Month: September 2011

Libya’s new rulers have stepped up the hunt for Muammar Gaddafi’s inner circle, seeking the arrest of one of his sons, Saadi, and announcing the capture of his spokesman Mussa Ibrahim. They also said another […] […]

DIGGERS in Afghanistan have helped to find and destroy a huge haul of narcotics, the Department of Defence says. Included in the bust inside the restive Helmand province was what Defence described as “a large […] […]

THE US-born terror mastermind Anwar al Awlaki has been killed, the Yemen defence ministry has said. The 40-year-old, who was born in New Mexico, was linked to the 2009 Christmas Day “underwear bomber” plot – […] […]

AMANDA Knox’s lawyer has made a final plea to an Italian jury to correct the “tragic error” that has put her in prison for more than 1000 days for the murder of the British student […] […]

AUTHORITIES in the Philippines say death toll from Typhoon Nesat had risen to 35, and will likely climb further, with dozens of people missing two days after the storm walloped the country. Office of Civil […] […]

THREE foreign troops have died in a single bombing in Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force says, taking the death toll for the day to five. The three died in an improvised explosive device […] […]

ALREADY cursed by floods and suicide bombings, Pakistan now faces a new menace from an unprecedented outbreak of the deadly tropical disease dengue fever. In less than a month, 126 people have died and more […] […]

CUBA has legalised the sale and purchase of cars for all citizens, another major step in the communist-run island’s economic transformation. The government announced the move in April, but sales have been on hold until […] […]

A US citizen has been charged with planning to fly explosive-packed, remote controlled airplanes into the Pentagon and the Capitol in Washington. Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, was arrested and charged with the aerial bombing plot and […] […]

A lawyer for the promoter of Michael Jackson’s final concerts says the singer’s personal physician asked the company for life-saving equipment just days before the pop superstar’s death. Kathy Jorrie, who works for concert giant […] […]