TRIPOLI- Dozens of angry protesters tried to storm Russia's embassy in Tripoli on Wednesday after reports that a Russian woman had killed a Libyan army officer, a witness said. The demonstrators...
STOCKHOLM, Camille Bas-Wohlert- Only one ultrasound in nine months and no need to see the doctor or obstetrician: at first glance, Sweden's pregnancy care appears rather simplistic. But while it may...
DAMASCUS- International disarmament experts arrived Tuesday in the Syrian capital to begin the daunting task of cataloguing the country's arsenal of chemical weapons ahead of its destruction....
PARIS- Exercise may be at least as effective as some drugs in reducing the risk of death in stroke patients or people with heart disease, a study published on Wednesday said. Researchers from the...
BANGKOK- A celebrity panda, whose exploits were avidly followed in Thailand on a 24-hour television channel, left the kingdom Saturday in search of a mate in China, her zookeeper said. Linping, who...
DAMASCUS- Syria will comply with a UN resolution to destroy its chemical arsenal, President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday, as weapons experts prepared to head for Damascus to begin the task. In the...
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT- US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel slammed Republican lawmakers Saturday as "astoundingly irresponsible" for threatening to shut down the government over a short-sighted...
ALGIERS- Algerians demanding work protested across the energy-rich North African nation on Saturday as organisers vowed more days of "rage". Despite its vast hydrocarbon wealth, Algeria is plagued by...
UNITED NATIONS- UN leader Ban Ki-moon held his first meeting Saturday with the head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition in a bid to press for a Syria peace conference. The meeting is likely...
UNITED NATIONS- The United States and Russia on Thursday agreed the outline of a draft UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, officials said. While the resolution does...
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