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Indian Oscar winner pulls out of Pakistan festival - 02/14/2013

KARACHI- A leading Indian poet who won an Oscar for writing song lyrics for the smash hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has pulled out of Pakistan's top literary festival at the last minute, organisers...

Rebels seize airport as Syria dead nears 70,000 - 02/13/2013

DAMASCUS- Rebels on Tuesday overran a military air base and captured warplanes, gaining ground in northern Syria for a second straight day as the UN said the death toll from the 23-month conflict was...

Egypt women raise their voice against sexual violence - 02/13/2013

CAIRO- Egyptian protesters took to the street again on Tuesday to demand an end to sexual violence, as campaigns against the repeated attacks in central Cairo pick up steam. "A woman's voice is a...

Syria's Assad vows to resist as blast hits Turkish border - 02/12/2013

DAMASCUS- President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Monday not to bow to mounting pressure and "plots", almost two years into a deadly revolt in Syria, as at least 13 people were killed when a car exploded...

Tunisia in political limbo after PM gamble - 02/11/2013

TUNIS, Antoine Lambroschini- Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali's gamble on forming a new cabinet in defiance of his Islamist party after the murder of an opposition head left Tunisia in political limbo...

Tensions rise in Tunisia as PM threatens to quit - 02/10/2013

TUNIS, Antoine Lambroschini- Tunisia's prime minister threatened to quit on Saturday and warned of chaos unless key ministries held by fellow Islamists go to independents in a new government of...

Arab Spring promoting bloodshed: Iraq Christian leader - 02/10/2013

KIRKUK, Iraq- The newly appointed patriarch of Iraq's largest Christian community said on Saturday that the Arab Spring had been hijacked by narrow interests and had promoted tension and bloodshed....

Syria says talks with opposition cannot have 'preconditions' - 02/08/2013

DAMASCUS- The Syrian regime is prepared to have dialogue with its political opponents, but without "preconditions", the information minister said Friday in response to an offer from the opposition...

Fukushima survivors to sue Japan government - 02/08/2013

TOKYO- People whose homes or farms were hit by radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will file class-action lawsuits next month to seek damages from the Japanese government, lawyers...

Syria regime retakes town as Damascus clashes rage - 02/08/2013

DAMASCUS- Troops overran a rebel town and were locked in a second day of fierce clashes around Damascus on Thursday, as Islamic states urged Syria's regime and its foes to hold "serious" talks to end...
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