Abbas hits out at Hamas The Palestinian Central Council on Friday called upon Fatah and Hamas to dissolve their militias and approved President Mahmoud Abbas decision to form an emergency government excluding Hamas.
Corruption traps Thaksin Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was charged with corruption for the first time on Thursday, on the same day as he took a step closer to gaining control of Manchester City football club.
Imrans love-child case gains pace Pakistans cricketer-politician Imran Khan stands to lose membership of the National Assembly with the speaker sending two disqualification references accusing him of misconduct to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) for further action.
Blast kills 3 Lankan soldiers Three Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and one soldier seriously wounded when the military vehicle they were traveling came under a powerful LTTE claymore mine attack in the northern Jaffna peninsula on Wednesday evening.
Citizen Kane tops movie poll Citizen Kane, Orson Welles powerful portrait of an unscrupulous media baron, beat back an assault from The Godfather, on Wednesday to retain its title as the greatest American film.
Smoke covers the sky as a fire destroy about 200 houses at densily populated area in Jakarta on Thursday. The fire was believed to have started in the kitchen of a hut and rapidly spread across the riverside cluster of more than 1,200 dwellings, a fire department officer said. AFP
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