Damascus - 31 July 2011 (AFP): At least 95 people were killed on Sunday when the military launched an attack on the flashpoint protest city of Hama in central Syria, a human rights activist said. Ammar Qorabi, who heads the National Organisation for Human Rights, reported the toll and also said

GEORGETOWN (Guyana) - 31 July 2011 (AP): Flight 523 fromNew Yorkhad just touched down and passengers were applauding the pilot's landing in the South American country Saturday when something suddenly went wrong.TheBoeing737-800 slid off the end of a rainy runway, crashed through a chain-link fence a

New York - 31 July 2011 (AP): TheUS Geological Surveyis reporting that another strong earthquake has jolted northeasternJapan, the same region struck by March's massive quake and tsunami. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning is in effect.The USGS says the ear

Washington - 27 July 2011: The United States edged closer to adevastating defaulton Tuesday, as President Barack Obama's Democrats and their Republican rivals were deadlocked over competing plans to raise the debt ceiling, one week before a deadline to act.With no compromise in sight and the threat

New Delhi - July 26 2011: Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik hailed India's Hindu 'nationalist movement' as a key ally in a global struggle to bring down democratic regimes across the world. '2080: A European declaration of independence' lays out a road map for a future organisation, the J

Oslo - 26 July 2011, (Reuters): As central Oslo reeled from Norway's worst massacre in modern history, a blond man in the grieving crowd asked Iraqi-born Iman al-Kofi, wearing a headscarf, for a hug. Kofi, who had a friend in intensive care with three bullet wounds and had learned that at least

OSLO - 23 July 2011 (AFP): Police have questioned a blond 32-year-old suspect over twin attacks on a youth camp and the government headquarters that killed at least 91 people in Norway's deadliest tragedy since World War II.As harrowing testimony emerged from the holiday island where scores of young

Oslo, Norway - 23 July 2011 (AP): A bomb ripped open buildings in the heart of Norway's government Friday, and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at an island youth camp connected to the ruling party. At least seven people were killed in the blast and a witness said more than 20 died in t

Cape Canaveral - 21 Jul 2011: The space shuttle Atlantis glided home through a clear moonlit sky on Thursday to complete a 13-day cargo run to the International Space Station and a 30-year odyssey for NASA's shuttle program. Commander Chris Ferguson gently steered the 100-tonne spaceship high ove

Beirut - 16 July 2011 (AP): Hundreds of thousands of Syrians mounted the largest protests on Friday since the uprising began more than four months ago, pouring into areas where the government crackdown has been most intense in a sign that security forces cannot break the revolt.Syrian authorities fi

Ahmad Wali Karzai, a brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan, was killed on Tuesday, an official and a family member confirmed. "I confirm that Ahmad Wali was killed inside his house," said Zalmay Ayoubi, spokesman for the governor of K

Juba - 9 July 2011: An ecstatic night and day of celebration has greeted the birth of the world's newest country, South Sudan, which has formally parted from the Arab-led Khartoum government to the north. In a day of firsts for South Sudan, the new country hoisted its flag in front of a crowd of

London - 09 July 2011: British Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-communications chief Andy Coulson, who was editor of the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World, and a former royals' editor for the tabloid were arrested on Friday as a scandal over phone hacking and bribing police rocked Britain and

CAIRO - 08 July 2011 (AP): Tens of thousands of Egyptians braved scorching summer heat to hold one of their biggest protests in months Friday, filling streets inCairoand other cities to demand trials for members of Hosni Mubarak's regime and express frustration with the slow pace of change.The exhil

WELLINGTON: A powerful 7.6-magnitude underseaearthquaketriggered tsunami alerts forNew ZealandandTongaThursday but warnings were cancelled as the quake proved less destructive than feared.ThePacific Tsunami Warning Centerissued a tsunami alert after the quake struck off New Zealand's Kermadec Island

Yingluck Shinawatra set to be country's first female leader as prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva prepares for opposition Thailand's Democrat government has conceded defeat in Sunday's election - putting Yingluck Shinawatra on course to become the country's first female leader, five years after he

WASHINGTON:US warslaunched since the attacks of September 11, 2001 have left 225,000 dead and cost up to $4.4 trillion, according to a new study by university researchers.The study published byBrown Universitythis week focused on the wars in Iraq,Afghanistanand counter-terrorism campaigns inPakistan

JERUSALEM: They're all aTwitter about the flotilla. It may still be anyone's guess when a small international convoy of vessels carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid will set sail from Greece to the Gaza Strip in a challenge to Israel's naval blockade of the territory run by Hamas Islamist