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Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan President, has tightened the noose on Globovisión, the last opposition news channel broadcasting freely in the country, amid threats to take it off the public airwaves.
The channel, which is vehemently opposed to Mr...
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The buildup of US troops in Afghanistan could force more Taliban fighters into neighbouring Pakistan, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff conceded last night.
Admiral Mike Mullen told the US Senate’s foreign relations committee:...
he memoirs of China’s former communist leader who was sacked after the Tiananmen protests have been published.
Zhao Ziyang’s book lifts the lid on discussions within the party that led to the brutal crushing of the protest movement.
Mr...
The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has described the recent gains made by China and Iran in Latin America as “disturbing”.
During a meeting of Foreign Service officers in the US State Department, Clinton alerted that nations such...
Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing more than 200 people and wounding nearly 400 in the single...
THE symbolism was clear. With the United States at the fag-end of a disastrous presidency, Brazil assembled 33 countries from across the Americas to discuss a host of issues ranging from defence to the economic slowdown. The two-day gathering, at a...
Three German spooks are back home after a nine-day sojourn in a Kosovoprison, and a European rule-of-law mission named
Chinese state media has launched a co-ordinated attack on French President Nicolas Sarkozy for meeting Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.One newspaper said he had shown the
In view of Mumbai terrorist attack on November 26, the Washington Independent has published “Obama’s First Test?: The Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai Highlight a Simmering Crisis in South Asia” on November 28. Since the attack, the relationship...
Last Wednesday’s massive terrorist attack on Mumbai will have repercussions that extend far beyond the borders of India and Pakistan. This is a major offensive by the Global Jihad, which has no intention of resting on its laurels after killing a mere...
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