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Obama: Immigration debate will slip into the fall

In this July 15, 2013, photo President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony to present the 5,000th daily Point of Light Award to Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Tuesday conceded that an immigration overhaul cannot be achieved by his August deadline. With House Republicans searching for a way

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Packed boat capsizes near remote Australian island

SYDNEY: A boat carrying around 150 asylum seekers capsized in the Indian Ocean, spilling men, women and infants into rough waters and killing four people, Australian officials said Wednesday. The

Manning trial judge hearing dismissal arguments

FORT MEADE, Md: Lawyers for the Army private who leaked a trove of classified government documents urged a judge Monday to dismiss a charge that he aided the enemy, saying

DR Congo says 130 dead in clashes between army, rebels

GOMA, DR Congo: Fighting between troops and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 130 people including 10 soldiers, the government said, the deadliest clashes in

UN divided on Iran sanctions violations

UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. Security Council has refused to back a report by a panel of experts which unanimously concluded that Iran violated U.N. sanctions when it launched several ballistic

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Putin accuses US of trapping Snowden in Russia

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the United States of trapping US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden in Moscow, saying he would leave Russia as soon as possible. “As

Egyptian families put lives on hold at vigil for ousted leader

CAIRO: Murad Mohamed Mahmoud, an Egyptian civil servant, was saving up to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Instead, he is using the money to allow his family to join

George HW Bush visits White House

WASHINGTON: A dual interest in public service has brought President Barack Obama and former President George H.W. Bush together at the White House for a joint salute to volunteerism in

Violent clashes ahead of Bangladesh war crimes verdict

DHAKA: Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets at protesters on Monday, as violence erupted across the country ahead of the verdict on a top Islamist for allegedly masterminding atrocities during the

US boy trapped under dune still critical

A six-year-old US boy who spent more than three hours buried under 3.3 metres of sand after being swallowed by a massive dune is recovering well, but remains in critical