JERUSALEM- Israel has invited tenders for the building of hundreds of more homes in Jewish settlements in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, the independent Channel 10 television said on Sunday.
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TEHRAN- Iranian reformist websites said security forces killed a nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Sunday as police confirmed that five people died during anti-government rallies in...
BANDA ACEH, Nurdin Hasan - People across Asia paused Saturday to remember the day five years ago when an undersea earthquake unleashed a devastating wave that killed more than 220,000 people.
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JAKARTA, Arlina Arshad - Cash-strapped Indonesians are cutting out the middleman and selling their organs online, exploiting a loophole in local laws and fueling a dangerous and illegal trade in...
BEIRUT, Rouba Kabbara - At least two people were killed late Saturday in a mysterious blast that shook Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, a security official said, amid reports it could have...
DETROIT, Melissa Preddy - A Nigerian man was charged Saturday with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, while unnamed security officials told US media the suspect had confessed that...
NOUAKCHOTT - Lawyers representing a Mauritanian journalist who has served a six-month prison sentence denounced his "arbitrary detention" Friday and demanded his immediate release.
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BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj - Eighteen people including six Shiite worshippers were killed in a spate of attacks across Iraq on Friday, despite ramped up security for Christmas Day and Shiite Ashura...
YUHANABAD, Abbas Sahi- There is no joy at Christmas for Pakistani Christians like Faqir Masih, forced by poverty to sell a kidney to unscrupulous organ traders who find easy prey among the religious...
CAIRO- A Gaza-bound aid convoy in Jordan led by British MP George Galloway will not be allowed into Egypt through the Red Sea port of Nuweiba -- the most direct route -- Egypt's foreign ministry...