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WASHINGTON – With hopes shrinking for congressional support of punitive missile strikes, President Obama tentatively embraced a face-saving solution to the crisis over Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons, spurred…
Brazil leader accuses US of spying for ‘economic’ interests
BRASILIA – Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Monday accused the United States of spying on oil giant Petrobas for its own “economic and strategic” reasons — not for national security.
France to propose Syria resolution at UN Security Council
PARIS – France said Tuesday it would submit a resolution to the UN Security Council calling on Syria to put its chemical weapons beyond use or face military action.
Bozize backers hold villages in C. Africa: army sources
BANGUI – Armed supporters of the ousted president of Central African Republic, on Tuesday controlled villages close to Bossangoa, where fighting has killed at least 60 people, military sources said.
AU decries Africa’s high mobile roaming rates
NAIROBI — The African Union Commission on Monday decried the high cost of mobile roaming charges within the continent. AUC Information and Communication Technology Policy Officer Auguste Yankey told journalists…
Russian parliament drafts special statement on Syria
MOSCOW –– Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, marked the first working day after the summer recess by drafting a special statement on the situation in Syria, Duma…
Delhi gang-rape case: All four accused convicted, sentencing tomorrow
NEW DELHI – A special Delhi court on Tuesday found four men guilty of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus here in December last year, a case…
Kenya VP Ruto trial opens at ICC
THE HAGUE – Kenya Vice President William Ruto went on trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, the most senior official ever judged by the under-fire…
Obama Syria speech unlikely to sway skeptical public
WASHINGTON – With support for the war in Vietnam sagging and mass protests erupting around the nation,President Nixon invited cameras into the Oval Office in November 1969 and spoke directly to…
Mnangagwa scoffs at rift reports
Herald Reporter Zanu-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed stories that there are divisions in the revolutionary party. Speaking during the party’s victory celebrations in Ward 31…