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L.K. Advani Resigns From All Positions in BJP

NEW DELHI: Senior Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader L K Advani today quit all positions in the BJP. He resigned from BJP Parliamentary Board, Election

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Car bombs at market in central Iraq kill 14

BAGHDAD: Back-to-back car bombings at a market in central Iraq killed at least 14 people on Monday, officials said, the latest in a spike in violence that has ravaged the country in

India polls: BJP ‘star’ Narendra Modi to lead campaign

Controversial Indian politician Narendra Modi has been chosen to lead the main opposition party’s campaign for elections due next year. The Gujarat chief minister is seen as a rising star

2 Koreas talk in border village after tensions

SEOUL, South Korea: Government delegates from North andSouth Korea held a marathon session of preparatory talks Sunday at a “truce village” on their heavily armed border aimed at setting ground

Iran says it sets up space monitoring center

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran said Sunday that it set up its first space tracking center to monitor objects passing in orbit overhead. Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said the center was

Obama pressed Chinese leader on cybersecurity

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.: President Barack Obama used an unusually lengthy and informal desert summit to present Chinese President Xi Jinping with detailed evidence of intellectual property theft emanating from his

13 dead, dozens missing as boat sinks off Australia

SYDNEY: Thirteen people were confirmed dead and dozens missing after a suspected people-smuggling boat sank off Australia´s remote Christmas Island, authorities said Sunday. Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said aerial

Floods in central Europe continue to create havoc

BERLIN: More than 80,000 emergency personnel including firefighters and soldiers were on duty Saturday, working aggressively to contain the most dramatic floods in Germany in a decade. Thousands of residents

Mandela’s health condition ‘serious but stable’

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela was back in hospital on Saturday in a “serious but stable” condition suffering from a recurrent lung infection, the latest health scare for South Africa´s frail anti-apartheid

China bus fire that killed 47 may be arson

BEIJING: A fire that gutted a commuter bus, killing 47 and injuring dozens more during rush hour in a port city in south eastern China, appears to have been deliberately