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Calgary’s first Muslim mayor re-elected 23 Oct 2013 - 01:15 am

CALGARY, Alberta: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who three years ago became the first Muslim elected to the office in a major North American...

Gitmo guards accused of seizing private legal documents 23 Oct 2013 - 01:15 am

FORT MEADE, Maryland: US military guards at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility improperly seized private legal documents from five prisoners charged with plotting...

San Francisco train service restarts 23 Oct 2013 - 01:15 am

SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco’s commuter trains lumbered back into operation for the first time in five days early yesterday after union workers reached...

Hollywood photographer to capture christening of Prince George 23 Oct 2013 - 01:15 am

LONDON: A British photographer known for his portraits of rock stars and Hollywood actors was named yesterday as the official photographer of the...

Sudan, South mend ties to keep oil flowing 23 Oct 2013 - 01:13 am

Sudan’s President Omar Hassan Al Bashir with his host, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, at the latter’s office in Juba, yesterday. Bashir made...

Bushehr fuel line in 3 months 23 Oct 2013 - 01:11 am

Iranian Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organisation Massoumeh Ebtekar (right) receives UN Development Programme administrator Helen Clark in Tehran, yesterday. TEHRAN:...

Israelis vote in local polls after graft scandals 23 Oct 2013 - 01:11 am

JERUSALEM: Israelis voted in municipal elections yesterday shunned by much of the public, who see local authorities as tainted by corruption. In 191...

Fire destroys Al Jazeera Cairo office 23 Oct 2013 - 01:10 am

Cairo: A fire broke out at Al Jazeera office in the Egyptian capital in the early hours of yesterday, resulting in the destruction...

Iran urges UN reform 23 Oct 2013 - 01:00 am

TEHRAN: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called on the United Nations yesterday to undertake reforms to reflect the “growing role of developing...

London talks agree no future role for Assad 23 Oct 2013 - 01:00 am

President of the Syrian National Coalition, Ahmad Al Jarba (centre), during a press confrence after a meeting of the ‘London 11’, the core...

EU resumes talks with Turkey after 3-year break 23 Oct 2013 - 12:58 am

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressing members of parliament from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the parliament in Ankara,...

Egypt orders trial of four cops over killing of Islamist detainees 23 Oct 2013 - 12:57 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s prosecutor general yesterday ordered an urgent criminal trial of four police officers charged with killing 39 members of the Muslim Brotherhood...

Bombs kill two in Egypt’s Sinai 23 Oct 2013 - 12:57 am

CAIRO: Militants set off four roadside bombs targeting a security convoy in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula yesterday, killing two people and wounding five, the...

Palestinians, Israelis discuss water in latest peace talks 23 Oct 2013 - 12:55 am

RAMALLAH: Palestinian and Israeli negotiators have held a new round of peace talks in Jerusalem, a Palestinian official said, saying it had focused...

Hips don’t lie: Experts prove it with robots 22 Oct 2013 - 11:59 pm

TOKYO: Robot researchers in Japan have proved what entertainers from Elvis Presley to Miley Cyrus knew all along: the secret is in the...

OBAMA SHUTDOWN CONGRESS TEA PARTY 102013 22 Oct 2013 - 11:03 pm

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BAMA SHUTDOWN CONGRESS TEA PARTY 22 Oct 2013 - 10:56 pm

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EURO BANKING UNION HOLE BLOCK BUILD 22 Oct 2013 - 10:50 pm

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