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  • Al-Qaida confirms Osama bin Laden's death

    2011-05-06 21:20

    Al-Qaida, a notorious terrorist group, has confirmed its leader Osama bin Laden's death, reported local English TV channel Express on Friday afternoon.

  • Taliban promise revenge attacks

    2011-05-06 20:55

    Heavily armed Taliban fighters, appearing in a video purporting to show frontline militants in southern Afghanistan, have said the killing of Osama bin Laden will inspire them to continue fighting until all foreign troops have left the country.

  • France expels 14 diplomats loyal to Gadhafi

    2011-05-06 19:53

    France on Friday ordered 14 diplomats loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to leave the country within 48 hours, the foreign ministry said.

  • Bin Laden eyed US rails

    2011-05-06 19:36

    Holed up in a compound in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden was scheming how to hit the United States hard again. Al-Qaida plans for derailing an American train on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. UN investigators seek facts on Bin Laden death
    Al Qaeda says to release bin Laden audio tape
    Taliban promise revenge attacks

  • Sony CEO apologizes for data breach

    2011-05-06 15:08

    Sony Corp Chief Executive Howard Stringer apologized for "inconvenience and concern" caused by the security breach that compromised personal data from more than 100 million online gaming accounts.

  • Body from 2009 Air France crash in Atlantic raised

    2011-05-05 22:38

    A body from the 2009 Air France crash that killed all 228 people aboard has been raised from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

  • US jobless claims hit 8-month high

    2011-05-05 22:17

    The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose to an eight-month high last week and productivity growth slowed in the first quarter, clouding the outlook for an economy that is struggling to gain speed.

  • Obama visits NY to honor bin Laden victims

    2011-05-05 21:21

    President Barack Obama honors Osama bin Laden's September 11 victims on Thursday, laying a wreath at the site of the World Trade Center, where the slain terrorist leader changed the course of history in a day of carnage that shook the United States and killed nearly 3,000 people.

  • Film trailer fuels buzz about Sarkozy's foibles

    2011-05-05 21:08

    A film chronicling French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election and the subsequent collapse of his marriage is creating a buzz -- and plenty of controversy -- ahead of its showing at Cannes this year.

  • Pakistan defends intelligence body

    2011-05-05 21:04

    Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Thursday said that Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI) has the potential to combat terrorism and insisted that ISI is mindful of its international obligations.

  • Copycat royal wedding gown a hit

    2011-05-05 20:37

    Yang Lifei, a Chinese fashion designer, originally made a copy of the gown for a British TV channel. After the dress was completed, her small wedding dress business received more than half a dozen orders in her hometown and other parts of China, as well as Paris, with prices ranging from 3,500 RMB ($540) in China to 8,000 RMB ($1230) in France.

  • US, Italy concerned over Syrian situation

    2011-05-05 19:13

    The escalading protest in Syria has forced its way onto the agenda of the second contact group talks on Libya, aimed at further sanctions against the North Africa country and an immediate end to the violence there.

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