World

  • Australians flee ahead of “catastrophic” cyclone
    Cairns, February 2 (Reuters): Thousands of people fled their homes and crammed into shelters in northeastern Australia on Wednesday as the most powerful cyclone in the country's history barreled toward a string
  • Jubilant crowds flood Cairo, escalating protests
    People gather in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Security officials say authorities have shut down all roads and public transportation to Cairo, where tens of thousands of
  • Storms, floods kill 6 in southern Brazil
    SAO PAULO (AP) - Severe floods triggered by torrential downpours have killed at least six people in southern Brazil and driven thousands from their homes. The Civil Defense department in Santa Catarina s
  • Pakistani arrested for 'blasphemous' exam answer
    KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Police have arrested a 17-year old Pakistani boy for writing an allegedly blasphemous remark in an examination paper, an officer said Tuesday. Pakistan's blasphemy laws have come
  • US Senate Democrats reject call to cut Israel aid
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Six Senate Democrats are rejecting a deficit-driven proposal by a new Republican senator to cut U.S. aid to Israel. In a letter Tuesday to the top House Republicans on the Appropriations an
  • Huckabee says no Palestinian state in West Bank
    JERUSALEM (AP) - Potential 2012 U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Tuesday that if Palestinians want an independent state, they should seek it from Arabs - not Israel. The evangelical m
  • Myanmar’s parliament opens under tight security
    Myanmar security police officers check a car carrying a representative towards the parliament building on Monday, January 31 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo) NAYPYITAW, January 31 (AP): Myanmar opened its
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