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Man arrested over Sydney schoolgirl ‘collar bomb’
SYDNEY — An Australian man was arrested Tuesday in the Unites States in connection with a fake bomb strapped around the neck of a Sydney schoolgirl, police said. New South Wales state detectives said the 50-year-old was taken into custody in Louisville, Kentucky, in an operation assisted by the United…
Gorbachev says Bush warned him of ’91 coup
The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, said Monday that former US president George H.W. Bush had warned him about his safety a few weeks before Communist hardliners staged their August 1991 coup. The ex-Soviet president and Nobel Peace Prize winner said on the eve of the failed plot’s 20th anniversary…
U.S. committed to Taiwan: White House
A White House official pledged Monday that the United States will remain committed to Taiwan’s defense after a report said that Washington has rejected the island’s pitch to buy F-16 fighter jets. A day before Vice President Joe Biden heads to China, President Barack Obama’s administration said it stood by…
White House: U.S. would ‘consider’ staying in Iraq past 2011
The White House said Monday it would “consider” any Iraqi request for a US troop presence past 2011 as the war-torn country mourned the bloodiest violence in more than a year. Spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that Washington’s “overall” posture “in terms of drawing down” was unchanged after the countrywide…
Tibetan monk sets self on fire to protest Chinese crackdown
BEIJING (AFP) – A monk has set himself on fire in an area of south-western China with a large Tibetan population that has experienced unrest in recent years, state media reported on Monday. The official Xinhua news agency quoted local authorities as saying the monk set himself on fire in…
Hollywood film giant links with China distributor
Relativity Media, the production company behind “The Social Network”, has teamed up with two Chinese firms in a $100 million deal that gives it access to China’s rapidly expanding film market. Relativity will co-produce and distribute “cross cultural” films and television programmes with China’s Huaxia Film Distribution and SkyLand Film-Television…
Third day of assault in Syria
Syrian tanks attack Latakia, third day of assault Khaled Yacoub Oweis Reuters US Online Report World News Aug 15, 2011 06:30 EDT AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian forces shelled residential districts in Latakia on Monday, residents said, the third day of an assault on Sunni neighborhoods of the port city which…
Egypt’s Pres. Mubarak to return to court
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak returns to court Monday to face charges of killing protesters, in a hearing that could decide if the head of the ruling military council will take the stand as a witness. Defense lawyers say that any testimony by Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein…
Libyan rebels, government troops holding talks in Tunisia
DJERBA, Tunisia (Reuters) – Libyan rebels and representatives of Muammar Gaddafi’s government held negotiations late on Sunday in a hotel in southern Tunisia, a source with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters. A spokesman for Gaddafi’s government denied there were any talks about the Libyan leader’s departure, and said…
Iraq’s Vice President says pullout of U.S. troops will ‘improve security’
The year-end pullout of US forces will improve security in Iraq, Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi claimed Sunday, days after Iraqi leaders agreed to talk with Washington over a post-2011 training mission. Hashemi, a Sunni Muslim and one of two vice presidents whose positions are largely ceremonial, said a continued American…
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