Egypt opposition urges “no” vote on divisive constitution
Report by Tamim Elyan and Marwa Awad, CAIRO | Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:17pm EST (Reuters) – Egypt’s liberal and secular opposition has urged its supporters to vote down a divisive constitution put forward More...
Venezuela’s Chavez in delicate state after surgery
Report by Andrew Cawthorne and Brian Ellsworth | CARACAS | Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:58pm EST (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in delicate condition after his latest surgery for cancer, the government More...
Syria rebels say fighting army in Salaheddine
Syrian rebels said they had regained control over parts of a strategic district of Aleppo on Thursday after countering a sustained assault by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces seeking to retake Syria’s More...
Annan arrives in Damascus, Syria tests missiles
Report by Oliver Holmes (Reuters) – Kofi Annan is due to hold talks on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who said U.S. political support for “terrorists” was hindering the peace envoy’s More...
The Himalayan Heist
Column by M.J.Akbar - Why do intelligent people commit murder? Hatred, envy, greed may be familiar primal motives, but desire remains many phases away from deed unless you are an idiot, or deranged. Murderers More...
Ban Ki-moon: Syria yet to implement peace plan
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday informed that the Syrian government has “failed” to comprehensively More...
Iran stops crude supplies to UK, France
Tehran, IRAN – Iranian administration has stopped selling crude oil to British as well as French oil companies. The country’s oil ministry said on Sunday that it was “retaliatory measure” More...
Syria: Car bomb kills 25
Damascus, SYRIA – According to confirmed reports at least 25 people were killed on Friday when two powerful car bombs targeting security posts ripped through Syria’s second largest city of Aleppo even More...
China promotes micro-blogging via real name registration
Beijing (China) – Chinese government has decided to promote the use of micro-blogs via expansion of real-name registration for users in its latest initiative to better control wildly popular Twitter-like websites, More...
