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Iran president: Nation wants foreign policy change

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s new president said Saturday that his countrymen elected him to change the country’s foreign policy and shift away from the bombastic style

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Philippines ferry Thomas Aquinas sinks at Cebu, 17 dead

At least 17 people have died and more than 500 people rescued after a ferry carrying about 700 people collided with a cargo ship in the Philippines. The ferry, MV

18 dead, 280 hurt in Beirut car bomb blast

BEIRUT: A powerful car bomb tore through a bustling south Beirut neighborhoodthat is a stronghold of Hezbollah on Thursday, killing at least 18 and trapping dozens of others in an

Woman attempts suicide near Parliament House

NEW DELHI: Miffed over not getting a job on compassionate grounds after her father’s death, a 25-year-old woman hailing from Jharkhand attempted suicide on Thursday near the Parliament House, police

Strong quake shakes central New Zealand, causes minor damage

WELLINGTON: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck south of New Zealand’s capital on Friday, sending panicked Wellington workers and residents into the streets, but caused little major damage just weeks after

India has taken a big leap every ten years, Manmohan Singh says

NEW DELHI: India has taken big leaps every ten years since Independence, Manmohan Singh said addressing the nation from the Red Fort on the 67th Independence Day. Highlighting the achievements

Egypt’s government declares month-long state of emergency, according to state TV.

Cairo (CNN): In a matter of hours Wednesday, two peaceful protest camps in Cairo turned into unrecognizable war zones. And the violence is still under way. Egypt declared a month-long

UPS cargo plane crashes in Alabama, killing 2

A large UPS cargo plane slammed into a field near an airport in Birmingham, Ala., shortly before dawn, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday. The pilot and co-pilot were

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CIA admits it spied on father of modern linguistics Noam Chomsky

WASHINGTON: The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has admitted to having amassed data on MIT linguistics professor and government critic Noam Chomsky during the 1970s, Foreign Policy magazine’s The Cable

At least 43 dead as police swoop on pro-Morsi Cairo protests

CAIRO: Security forces backed by bulldozers moved in Wednesday on two huge protest camps set up in Cairo by supporters of Egypt´s ousted president Mohamed Morsi, launching a long-threatened crackdown