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LIBYAN forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi killed and wounded rebels trying to advance on Tripoli and claimed to have recaptured a town close to the capital, rebel and government sources said. A doctor at one […] […]

THE soldier suspected of giving secret US documents to WikiLeaks is an “unparalleled hero”, according to the website’s founder, Julian Assange. Supporters of Bradley Manning, 23, claim that the army private is being held “in […] […]

A LONDON judge has jailed the ex-nanny of a British sex-shop tycoon for spiking her employer’s asparagus soup with windshield washer fluid in an attempt to get the household’s chef in trouble. Allison Cox, 33, […] […]

BARACK Obama wants US military forces ready to act swiftly in Libya, and insists a military no-fly zone remains an option. In his strongest comments on the clashes between protesters and the regime – in […] […]

KATMANDU, Nepal—Nepalese authorities have banned the sale of marijuana during a popular Hindu festival at which holy men traditionally smoke the drug and share it with young men and women, police said Thursday. About 500,000 […] […]

GERMAN prosecutors said today they suspected a deadly attack on US servicemen at Frankfurt airport by a gunman was motivated by Islamic extremism. Arid Uka, 21, who worked at the mail distribution centre at the […] […]

THE West’s response to a defiant Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is in disarray, with NATO allies divided over armed intervention and the Libyan regime contemptuously rejecting moves to investigate its alleged crimes against humanity. British Prime […] […]

LONDON—As the world watches in wonder at revolutions sweeping the Arab world, Britain’s David Cameron has been at the forefront of Europe’s response, traveling to Egypt shortly after the fall of Hosni Mubarak and speaking […] […]

Despite his apology yesterday, it seems disgraced designer John Galliano’s fortunes remain unchanged. On the advice of his lawyer the British designer kept quiet after he was sacked as creative director of Christian Dior on […] […]

Rarely have Pakistan’s religious minorities and liberals felt more beleaguered. Less than two months after the killing of Salmaan Taseer, another government minister has been assassinated in a hail of bullets. On this occasion, the […] […]