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The United States moved to restore full diplomatic relations with Myanmar on Friday, rewarding the sweeping political and economic changes that the country’s new civilian government has made, including a cease-fire with ethnic rebels and, only hours before, the release of hundreds of political prisoners. Freeing the prisoners, which President Obama praised as a “substantial [...]
Hundreds of people have been fleeing areas of north-eastern Nigeria, after a 24-hour wave of violence apparently targeting Christian communities. At least 29 people have died in four attacks in Adamawa state, prompting the state governor to impose a curfew. The Islamist Boko Haram group has said it carried out several attacks. One Boko Haram [...]
The world’s three largest television makers — Samsung, LG and Sony — are working on Google TV. LG announced its Google TV move last week. Vizio is also on board. Consumers can expect new TVs packing Google TV at stores in just a few months. All but Samsung will show their Google-powered Internet-surfing TVs at [...]
A bomb tore through a crowded neighborhood in Damascus on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding dozens more, unleashing scenes of chaos and underlining the growing confusion and complexity of the Syrian uprising, officials and residents said. The bombing was the second in two weeks in the fortified capital, though no one has claimed responsibility [...]
The prosecution in the Hosni Mubarak trial said on Wednesday it has concluded that Egypt’s ousted president, his security chief and six top police officers were the “actual instigators” of the killing of more than 800 protesters during last year’s popular uprising that brought down his regime. Mubarak and his seven co-defendants are facing charges [...]
David Beckham’s proposed move to Paris Saint-Germain is dead after the French club’s president on Tuesday told media in Qatar that the English superstar would be returning to the Galaxy, but the president of L.A.’s ownership group says nothing has been finalized. PSG acknowledged its pursuit of Beckham, to whom it had offered a reported [...]
The Arab League observer mission charged with helping bring about an end to the violence in Syria claimed several accomplishments on Monday, noting that the government has withdrawn tanks and artillery from cities, and has released nearly 3,500 prisoners. But as the killings have continued, the mission has been mired in controversy, much of it [...]
Washington says it has had assurances from Egyptian military officials that they will stop raids on pro-democracy and human rights groups. The US was quick to denounce Friday’s break-ins at the offices of 17 non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Egypt was warned that 1.3 billion dollars in US military aid could be reviewed if the raids continued. [...]
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