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686 candidates register for Iran’s presidential election |
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Monday, 13 May 2013 00:00 |
TEHRAN. — The latest report released by Iran’s Interior Ministry showed a total of 686 candidates have registered for the upcoming presidential election slated for June 14.
Among the contestants from diverse walks of life, a number of prominent conservative and moderate political figures as well as incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s
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French victim of SARS-like virus in intensive care |
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LILLE. — A man who contracted a deadly new SARS-like virus after sharing a hospital ward with France’s first victim was moved to intensive care yesterday following a deterioration in his condition, hospital officials said.
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Turkey arrests 9 over deadly bombings |
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ANKARA. — Turkey has arrested nine Turks over the deadly bombings in the town of Reyhanli near the border with Syria, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told reporters yesterday.
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BP withdraws Libya staff over security concerns |
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Monday, 13 May 2013 00:00 |
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LONDON. — Oil giant BP said yesterday it had pulled some non-essential overseas staff out of Libya because of concerns about the political situation, following the lead of the US and British embassies.
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Wife, daughter of Nigerian judge kidnapped |
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Monday, 13 May 2013 00:00 |
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LAGOS. — Gunmen have kidnapped the wife, daughter and driver of a supreme court judge on a road in southern Nigeria apparently hoping for a ransom payment, police said yesterday.
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Indian PM congratulates Pakistan’s Sharif |
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Monday, 13 May 2013 00:00 |
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NEW DELHI/LAHORE. — India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday congratulated former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif on his “emphatic victory” in historic elections and said he hoped for better relations.
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AU calls for restraint, dialogue in Guinea |
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Monday, 13 May 2013 00:00 |
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 ADDIS ABABA. — The African Union (AU) has called for restraint and dialogue in the Republic of Guinea as tension prevails on the ground and acts of violence occurred during authorised political demonstrations.
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LATEST: Malcolm X's grandson killed in Mexico City |
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Friday, 10 May 2013 13:50 |
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 NEW YORK - Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of civil rights icon Malcolm X, has been killed in Mexico according to The Amsterdam News. He was 28.
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Marikana cops had 'apartheid mentality' |
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Friday, 10 May 2013 08:10 |
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Rustenburg - Some of the police officers at the Marikana shootings retained an "apartheid mentality", the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Thursday. "Maybe some of the people involved in the making of the decisions [at Marikana] had not unlearnt the methods of the apartheid police," submitted Dali Mpofu, for the arrested and injured miners.
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PAP commits to partner APRM |
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Friday, 10 May 2013 00:00 |
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JOHANNESBURG. — The Pan-African Parliament on Wednesday voiced commitment to a partnership with the Panel of Eminent Persons of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), which will see PAP allocate
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Libyan ‘terrorist’ arrested in Tunisia |
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Friday, 10 May 2013 00:00 |
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TUNIS. — Tunisian police have arrested a Libyan “terrorist” as he was trying to bring explosives into the south of the country, the interior ministry said yesterday. “The anti-terrorism task force with the help of
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