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  • Escalating civil war in Syria major focus of G8 summit Escalating civil war in Syria major focus of G8 summit

    ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - The escalating civil war in Syria and the deepening divisions between the western powers and Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war-torn country are to be the focus of the G8 summit that opened here Monday. Putin is likely to attack US President Barack Obama over his move to arm the rebels fighting the Assad regime. "The EU is convinced that we are ...

  • US cool over North Korea's latest talks offer US cool over North Korea's latest talks offer

    WASHINGTON - The United States has said it wants "credible negotiations" with North Korea as Pyongyang in its latest offer has expressed desire to start "senior-level" talks with America on regional peace and easing tensions. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are said to have discussed the issue by telephone Sunday evening. They agreed to close ...

  • UN chief urges global efforts for drought desertification

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called for a collective global action to build resilience and prepare for droughts, as well as to combat desertification (a type of land degradation). "Droughts are hard to avert, but their effects can be mitigated. Because they rarely observe national borders, they demand a collective response," reported Xinhua citing the UN chief in a message marking this ...

  • Junior Indian wrestlers win 17 medals at Asian championship

    Junior Indian wrestlers won a rich haul of medals at the recently concluded Asian Junior Championships here. The grapplers won in freestyle, greco-roman and female categories in the tourney held June 12-16. The freestyle team won three gold, two silver and two bronze medals and also took the overall team championship. The girls team won two silver and three bronze medals while the greco-roman ...

  • Prominent Afghan lawmaker escapes suicide attack

    A prominent Afghan lawmaker escaped a suicide attack on Tuesday, aides said, on the day that the handover of security from NATO to Afghan forces was to be ...

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Appaloosa

Appaloosa

Appaloosa takes place in the dusty mountains of New Mexico in 1882, where the titular town, which is little more than a single street with a few wooden and adobe buildings striving to create a sense of refined civility in the wilderness, has sprung up. The town council, which is compr ... ...

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  • Explosion in Kabul near Afghan national parliament police

    KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion on Tuesday morning rocked an area in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, close to the country's national parliament, police ...

  • Afghanistan Blast Kills 3 Amid Security Transition

    KABUL, Afghanistan ...

  • US seizes 14 7-Eleven stores in immigration raids

    Graphics depicting the locations of 7-Eleven stores involved in a federal indictment are shown after a news conference at the US Attorney's office. (AP ...

  • Pakistans Punjab government allocates mlns of rupees for JuD centre

    Jamaat-ud-Dawah , considered a front for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba. Besides a grant-in-aid of over Rs 61 million for the JuD centre known as 'Markaz-e-Taiba', the provincial government has allocated Rs 350 million for setting up a 'Knowledge Park' at the centre and other development initiatives. Details of the allocations were presented in budget documents tabled in the ...

  • Japan moves to boost influence in Asia

    The Japanese government is engaged in its own diplomatic offensive to cement relationships with countries in Asia, in line with the Obama administration's efforts to undermine Chinese influence in the region. At the end of May, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Burma (Myanmar) before hosting India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Tokyo. In Burma, Abe met with President Thein Sein and ...

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