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SANAA (Reuters) - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said. The attacks came less than a week after a ...  

YANGON: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi next week during the first visit by an Indian premier to Myanmar in a quarter of a century, her party said Friday. India has faced international criticism in ...  

HARARE - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has urged Western countries to suspend sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president - Robert Mugabe - to give the country a chance to implement reforms. The call came as Pillay ended her landmark five-day visit Friday. Navi Pillay, a former South African High Court judge who has also served on the International Criminal Court, told reporters here in Harare Friday that...  

National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza’s decision not to forward a reference to the Election Commission against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, smacks of being partisan. The stand that Dr Mirza has taken was widely expected, as it falls in line with the government’s position in support of the Prime Minister, after his conviction by the Supreme Court. It borders on the ...  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An African Union official says Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to resume talks over issues that brought the two nations to the brink of war: sharing oil wealth and establishing their border. Ramtane Lamamra said Friday that the resumption of talks has been confirmed.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he welcomes the resumption of talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia next week. Ban urged the parties to demonstrate...  

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's son and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. WASHINGTON: The son of slain Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto said Thursday that ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf "murdered my mother," as ...  

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday ordered quick and stern action ... Meanwhile, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan made an apology for not attending the meeting, as he had to leave for Dubai over MV Albedo captives’ matter.  

The U.S. military is investigating how pictures apparently showing the alleged 9/11 mastermind ... to enter any plea to the charges in connection with the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. If found guilty of organising the attacks ...  

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to ensure the upcoming elections will be free and fair. It was the UN chief's first visit to Zimbabwe at the invitation of the government.  

... Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander, sent similar cables to the Jordanian Monarch, Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawna and Crown Prince HRH Prince Al-Hussain bin Abdullah II.  

MILAN - Italian automaker Fiat SpA, which controls Chrysler, said Friday that it and subsidiaries will immediately halt sales to Iran, following similar moves by other carmakers under pressure to cut ties to Tehran over its disputed nuclear program. The international community has been toughening sa  

YANGON (Reuters) - A week of protests in Myanmar over chronic power outages gained momentum on Friday after opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gave them her blessing and the government's response added to popular outrage.  

BEIRUT (AP) – Syrian forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands of protesters calling for President Bashar Assad's ouster Friday, killing two people in the northern city of Aleppo as the regime struggles to vanquish the 15 ...  

Italy's parliamentarians staged a rare revolt this month that could overhaul the way the government appoints members of the telecoms and media regulator that oversees a sector long dominated by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.  

The podium had earlier been blocked off by members of the opposition party in protest at the corruption inquiry against opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Those loyal to current president Viktor Yanukovych stormed the blockade ...