Islam militant Anders Behring Breivik appears bent on turning a Norwegian court into a “circus” show for his views when he goes on trial Monday for killing 77 people, reopening wounds in the traditionally tolerant and tranquil nation.
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graft court Tuesday ordered the arrest of former leader Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, her husband and two former officials in a case which President Benigno Aquino sees as a key to cleaning up the government and attracting investors.
Arroyo, already (...)
government groups in the United States continued to rise last year, fueled by racial tensions, conspiracy theories and anger over economic inequality, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The most explosive growth came from the (...)
US Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr brought thousands of Shi'ite supporters onto the streets of Baghdad Thursday in a show of force against any extension of the US military presence in Iraq past a year-end deadline.
Sadr's threats to revive his Shi'ite (...)
government protesters clash with riot police in downtown Tunis Saturday. Three persons were killed in the clashes, an Interior Ministry official told Reuters. State TV showed a funeral of a 19-year-old man who was killed Friday after being shot on (...)
government protester was killed and seven injured in clashes with supporters of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a Saturday.
Saleh blamed a “foreign agenda” and a “conspiracy against Yemen, its security and stability” for the string (...)
government protesters clashed with police blocking them from marching to Yemen's presidential palace in Sana'a Sunday, witnesses said.
The clashes occurred while President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the main opposition group were preparing for talks (...)
government “red shirts” rallied in Thailand's capital Sunday in another show of strength that heralds a rocky run-up to an election due this year.
It was the second big rally this month by the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) (...)
US cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr returned to Iraq Wednesday from years of self-imposed exile in Iran, after his faction struck a deal to join a new government, Sadrist officials said.
A somewhat diminished maverick whose militia was once viewed by US (...)
terrorism court has ordered the arrest of two senior police officers on allegations they failed to provide adequate security for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination, a prosecutor said on Sunday.
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government protesters forced Bangkok's elevated railway system to shut on Tuesday, and the government warned of tougher operations to quell growing unrest in a seven-week crisis that has killed 26 people.
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government “red shirt” protest leader Arisman Pongruangrong sliding down a rope from a balcony at the SC Park hotel in Bangkok, Friday. Protest leaders staged the dramatic escape from police on Friday after the authorities vowed to crack down on (...)
government protesters hold up AK-47 rifles and the flags of former South Yemen during a rally in Labous town of the southern district of Yafa'a Saturday. The rally was organized by the Southern Movement, a group calling for the south of Yemen to (...)
piracy measures off Somalia appear to be forcing pirates to extend their range to strike deep into the Indian Ocean, shifting the menace even further from the protection of international naval forces.
Gunmen on Monday launched their longest range (...)
Doping Agency (WADA) wants to investigate whether any charges can be brought against Andre Agassi following his admission that he lied after taking crystal meth in 1997 and failing a drugs test.
Agassi's revelations in extracts of his autobiography (...)
cancer properties of carrots are enhanced 25 percent if they are cooked whole rather than chopped up beforehand, a study has found.
They taste better too, according to scientists at Newcastle University, because more of their sugar is (...)
government slogans during a protest outside the US embassy in Manila on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq and to demand the abrogation of the controversial Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) which allows the (...)
riot policeman scuffles with protesters during a demonstration outside the US embassy in Manila on Friday. The demonstrators are demanding the immediate termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) joint military exercise between the US and (...)
riot policeman swings a shield to disperse protesters outside the US embassy in Manila on Monday to demand the immediate termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) joint military exercise between the US and the Philippine military. The (...)
Deol. No bulging muscles, no loud Punjabi dialogues. Abhay Deol has veered away from the path cousins Sunny and Bobby had set out on, choosing instead to act in a different, more experimental kind of cinema.
The 32-year-old actor's latest film is (...)