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Iraq attacks kill 55 less than a week before vote

BAGHDAD: Insurgents in Iraq deployed a series of car bombsas part of highly coordinated attacks that cut across a wide swath of the country Monday,

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South Africa: Elephant overturns vehicle

JOHANNESBURG: An elephant overturned a vehicle carrying two tourists, injuring both, on Monday, said South African officials. The tourists are of “Chinese origin,” according to a statement from Kruger National

Iraq: String of attacks across country kills 31

BAGHDAD: Insurgents launched what appeared to be a highly coordinated string of attacks in several parts of Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 31 and wounding more than 200,

BJP won’t dump Modi for Nitish, NDA headed for split

NEW DELHI: NDA on Sunday looked set to split in a few months after BJP virtually rejectedNitish Kumar’s demand to rule out Narendra Modi as the party’s prime ministerial candidate

Tensions up in Venezuela after polls close

CARACAS, Venezuela: Voters chose Sunday between the hand-picked successor who campaigned to carry on Hugo Chavez’s self-styled socialist revolution and an emboldened second-time challenger who warned that the late president’s

Israel at 65: Success still plagued by uncertainty

JERUSALEM: In 65 years, Israel has surpassed the dreams of its founders, emerging as the Middle East’s strongest military force, a global high-tech powerhouse and a prosperous homeland for the

Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad resigns

RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad resigned on Saturday, leaving the Palestinians without one of their most moderate and well-respected voices just as the U.S. is launching a

Russia bans 18 Americans after similar US move

MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday named 18 Americans banned from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations. The list released by

Mubarak appears in Egypt court; retrial adjourned

CAIRO: An upbeat and alert-looking Hosni Mubarak waved to his supporters after he was wheeled into a Cairo courtroom on Saturday for the first session of his retrial on charges

Lion Air plane crashes into sea in Bali; 22 hurt

BALI, Indonesia: A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials