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Absent but omnipresent, Chavez a powerful symbol

CARACAS: While Venezuela’s sick president recuperates from surgery behind closed doors in Cuba, at home he is more visible than ever. Iconic images of his

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Trial of suspects in India gang-rape case starts

NEW DELHI: Five suspects, their faces covered with woolen caps, arrived in a special fast-track New Delhi court Thursday for the start of their trial for the rape and murder

Rocket attacks kills 6 of a sole family in Syria

BEIRUT: Syrian activists say a government rocket attack has killed six members of a single family in the north of the country, where rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar

Benjamin Netanyahu narrowly wins elections

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-line allies fared far worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, likely forcing him to reach across the aisle to court a

Israeli election ends in dramatic deadlock

JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliamentary election has ended in a stunning deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line bloc and center-left rivals, forcing the badly weakened Israeli leader to scramble to cobble

Editor gets 10 years in jail for Thai royal insult

BANGKOK: A prominent Thai labor rights activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison Thursday for violating much-debated laws designed to protect Thailand’s royal family. The verdict

Prince Harry lashes out at press on return from war zone

LONDON: Britain´s Prince Harry described his “anger” at the media and accused newspapers of printing “rubbish” and depriving him of a private life in comments released as he completed his

UK to cut down Army job

The Ministry of Defence is announcing a third round of Army redundancies later. About 5,000 job losses are expected, as part of cuts already announced by the government to reduce

Japan agrees 2% inflation target and asset purchases

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has agreed to double its inflation target to 2% and ease monetary policy, meeting key demands of Japan’s new government. Japan’s central bank has guarded

China’s young in crisis of declining fitness

BEIJING (AP) — Despite its formidable performance in recent Olympic Games, China has found itself in a crisis of declining fitness among its youngsters. The government has urged schools to