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USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted for possible help with Syria

The USS Nimitz, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier which is currently supplemented by biofuel, sails about 150 miles north of the island of Oahu during the RIMPAC Naval exercises off Hawaii July 18,2012. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help

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Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital‚ condition still critical

JOHANNESBURG: Anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital and returned home on Sunday after being treated for a recurring lung infection, the government said

India’s spiritual guru Asharam booked by police

JAIPUR: A controversial spiritual guru was arrested early Sunday on a rape charge filed by a teen-age girl in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, police said. Asaram Bapu was

Chinese paramilitary police ride in armoured vehicles through Urumqi, Xinjiang June 29, 2013. A Chinese policeman was killed in an "anti-terrorism" operation in the restive region of Xinjiang, state media reported Thursday -- an incident last week in which overseas reports said 22 Uighurs were shot dead. (AFP Photo/Mark Ralston)
Policeman among 23 killed in recent Xinjiang unrest

A Chinese policeman was killed in an “anti-terrorism” operation in the restive region of Xinjiang, state media reported Thursday — an incident last week in which overseas reports said 22

In this photograph taken on October 18, 2011, Indian farmers shout anti-government slogans during a protest against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government land acquisition policy in New Delhi. Indian business groups warned Friday that a land reform bill passed by the lower house of parliament could jeopardise investment needed to kick-start the stuttering economy. (AFP Photo/Raveendran)
Indian business worried by new land reform law

Indian business groups warned Friday that a land reform bill passed by the lower house of parliament could jeopardise investment that is desperately needed to kick-start the stuttering economy. The

Chairman of PetroChina Jiang Jiemin releases the company's annual results at a news conference in Hong Kong March 19, 2008. REUTERS/Garrige Ho
China investigates head of state assets regulator

BEIJING (Reuters) – China is investigating the head of its state assets regulator, a former top energy executive, for “serious discipline violations”, the government said on Sunday in what appears

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the situation in Syria, at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington August 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Theiler
Obama asks Congress to approve military strike against Syria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama stepped back from the brink on Saturday and delayed an imminent military strike against Syria to seek approval from the U.S. Congress in a

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S.Africa government denies Mandela discharged

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s presidency on Saturday denied reports that Nelson Mandela had been discharged from hospital and had returned to his Johannesburg home. Mac Maharaj said he had received no

India launches its first ‘military’ satellite

Bangalore (IANS) India’s first ‘military’ satellite (GSAT-7) was successfully put into the geosynchronous transfer orbit early Friday by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) heavy rocket. It was launched in the

China's ambassador to the United Nations (U.N.) Liu Jieyi (R) exits a meeting of the five permanent U.N. Security Council members at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, August 29, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
China urges no U.N. action on Syria before probe completed

BEIJING (Reuters) – There should be no rush to force U.N. Security Council action against Syria until a probe by U.N. experts into suspected chemical weapons use is complete, and