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News for Friday, 21 Jan 2011

Lebanon rival parties set for fierce showdown

BEIRUT - Lebanon's rival parties on Friday appeared headed for a fierce showdown as each side hardened its position in the country's political crisis after the failure of foreign mediation...

Chinese media declares Hu’s US trip ‘historic masterstroke’

BEIJING - China's state media trumpeted President Hu Jintao's state visit to the United States as "a historic masterstroke" of "global significance" but ordinary Chinese seemed rather less enthusiastic.

Saudi mufti brands suicide protests as ‘great sin’

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's top Muslim authority branded the act of setting oneself on fire, a protest started in Tunisia and copied in other Arab states, a "great sin," Al-Hayat...

Tunisia mourns victims of revolution

TUNIS - Tunisia began national mourning on Friday for the dozens killed in its revolution, a week after the ouster of veteran ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as new...

Hamid Karzai wins Russian backing on milestone visit

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accepted on Friday an invitation to visit Afghanistan during a milestone summit with Hamid Karzai that aimed to revive bilateral trade ties.
The embattled...

Scandal-weary Berlusconi clings to key allies

ROME - Religious leaders called on Silvio Berlusconi to clean up his act as the beleaguered Italian prime minister clung to the support on Friday of his key allies in...

France ‘determined’ despite Laden’s threat

PARIS - France is "determined" to keep troops in Afghanistan despite a threat from Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden linking their mission to the fate of French hostages, the...

Iraq nabs Sunni militiamen over Karbala attack

BAGHDAD - Iraqi police have arrested a Sunni anti-Qaeda militia leader and his aide over three car bombings outside the shrine city of Karbala that killed 45 people, a top...

Talks of the times

After nearly three years of warfare, the PPP and PML(N) are finally trying to agree on some of the things vital for the common man particularly those related to national...

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