"Two Iranian navy warships arrived Saturday morning in Port Sudan, in the second such visit to Sudan within two months, eyewitnesses and officials said. 'These visits by Iranian navy warships to Sudan …
Asia ‘to eclipse’ US and Europe by 2030 – US report
"Asia will wield more global power than the US and Europe combined by 2030, a forecast from the US intelligence community has found. Within two decades China will overtake the US as the world's …
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Syria refugees number ‘more than 500,000’
"More than half a million people have now fled the conflict in Syria to neighbouring countries, according to the UN's refugee agency." Source: BBC News - Syria refugees number 'more than 500,000' - …
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Iran: We Stole All Secrets From US Drone
"An Iranian military commander claimed Monday that the country has stolen all the secrets held by a high-tech American surveillance drone that crashed in Iran last year, according to Iranian news …
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Calderon’s Exit Opens Way for Mexico to Cut Deal with Cartels, Academic Says
"Mexico could enter a new phase of 'understandings' between officials and criminal organizations in the wake of former President Felipe Calderon's failed 'war' on the country's drug cartels, National …
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Local police chief in northeast Nigeria and 14 others killed in shoot-out with radical sect
"A shootout in northeastern Nigeria between security forces and members of a radical Islamist sect killed at least 15 people, including a local police chief, authorities said Tuesday. The shootings …
Insurgents kill 7, including 11-month-old girl and teachers, in attacks in southern Thailand
"An 11-month-old girl was among seven people killed Tuesday by suspected Islamist separatists, police said, as a bloody insurgency in southern Thailand that has killed thousands of people heads toward …
Nine wounded in predawn attack in Cairo
"Attackers injured nine protesters with bird shot pellets in a predawn assault on Tahrir Square in central Cairo on Tuesday, a Health Ministry official said. Four were hospitalized with critical …
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HSBC sets up financial crime compliance unit
"HSBC has promoted a former U.S. official who headed sanctions action against drugs traffickers and money launderers to be its head of financial crime compliance, a new role." Source:HSBC sets up …
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Masked gunmen kill intelligence officer in south Yemen
"Masked gunmen shot dead a senior intelligence officer in southern Yemen on Tuesday, local and security officials said. Colonel Ahmed Barmadah, deputy head of the Political Security Office, the …
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