending a navy ship to waters off eastern Malaysia to bring back some of about 180 Filipinos who became locked in a standoff with Malaysian authorities ...

  • Suicide bombers target Afghan security forces

    Tampa Bay Online - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Suicide bombers targeted Afghanistan's intelligence agency and other security forces in four coordinated attacks in the heart of Kabul and outlying areas on Sunday, ...

  • Italians vote in crucial election for eurozone

    Times of India - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    ROME: Italians began voting on Sunday in one of the most closely watched elections in years, with markets nervous about whether it can produce a strong government to pull Italy out of recession and ...

  • 45 arrested in Spain after anti-austerity protest

    Tampa Bay Online - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    MADRID (AP) -- Spanish police say they arrested 45 people, including nine minors, in street violence after a large anti-austerity protest outside parliament. Dozens sustained minor ...

  • A UN-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been signed by regional leaders.

    Mail & Guardian - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    Congo's government and the M23 rebels are holding talks in Uganda aimed reaching an agreement on a range of economic, political and security issues. ...

  • Taiwans former vice president to meet new China leader

    Channel News Asia - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    TAIPEI: A Taiwan politician known for making a landmark 2005 visit to China flew to Beijing Sunday to meet China's Communist Party chief Xi Jinping in the highest level cross-strait meeting ...

  • China operationalises key railway line to ASEAN

    Times of India - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    ASEAN countries to firm up the burgeoning trade links with the regional bloc. A railway that links China's southwestern Yunnan Province with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ...

  • China takes aim at extravagance in military spending

    Inquirer - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    Xi Jinping. AFP FILE PHOTO BEIJING--China?s military has introduced new rules to combat ';extravagance and waste'; in spending, state media said Sunday, as the country?s new ...

  • Three shot dead in Bangladesh protest over bloggers

    Times of India - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    Bangladesh police fired live rounds on Sunday in clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy, killing at least three protesters and injuring dozens. Eighteen ...

  • Hunger strikes clashes after Palestinian prisoner dies

    Times of India - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    JERUSALEM: Some 3,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails were staging a one-day hunger strike Sunday in protest at the death of an inmate, an official said, as security forces clashed with ...

  • 4 years after end of civil war photo of dead boy ups pressure on Sri Lanka over war crimes

    Canada.com - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 photo, Zoe Sale, producer of the documentary "No Fire Zone" which shows the last violent days of the Sri Lankan civil war, watches a screening of the film in ...

  • Arqaam Capital targets Africa and South East Asia for expansion push

    The National - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    Arqaam Capital may expand in South East Asia and Africa in the coming year as demand for emerging-market assets spurs revenue. "Global institutions of developed markets are currently ...

  • Explosions wound 10 in southern Thailand

    San Diego Union-Tribune - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    PATTANI, Thailand -; Police say suspected insurgents detonated two bombs that wounded 10 people and staged a series of minor attacks in nearly 30 spots in Thailand's violence-plagued ...

  • Goverment working hard to battle drought

    Asian News - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    The government promises to do the utmost to help drought-hit people by integrating the work of all relevant units and the digging of 2,400 groundwater wells.Minister of Natural Resources and ...

  • Oscar Pistoriuss older brother Carl also faces homicide trial over 2010 death of woman in car crash

    The Independent - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    'Oscar will have to live with his conscience if he is lying': Reeva Steenkamp's father Barry speaks out about ...

  • US official secretly visited N.Korea last year report claims

    Channel News Asia - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    LOS ANGELES: US officials made two secret visits to North Korea last year in an effort to improve relations after the country's leader Kim Jong Un assumed power, according to the Los Angeles ...

  • Japan coastguard says more China ships in disputed waters

    West Australian - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan said three Chinese surveillance ships entered its territorial waters off disputed East China Sea islands on Sunday, hours after one of Beijing's fisheries patrol boats ...

  • Italian polling stations open in key vote for eurozone

    Times of India - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    Mario Monti , appointed just over a year ago to save Italy from financial crisis. Voting began at 8am and will go on to 10pm (2100 GMT)Polls will re-open on Monday at 7am and remain open until 3pm ...

  • Maldives denies deal as ex-president back in action

    New Zealand Herald - Sunday 24th February, 2013

    The Maldivian government denied any deal to allow ex-president Mohamed Nasheed to end his refuge at the Indian embassy in the capital and resume election campaigning without fear of arrest. ...

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