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U.S. diplomat flees Kenya after crash kills father of 3

03.08.2013 00:57
An American diplomat who police say was speeding crossed the centre line in his SUV and rammed into a full minibus, killing a father of three whose widow is six months pregnant, officials in Nairobi said Friday. U.S. Embassy officials in Nairobi rushed the American and his family out of Kenya...

UPDATE: US declares new push to defuse Egyptian crisis

03.08.2013 00:44
The United States said on Friday it would work with other nations to resolve Egypt's crisis peacefully, injecting new energy into a push to end a bloody standoff since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. A day after saying the army had restored democracy by removing Mursi,...

Witness reports suggest torture at pro-Morsi sit-ins: Amnesty

03.08.2013 00:42
Amnesty International said it has collected evidence that points at torture carried out at sit-ins by deposed president Mohamed Morsi's supporters. The international organisation said in a report released on Friday that "anti-Morsi protesters" have recounted how they were "captured, beaten,...

Britain to close Yemen embassy at weekend over security

03.08.2013 00:38
Britain's embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa will be shut this weekend after the United States announced the temporary closure of two dozen embassies over fears of an Al-Qaeda attack, the Foreign Office said Friday. "The embassy will be closed on the 4th and 5th of August," a ministry...

Dubai ruler pardons Norwegian woman convicted after she reported rape

27.07.2013 03:32
-- A Norwegian woman who was sentenced to prison in Dubai after reporting that she was raped has been given a pardon and will be heading home soon, she said Monday. Speaking to reporters in Dubai, Marte Deborah Dalelv seemed relieved and happy as she confirmed the news -- if still...

Syrian refugees face resentment in Lebanon

27.07.2013 03:26
-- He escaped the war, but life's no happier now for Omar. The 8-year-old Syrian refugee longs for friends back in Qusayr, hard hit by a civil war that grinds on. He also misses days in school -- when the most he had to worry about was finishing his homework. "I work so I can bring money for my...

Militant group claims responsibility for Iraq prison attacks

27.07.2013 03:25
An al Qaeda group claimed responsibility Tuesday for coordinated attacks on two Iraqi prisons that a lawmaker said freed more than 500 inmates, including some senior members of the militant group. Militants supported by suicide bombers and armed with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and machine...

Police: At least 30 killed as violence rocks Iraq

27.07.2013 03:23
At least 30 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Thursday, police officials said. In the Nawafl district of central Muqdadiya, a car bomb exploded at a busy outdoor market, killing 14 people and injuring eight. Muqdadiya is located in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. Nawafl is a...

Mexico clashes kill 22 , including police officers

27.07.2013 03:10
Clashes between criminals and federal police left 22 people dead in Mexico, including two officers, authorities said. The additional 20 people killed are suspected criminals, federal police said in a statement. The fighting in Michoacan state on Tuesday also left 15 injured. The clashes followed...

Permit lapse may ground construction of world's tallest building in China

27.07.2013 03:08
The plan to raise what would be the world's tallest building in a dizzyingly fast time is in danger of not getting off the ground at all. According to reports in Chinese state media, Broad Group, the developers for Sky City, have so far failed to get the proper permits required to proceed with...
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