"South Korea will strike back if the North stages any attack on its territory, the new president warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from …
Saudi women allowed to ride bikes in public
"Saudi women have been allowed to ride buggies and bikes in public after the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice lifted a ban on them." Source: Saudi women allowed to …
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CAR rebel head Djotodia names caretaker government
"The rebel leader who has declared himself president of the Central African Republic has announced a caretaker government in which he controls several ministries. Michel Djotodia, who says he will run …
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Burma sees return of private newspapers
"Private daily newspapers are being sold in Burma for the first time in almost 50 years, as a state monopoly ends. Sixteen papers have so far been granted licences, although only four were ready to …
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Sudan’s Bashir orders political prisoner release
"Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has said all political prisoners in the country are to be released. In a speech at the opening of parliament, Mr Bashir also said the government was committed to a …
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Kenya mostly calm after vote ruling; minor clashes in west
"Kenyan police clashed on Sunday with a few dozen protesters angry at a court's confirmation of Uhuru Kenyatta as president-elect, but the unrest was minor compared with the nationwide bloodshed after …
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Jordan’s King Abdullah swears in new government
"King Abdullah of Jordan has sworn in the smallest government in four decades, to be be led by reformist Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour. The king consulted parliament over the cabinet's make-up for …
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NATO air strike kills two children, nine suspected Taliban in Afghanistan
"A NATO helicopter supporting Afghan security forces killed two children and nine suspected Taliban fighters on Saturday, officials said, a month after President Hamid Karzai forbade troops to call …
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North Korea says enters state of war against South
"North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a 'state of war' with South Korea, its latest bout of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington, but the South brushed off the statement as little …
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Putin flexes Russian military muscle in naval exercise
"President Vladimir Putin ordered large-scale military exercises in the Black Sea on Thursday, projecting Russian power towards Europe and the Middle East in a move that may vex neighbors." Source: …
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