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HAVANA—Fidel Castro has met with hundreds of Japan-based activists who came to Cuba in what they call a Peace Boat to promote global peace and human rights. The 84-year-old ex-leader addressed the nearly 1,000 visitors […] […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Winfrey chooses Franzen’s Freedom for book club USA chose Jonathan Franzen’s new book, Freedom, for her book club on Friday, calling it a “masterpiece” nine years after she cancelled his appearance on […] […]

KABUL – Polling stations formally opened for voting in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election Saturday, though scattered rocket attacks struck in the early morning and Taleban insurgents managed to block at least a couple of stations from […] […]

INSURGENTS launched a rocket attack in Kabul today as Afghanistan votes, after the Taliban threatened violence. The election is the latest step in a US-led process to bring democracy to the impoverished and deeply conservative […] […]

Renowned left-wing American documentary maker Michael Moore on Thursday blasted Canada’s position on U.S. war dodgers as shameful. Speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival, Moore said Ottawa’s refusal to allow U.S. soldiers opposed to […] […]

BRITAIN is facing an increased threat of terrorism from Britons who have travelled to Somalia to fight alongside an Islamist militant group, the director-general of MI5 warned last night. Jonathan Evans said he feared that […] […]

DETECTIVES attached to the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID), this morning cracked what is believed to be a major human trafficking ring operating in Jamaica. Thirteen persons including a man and a woman, who OCID […] […]

In just a few dizzying hours, American Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran’s Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Gulf after an apparent diplomatic deal to cover a US$500,000 ($682,350) bail and […] […]

FORMER British prime minister Tony Blair has been awarded the Liberty Medal by Bill Clinton for his commitment to conflict resolution. Blair called the award, which he received from former US president Clinton’s National Constitution […] […]

ROBERT Mugabe’s health is on a downward trajectory and the battle to succeed him is intensifying, according to a senior Western diplomat. The 86-year-old President of Zimbabwe was still in charge and able to fulfil […] […]