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Australian entangled in a final act of civil war
3:52 PM | MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka: In the frantic confusion of the last hours of the Tamil Tigers' war, some sought a way out. Through text messages and phone calls they offered an unconditional surrender, in return for safe passage out of the war zone.
'I was kicking and screaming': cameras capture brave Brittney's abduction ordeal
8:47 AM | It’s every parent’s worst nightmare and security cameras in a US department store have captured it on tape: the moment a stranger tried to abduct a seven-year-old girl from under her mother’s nose.
3:00 AM | Heather Mills, the former wife of Sir Paul McCartney, never authorised former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan, or anybody else, to listen to her voicemails, she has told Britain’s inquiry into press standards.
3:00 AM | MALE, the Maldives: A criminal court in the Maldives has issued an arrest warrant for the former president Mohamed Nasheed, who stepped down from power this week but then insisted he had been ousted in a coup.
3:00 AM | AUSAID is considering a new strategy for Afghan assistance - spending more than $20 million over the next four years on mainly agricultural projects to assist poor residents in drought-stricken areas and to help strengthen local Afghan non-government organisations, a leaked concept paper shows.
3:00 AM | RANGOON: Last September Burma's economic planners came up with an ingenious scheme to lower the value of the national currency, the kyat, which had pushed up to a level hurting exports, such as beans and rice, and discouraging investment in garments and textiles.
Don't rush to Burma, firms told
3:00 AM | Burma's hardliners and reformers are locked in an intensifying power struggle.
09 Feb 12 | A subway train derailed near a children's playground in Santiago, Chile, last night, smashing parked vehicles and crashing into an apartment building.
09 Feb 12 | The mysterious disappearance of two high officials has opened a rare glimpse into the winner-take-all world of elite Chinese politics.
Growing push to topple Assad despite Russian optimism
09 Feb 12 | DAMASCUS: The Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, is ''completely committed'' to stopping fighting in the country, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said after discussions on the mounting violence.
09 Feb 12 | New wave of battle-hardened 'lone wolf' terrorists expected to carry out attacks.
09 Feb 12 | Republican hopeful's clean sweep magnifies doubts over front-runner Mitt Romney's credentials.
08 Feb 12 | BEIRUT: The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Damascus yesterday to hold discussions with Syria's beleaguered President, Bashar al-Assad.
08 Feb 12 | Papua New Guinea's highest court will resume a hearing today to finally resolve the country's political dispute. The Deputy Chief Justice, Gibbs Salika, yesterday adjourned hearings of the Supreme Court to decide in which order to handle six cases stemming from the bench's December ruling that Sir Michael Somare is the rightful prime minister.
Russia to urge political settlement in Syria
08 Feb 12 | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was due to arrive in Damascus overnight to urge Syrian President Bashar al-Assad towards a political settlement.
07 Feb 12 | Forget making his day, Clint Eastwood has been accused of making Obama's year.
The day gang rivalry cost little Thusha her childhood
07 Feb 12 | One moment, five-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran was "happily playing" in a south London shop.
07 Feb 12 | Alberto Contador will become only the second Tour de France winner to be stripped of his victory for drug use in the world's biggest bike race after the Court of Arbitration for Sport slapped a two-year suspension on the Spaniard for doping in the 2010 race that he won.   | CommentsComments (2)
Shooting follows Facebook feud
07 Feb 12 | COUNTERTERRORISM police are investigating the Sydney shooting of a supporter of the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, who was shot outside his home following a political argument on Facebook.
07 Feb 12 | Alleged Indonesian terrorist Umar Patek will face six charges in relation to the 2002 Bali bombings.
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