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BERLIN. — German Chancellor Angela Merkel called her party’s election success a “strong vote” for a united Europe yesterday, saying her anti-crisis strategy would not change. “It was a strong vote for a united Europe,” Merkel told reporters at her Christian Democratic Union’s
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NAIROBI. — Kenyan police yesterday said they had arrested more than 10 suspects for questioning over an ongoing attack on a Nairobi shopping mall where more than 60 people were massacred. “We’ve arrested more than 10 individuals for questioning in relation to the
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UNITED NATIONS. — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will join the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany later this week to discuss the crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said
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MOSCOW. — A Russian lawmaker yesterday warned officials over the possible leak of fingerprints to US secret services via the iPhone 5S. Vitaly Milonov, a lawmaker from St Petersburg, said he would ask Russia’s Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information
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LONDON. — Two brothers arrested entering Britain at the port of Dover appeared in a London court yesterday charged with attending a terror training camp in Syria. Mohommod Hassin Nawaz (29) and Hamza Nawaz (22) were arrested on September 16 at the southeast English port,
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LUSAKA — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given research institutions in Africa funds to help them embark on research projects aimed at improving agricultural production on the continent, a senior official said in an interview with Xinhuaon Monday.
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THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court on Monday briefly excused Kenyan Vice President William Ruto from his crimes against humanity trial so he can deal with the bloody Nairobi shopping mall siege.
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BEIJING – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused foreign nations of giving orders to “terrorists” battling his government’s forces in an interview with China’s state CCTV broadcast Monday.
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PESHAWAR – Angry Christians protested across Pakistan on Monday to demand better protection after a devastating double suicide bombing at a church killed more than 80 people.
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NAIROBI – The terror attack on a Kenyan shopping centre that has left 68 dead was being led by the white English widow of a 7/7 bomber, it was claimed last night.
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THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has a new Executive Secretary, Dr Stergomena L. Tax from the United Republic of Tanzania.
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HONG KONG. – A super typhoon Usagi hit Hong Kong yesterday, forcing the closure of the city’s schools, amusement parks and bathing beaches, and disrupting hundreds of flights. The Hong Kong Observatory issued a No. 8 storm signal, the third highest level, at 6:40 p.m.,
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BERLIN. -Angela Merkel, an unflappable pastor’s daughter, cemented her title as the world’s most powerful woman yesterday, triumphantly romping home to a third term as German chancellor. Her position during what may be the last of her juggernaut election
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ISLAMABAD. – At least 56 people were killed and 120 others injured when a twin suicide bomb attack hit a Christian church in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar yesterday, hospital sources said. Chief executive of Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, which admitted all the
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JINAN. — Bo Xilai, former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a former member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of