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Egypt president promises to fight chaos before pro-Mursi rallies

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim President Adli Mansour promised on Thursday to fight those driving the nation towards chaos, hours before the Muslim Brotherhood plans

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New Pakistan government vows to rescue ailing power sector

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new energy minister promised on Thursday to fix the country’s ailing energy sector in three years, laying out an ambitious plan to tackle crippling power shortages that have

‘Improving’ Mandela turns 95 in hospital

PRETORIA: Millions of people around the world marked Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday Thursday, heartened by news that the hospitalised icon was now able to smile and nod to visitors. After

Japan paper’s social media accounts blocked in China

BEIJING: One of Japan’s biggest newspapers said Thursday its social media accounts have been deleted in China, amid a bitter territorial dispute between the two countries. The Asahi Shimbun’s head

Disputes between Morsi, military led to Egypt coup

CAIRO: The head of Egypt’s military, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, sat with a polite smile in the front row listening to President Mohammed Morsi give a 2 1/2-hour speech defending his

Mandela makes ‘dramatic progress’, says daughter

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela has made “dramatic progress,” and may be going home “anytime soon,” said his daughter Zindzi on the eve of his 95th birthday. “I visited him

House Speaker rejects Olympic boycott over Snowden

WASHINGTON : House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday soundly rejected suggestions that the United States boycott the Winter Olympics in Sochi if Russia grants asylum to National Security Agency leaker

Al-Qaida branch confirms its No. 2 killed in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen: The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida confirmed on Wednesday that the group’s No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike. The announcement,

Prominent Assad supporter assassinated in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in the latest sign of Syria’s civil war spilling over into its

Assange movie trailer leaks

The first trailer showing Benedict Cumberbatch playing Julian Assange has leaked. The two-minute snippet shows the British actor speaking with an Aussie accent and appearing with lank, grey hair. Disney’s