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S.Africa government denies Mandela discharged

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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

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Frustrated Kaka says he wants to leave Real Madrid

MADRID (Reuters) – Real Madrid’s Brazilian playmaker Kaka has told the Spanish club he wants to leave after deciding he will not get sufficient playing time under new coach Carlo

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

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is seen addressing the House of Commons in this still image taken from video in London August 29, 2013. REUTERS/UK Parliament via Reuters TV
Britain says no to Syria intervention as U.S. considers actions

LONDON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat on Thursday of a government motion on the issue, dealing a setback to

Indian Mujahideen Founder Yasim Bhatkal (File Photo/Agencies)
India most wanted Bhatkal arrested from Indo-Nepal border

Nepal police spokesman Nawaraj Silwal said that Nepalese police were not involved in the arrest of Bhatkal. NEW DELHI:ndian police have arrested the alleged co-founder of top home-grown militant group

Obama makes case for punishing Syria, but possible delays loom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made the case on Wednesday for a limited military strike against Syria in response to last week’s chemical weapons attack even as he faced

An excavator is used to search for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings as Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians gather at the site after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Fardous neighbourhood August 26, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat
China urges restraint over Syria tensions, calls for calm

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister urged restraint on Thursday in the growing tensions over Syria, saying any military intervention in the crisis would only worsen turmoil in the Middle

India’s Asaram Bapu’s son calls victim ‘mentally unstable’

New Delhi: Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu’s son has defended his father in the sexual assault case and has called the victim ‘mentally unstable’. Media reports said the remark was made

New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Media companies including the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post lost control of some of their websites Tuesday after hackers supporting the Syrian government