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Ukraine deputy PM quits over reappointment of PM Azarov 15 Dec 2012 - 12:13 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s acting First Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky resigned from the interim government yesterday in protest against Prime Minister Mykola Azarov’s reappointment...

Rice drops secretary of state bid 15 Dec 2012 - 12:09 am

Washington: Susan Rice, the embattled US ambassador to the United Nations, withdrew herself from consideration to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state...

Russia developing ballistic missile 15 Dec 2012 - 12:09 am

MOSCOW: Russia is developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the military announced yesterday, in an apparent attempt to remind the United States of...

Rival factions clash on eve of referendum 15 Dec 2012 - 12:08 am

CAIRO: Stone-throwing supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Mursi clashed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria yesterday ahead of a referendum on a...

Israeli foreign minister quits after indictment 15 Dec 2012 - 12:08 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned yesterday after being charged with fraud and breach of trust, in a move that could have...

Russia balks on Syria as US, Germany send Patriots to Turkey 15 Dec 2012 - 12:08 am

Protesters carry a banner reading: 'No to War against Syria' as they demonstrate in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, yesterday....

Son-in-law of Ben Ali held in Seychelles 15 Dec 2012 - 12:07 am

TUNIS: The son-in-law of Tunisia’s deposed former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been arrested in the Seychelles, the Tunisian authorities announced...

Moroccans bury Sheikh Yassine 15 Dec 2012 - 12:07 am

RABAT: Tens of thousands of devotees gathered in Rabat yesterday for the funeral of Abdessalam Yassine, the founder of a radical Moroccan Islamist...

Thousands demonstrate in Bahrain 15 Dec 2012 - 12:07 am

DUBAI: Thousands of supporters of Bahrain’s largely Shia opposition demonstrated peacefully yesterday near Manama, calling for democratic reform in the Gulf country, witnesses...

SYRIA CRISIS ASSAD TORN FLAG OPPOSITION 14 Dec 2012 - 11:14 pm

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR SYRIA CRISIS ASSAD TORN FLAG OPPOSITION 121212 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Son-in-law of Tunisia's Ben Ali arrested in Seychelles 14 Dec 2012 - 02:49 pm

TUNIS: The son-in-law of Tunisia's deposed former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been arrested in the Seychelles, the Tunisian authorities announced...

UN seeks $8.5bn for emergency aid worldwide in 2013 14 Dec 2012 - 02:46 pm

GENEVA: The United Nations on Friday appealed for $8.5 billion to help some 51 million people engulfed in 16 major crises around the...

Philippine rebels order fighters not to carry guns 14 Dec 2012 - 02:29 pm

MANILA: Philippine Muslim rebel leaders who are negotiating a peace deal with Manila ordered their fighters on Friday not to wear military uniforms...

Rosneft could raise $10 bln bonds for TNK-BP deal 14 Dec 2012 - 02:16 pm

MOSCOW/LONDON: Russia's Rosneft could raise as much as $10 billion on bond markets to finance its takeover of Anglo-Russian oil firm TNK-BP, potentially...

Outgoing Norilsk CEO to get $100 mln pay-off: report 14 Dec 2012 - 02:15 pm

MOSCOW: The outgoing chief executive of Norilsk Nickel who is leaving as part of an agreement to end a shareholder feud will receive...

Man stabs 22 children in China: authorities 14 Dec 2012 - 01:47 pm

BEIJING: A man stabbed 22 primary school students in a knife attack in China on Friday, officials said, the latest in a series...

Deutsche Bank co-CEO says won't resign over tax fraud probe 14 Dec 2012 - 01:31 pm

FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank's co-chief executive JuergenFitschen, in newspaper interviews Friday, said he saw no reason to resign over allegations of suspected tax fraud,...

Mother of Nigerian finance minister freed from kidnappers 14 Dec 2012 - 12:46 pm

ABUJA: The mother of Nigeria's finance minister was on Friday freed from kidnappers after being abducted from her home in the country's south...