International

91 killed as massive tornado rips through US city

May 22nd, 2013

Washington: Over 91 people, including 20 children, were killed after a monstrous tornado ripped through the US city of Oklahoma, flattening entire neighbourhoods, crushing two elementary schools and turning the area into a war-zone. The tornado, over a mile wide, ripped through the area on Monday with winds of up to 320 km/h. Worst hit [...]

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Obama praises Myanmar reform

May 22nd, 2013

Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday saluted Myanmar President Thein Sein for his leadership in pushing through startling political reforms, but warned ethnic violence against Muslims must stop. As his guest became the first leader of his country in almost 50 years to visit the White House, Obama praised Myanmar’s journey away from brutal [...]

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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishing boat

May 22nd, 2013

BEIJING: North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat on Tuesday more than two weeks after it was detained in waters between the countries, as China demanded an explanation for the incident that has been a new irritant in ties between the often uneasy allies. Chinese counsellor to North Korea Jiang Yaxian had told state media [...]

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US examiner says scientist was ‘murdered’ in Singapore

May 22nd, 2013

Singapore: An American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year was murdered and his death made to look like a suicide as part of a conspiracy, a US pathologist told an inquiry in the city-state on Tuesday. Edward Adelstein, 75, a deputy medical examiner in Missouri, contradicted Singapore police findings that Shane Todd killed himself, [...]

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N Korea fires sixth missile in 3 days

May 21st, 2013

Seoul: North Korea fired a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, defying warnings from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and South Korea after a flurry of similar tests at the weekend. The latest firing was confirmed by the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), who said it was unclear if the North [...]

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23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria: Report

May 21st, 2013

BEIRUT: Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, Syrian state-media said on Monday. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group have been killed in the clashes. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks [...]

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Cameron faces party rebellion over gay marriage

May 21st, 2013

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament on Monday. Cameron faces a setback in the lower chamber, the House of Commons, if the opposition Labour Party joins forces with Tory rebels in a vote on [...]

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