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BEIJING - A preparatory meeting of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) appointed Xi Jinping as secretary-general of the five-yearly event, a spokesman said Wednesday. The agenda for the CPC congress has been decided at the preparatory meeting, spokesman Cai...

Strangely enough, Obama praises Russia's sworn enemy 01.02.2012 For the first time during his tenure as president of the U.S., President Barack Obama met with his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili in the Oval Office of White House. The American host praised the guest, and set...

2012 The Year We Entered the Tunnel 13.01.2012 2012 The Year We Entered the Tunnel. While many of my predictions were optimistic on the time lines, the overall trends have stayed in the same direct. The main exception were the US/EU-created twitter revolutions in the Arab world, which to...

Iran Claims It Has Produced Laser-Guided Shells By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 30, 2012 at 4:57 AM ET TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV is reporting the country has produced laser-guided artillery shells, capable of hitting moving targets with high accuracy. The Monday...

Will Israel Attack Iran? Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Published: January 25, 2012 As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above a street in north Tel Aviv, its walls lined with thousands of books on subjects ranging from...

A giant awakes Ruth Pollard Cairo January 28, 2012 IT HAS been called a sleeping giant, a vast, secretive organisation that has been forced to live and work underground for most of the past 84 years. But since the fall of Hosni Mubarak's brutal 30-year rule last February, the Muslim...

Libyan leader hails wider role for Islam Mary Beth Sheridan, Benghazi October 25, 2011 Anti-Gaddafi fighters gesture to the crowds during celebrations. Photo: Reuters LIBYA'S top leader has declared the country officially ''liberated'' from the four-decade rule of Muammar Gaddafi...

October 24, 2011 Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz waves during a Saudi security forces parade in Mecca. Photo: Reuters Saudi Arabia's absolute monarch will make a historic concession to the principle of the vote as a special council is balloted for the first time on...

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 19 October 2011 13.07 BST The Dalai Lama leads a prayer session in Dharamsala to remember Tibetans who have immolated themselves. Photograph: Ashwini Bhatia/AP The Chinese foreign ministry has accused the Dalai Lama of "terrorism in disguise" for supporting Tibetans...

'Occupy' anti-capitalism protests spread around the world Thousands march in Rome, Sydney and Madrid as Occupy Wall Street protests go global guardian.co.uk, Saturday 15 October 2011 21.26 BST Occupy London protest: on the steps of St Paul's cathedral. Source: guardian.co.uk Link...

UN member States must demand probe & action against NATO War Crimes by Shenali Waduge (October 13, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Why & how is it that international laws & international bodies & international public figures paid to maintain peaceful co-existence keep silent while even...

Published: Saturday, Oct 15, 2011, 13:37 IST Place: Washington, DC | Agency: PTI While keeping the option of targeted raids on top Haqqani leaders on the table, the US administration has opened a new more aggressive approach towards the Afghan insurgent group, it asserts is supported by...

India takes on ocean-cop role, tests China SUJAN DUTTA New Delhi, Oct. 12: New Delhi today practically arrogated to itself policing rights in the Indian Ocean Region with defence minister A.K. Antony claiming it will give security cover to island nations. The defence minister said the...

The private owner of the publicly accessible Zuccotti Park, Brookfield Office Properties, plans to start cleaning at 7 a.m. (1100 GMT) the area where several hundred protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement have been camping since Sept. 17. Protesters fear it is an attempt to shut down...

US backing India for military exercises: Pak daily Indo-Asian News Service Islamabad, October 12, 2011 India will be holding military exercises along the Sino-Pak border areas "without any formal advance intimation to either Beijing or Islamabad" as it has the backing of the US, said a...

Bharat Karnad Oct 13, 2011 Over the years, the Indian armed services have become more and more like the Indian government — cautious, defensive, incremental in thought and action, and risk-averse when it comes to China, an adversary that is, perhaps, better endowed, if not more competent...

Thousands poured into the streets of Rabat on Sunday June 5 to condemn the death of a protester and to demand an end to the country-wide government crackdown on peaceful demonstrations. "We are here today to protest the murder of Khaled al-Amari," said a 40-year-old Rabat resident who did...

A Jewish activist protested against the israeli occupation of Palestine while netanyahu was delivering his hogwash speech to the US congress. The lady was dragged away, beaten and eventually hospitalised for broken neck. Netanyahu praised this as 'real democracy'. These bastards are shameless...