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May 6, 2011

Obama lays wreath at Ground Zero

US President Barack Obama is visiting Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York,…

May 6, 2011

US election 2012: Key Republicans sit out debate

The first debate on the road to the Republican 2012 presidential nomination is being held with…

May 6, 2011

Share this page * Email * Print Share this page 74 * Share * Facebook * Twitter Syria protests: Banias fear amid Deraa pullout reports

Syrian activists are preparing to take to the streets on Friday for what they are calling a "day of defiance". Tanks are reported to have withdrawn from the city of Deraa, where a human rights groups says the government has carried out a 10-day…

May 5, 2011

Obama Will Not Release bin Laden Death Photo

President Barack Obama decided Wednesday not to release photographs of al-Qaida terror…

May 5, 2011

UN: Panel Links River to Haiti Cholera Outbreak

A United Nations panel of experts say the cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed almost 5,000 people was caused by contamination of the Artibonite River, which runs near a peacekeepers' base. The panel's report released Wednesday found sanitation…

May 5, 2011

Australian Police Makes “Record” Drug Bust

Police in Australia say they have seized a record 239 kilograms of methamphetamine, a drug commonly known as “ice.” Officials said Thursday that the drugs were seized in several raids in Sydney an Perth. They said the estimated value of the drug…

May 5, 2011

Palestinians Sign Unity Pact in Cairo

Rival Palestinian leaders from the Fatah and Hamas groups formally ended a bitter, four-year rift Wednesday, but Israel's prime minister denounced their reconciliation as a “tremendous blow to peace” and a “victory for terrorism.” Fatah's leader,…

May 5, 2011

Last WWI combat veteran Claude Choules dies aged 110

The world's last known combat veteran of World War I, Claude Stanley Choules, has died in Australia aged 110. Known to his comrades as Chuckles, British-born Mr Choules joined the Royal Navy at 15 and went on to serve on HMS Revenge. He moved to…

May 4, 2011

US to Push China on Economic Issues

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says China should implement a number of economic…

May 4, 2011

Japanese Sorties Against Russian, Chinese Aircraft Reach 15-Year High

Japan's defense ministry says it scrambled jets to intercept approaching foreign aircraft more frequently last year than at any time in the past 15 years. The ministry said more than two-thirds of the sorties were flown against approaching…