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Sisi to sweep presidential polls after initial count

Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.

1,550 flights affected by LAX shooting

2013-11-03 10:03

A total of 1,550 flights with an estimated 167,050 passengers were affected by the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Friday, an airport spokeswoman said Saturday.

Two French journalists killed in Mali

2013-11-03 09:58

Two French journalists were kidnapped and killed on Saturday in Kidal in northern Mali, the French Foreign Ministry confirmed.

Snowden to help probe into US spying

2013-11-02 09:46

US whistleblower Edward Snowden is willing to help the German government in its probe into US spying in Germany that included alleged monitoring of mobile phone communications of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Chinese to join Syria weapons mission

2013-11-02 08:56

Three Chinese experts will take part in a mission in Syria focusing on the destruction and verification of Syrian chemical weapons.

Plan to retake islands not true

2013-11-01 23:28

Washington has made a clarification to Beijing to dismiss a Japanese media report on a so-called US-Japan joint combat plan for "retaking" China's Diaoyu Islands, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Friday.

Brazilian vice-president to visit China

2013-11-01 17:40

Brazilian Vice-President Michel Temer will pay an official visit to China from November 4 to 10.

ROK to buy Global Hawks from US

2013-11-01 16:41

The Republic of Korea planned to buy four Global Hawks, the unmanned spy drone, from the United States to beef up its defense capabilities against possible missile and nuclear threats from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Flooding sweeps Texas, killing 2

2013-11-01 15:12

A strong storm battered central and southeast Texas Thursday, killing at least two people and causing high water, flash floods, and power outages across the US state.

Vietnam ranks 14th most populous country

2013-11-01 14:52

Vietnam welcomed its 90 millionth citizen on Friday, as it ranks the 14th most populous country in the world and the third in the Southeast Asian.

German lawmaker meets Snowden

2013-11-01 11:09

A German opposition lawmaker on Thursday met Edward Snowden in Moscow to explore the possibility of having him assist Germany's inquiry into alleged US spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Iraqi PM warns terror comeback

2013-11-01 10:15

Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki warned on Thursday that terrorism fueled by the civil war in neighboring Syria may come back in his country, as he seeks US arms to combat the rising insurgency.

US Air Force drone crashes

2013-11-01 09:21

The US Air Force confirmed Thursday that one of its Predator drones crashed near a military base in New Mexico a day earlier during a training exercise.

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