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THE CIA used a clandestine detention centre in Bucharest to interrogate al-Qaeda suspects, including the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, according to an investigation by German media. The prison, used between 2003 and 2006, was […] […]

A COURT in Thailand has jailed a Thai-born American for 2 1/2 years for defaming the monarchy, a sentence that the US criticised as “severe”. The conviction of Joe Wichai Commart Gordon, who appeared in […] […]

The Taleban issued a statement condemning deadly attacks on two shrines in Afghanistan that killed at least 58 people overnight, blaming the bombings on the “invading enemy”. No group has claimed responsibility for the strikes […] […]

Students hurled rocks and bottles during clashes with police at a rally to mark the third anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a teenager in central Athens. About 2,000 youths threw rocks, bottles, paving […] […]

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has cancelled a visit to Britain to fly home after at least 59 people were killed in twin attacks on Shia shrines, the country’s embassy said Tuesday. “President Karzai will no […] […]

US President Barack Obama has lashed out at the “gaping inequality” stalking America, saying the middle class struggle to secure a decent life was the “defining issue of our time.” Mr Obama travelled to Kansas […] […]

In a dramatic shift, British Olympic officials have doubled the funding to protect venues at the 2012 London Games, raising overall security costs to more than 1 billion pounds ($1.53bn). Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson insisted […] […]

Iran’s armed forces have shot down an unmanned US spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along the country’s eastern border, the official IRNA news agency reported. An unidentified military official quoted in the report warned […] […]

THE High Court in London ruled tonight that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can apply to the Supreme Court in an attempt to block his extradition to Sweden over rape allegations. Two judges ruled that Assange’s […] […]

British Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is embroiled in further controversy after branding people who throw themselves under trains as “selfish”. The 51-year-old, who was forced to apologise this week after saying all striking workers […] […]