Obama orders curbs on NSA spying
BBC Online :President Barack Obama has ordered curbs on the use of bulk data collected by US intelligence agencies, saying civil liberties must be respected.Obama...
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Four killed in clashes across Egypt
Reuters, Cairo :At least four people were killed as clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police flared up across Egypt on Friday, security sources said.The...
NSA runs global spying program
The Telegraph :The US National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text messages a day from around the world, gathering data on people’s...
Blast wounds 36 anti-govt protesters in Bangkok
Reuters, Bangkok :An explosive device tossed at anti-government protesters wounded 36 in central Bangkok on Friday and other violence rippled through the Thai capital after...
S Korea rejects North’s call to halt drills with US
Reuters, Seoul :South Korea on Friday rejected a call from the reclusive North to halt “provocative” military drills with the United States, saying that as...
Israel summons European envoys in settlement dispute
Reuters, Jerusalem :Israel has summoned envoys from four European states to protest their “one-sided” stand in favor of the Palestinians, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said...
Hollande affair 2-yr long
BBC Online :The French gossip magazine Closer has published claims President Francois Hollande has been having an affair with actress Julie Gayet for two years.The...
Ex-Pak PM Raja Pervez indicted
IANS, Islamabad :An accountability court in Pakistan Friday indicted former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, and six others in a rental power case and adjourned...
Syria proposes prisoner swap
BBC Online :Syria’s foreign minister has said Damascus is ready to offer a prisoner exchange with rebels.Speaking in Moscow, Walid Muallem also said he had...
Karzai attacks US over military operation
Reuters, Kabul :Afghanistan’s president attacked the United States over a military operation that killed civilians on Wednesday, underlining his growing rift with Washington.Hamid Karzai said...
Musharraf refuses to leave Pakistan
PTI, Lahore :Pakistan’s embattled former military dictator Pervez Musharraf has refused to leave the country on “medical grounds” until he is given “clean chit” in...
Malaysia arrests fake ‘sultan of Malacca’
BBC Online :Police in Malaysia are questioning a man who says he is the sultan of Malacca on suspicion that he falsely used the title...