HK democracy ‘referendum’ draws nearly 800,000
BBC Online :A total of 792,808 voters took part in an unofficial referendum on universal suffrage in Hong Kong, organisers said.The 10-day poll was held...
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Syria fighters hail declaration of Islamic ‘caliphate’
Reuters, Beirut :Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic “caliphate” after the group captured...
UK exit EU ‘to be a bad news’
BBC Online :The vice-president of the European Commission has said “it would be very bad news” if the UK left the EU.Joaquin Almunia also predicted...
20 burried alive as 2 Indian bldgs collapse
AP, New Delhi :Police in southern India detained two construction company directors Sunday as rescuers using gas cutters and shovels searched for workers believed buried...
Tikrit rebels ‘push back Iraq army’
BBC Online :Iraqi government forces trying to retake the city of Tikrit from Sunni insurgents have pulled back to a nearby town amid fierce clashes,...
Hong Kong wraps up unofficial democracy poll in defiance of Beijing
Reuters, Hong Kong :More than 765,000 votes had been cast by early afternoon on Sunday, the final day of an unofficial referendum on democratic reforms...
North Korea launches two missiles, defies UN ban
Reuters, Seoul :North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into seas east off its coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, defying a U.N. ban...
Benghazi consulate raid suspect in US court
BBC Online :The suspected ringleader of the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has appeared amid tight security at a US federal courthouse in...
Second OSCE team freed in Donetsk
BBC Online :Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have released the four remaining European monitors they were holding.The Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe...
Chinese-American ‘was target’ of Pakistan mountain massacre
AFP, Pakistan :The massacre of 10 foreign climbers on Pakistan’s “Killer Mountain” a year ago came after a failed attempt to capture a Chinese-American to...
4 storey bldg collapses in Delhi: 7 killed
PTI, New Delhi :Seven people were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in Inderlok area in North Delhi this morning.Rescue workers also pulled out seven...
