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Senate passes 'provocative' China bill, Cruz lifts nominee holds 13 Feb 2016 - 09:09 am

A pro-democracy protester holds a portrait of Liu Xia, the wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo, during a protest to...

Alabama woman convicted of running granddaughter to death has died 13 Feb 2016 - 09:01 am

Joyce Hardin Garrard was convicted in 2012 death of Savannah Hardin. Alabama: An Alabama woman convicted of murder in the running death of...

Oregon officials want federal govt, occupiers to pay for costly standoff 13 Feb 2016 - 08:56 am

Oregon Governor Kate Brown speaks at the state capital building in Salem, Oregon, February 2015. Reuters By Jim Urquhart BURNS, Oregon: The cost...

Australian hospital refuses to release baby for detention on Nauru 13 Feb 2016 - 08:45 am

A file picture of Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in the city of Brisbane By Morag MacKinnon PERTH, Australia: Doctors at an Australian hospital...

Drug cartel ruled in Mexico prison hit by riot 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Family members of inmates react as they stand outside the Topo Chico Prison in Monterrey, Mexico, February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril Monterrey, Mexico:...

Athletes concerned about Zika before Rio Olympic test event 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Workers disinfect the archery venue in Rio. EPA RIO DE JANEIRO: International athletes set to compete in an Olympic diving test event in...

‘I am a prisoner of conscience’: pro-Biafra leader tells AFP 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Nnamdi Kanu. An undated file photo Abuja: A pro-Biafra leader whose arrest sparked a wave of protests across Nigeria’s southeast has told AFP...

Canadian man found 30 years after going missing 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Edgar Latulip pictured before going missing in September 1986. North American Missing Persons Network Ottawa: A Canadian man who disappeared 30 years ago...

Clinton, Sanders clash over Obama as they vie for minority votes 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Hillary Clinton speaks as Bernie Sanders listens. Reuters/Jim Young Clinton castigates Sanders as too critical of Obama. Sanders says senators have right to...

Clooney says refugee crisis is huge, U.S. Muslim ban won’t happen 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

By Sarah Mills BERLIN: George Clooney said on Friday the refugee crisis is bigger than the headline-grabbing exodus from Syria and Iraq, and...

Ex Spanish minister testifies in televised graft inquiry 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Esperanza Aguirre, president of the PP in the Spanish capital region and a former education and culture minister under former prime minister Jose...

South Sudan rebel leader wants soldiers out in further hurdle to peace deal 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Riek Machar By Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI: South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar said on Friday he wanted soldiers cleared out of the capital...

WHO sees Zika link proven in weeks as U.S., India lead vaccine race 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Growing evidence of Zika’s role in neurological disorders. “Few more weeks to prove causality”, says top WHO official. U.S. NIH and India’s Bharat...

Merkel's liberal refugee policy 'unsustainable in long-term': French PM 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Manuel Valls Berlin: Germany's liberal refugee policy which ushered in 1.1 million asylum-seekers last year is not sustainable, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls...