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Here are the key events in the first year of the US presidency of Barack Obama, who was sworn into – Read More...

WASHINGTON ~ On the last day of Barack Obama’s first year in power, Republicans cast huge doubts on his hopes – Read More...

BEIJING ~ The iconic “Tank Man” photo taken during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and banned in China was available on – Read More...

BAGHDAD ~ An Iraqi court sentenced 11 men to death, including Al-Qaeda militants, on Thursday over devastating truck bombs in – Read More...

An increasing number of former detainees from the US prison in Guantanamo have forged links to militant groups after their – Read More...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made an impassioned appeal for greater US international development aid, saying it was – Read More...

WASHINGTON ~ A young Nigerian was charged this week with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass – Read More...

KABUL ~ President Hamid Karzai has welcomed a US decision to send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan and set a – Read More...

The threat posed by Al Qaeda remains strong, experts say, because as well as planning attacks, Osama bin Laden’s organisation – Read More...

WASHINGTON ~ US President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation next Tuesday – Read More...