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News for Sunday, 8 May 2011

Iran’s conservatives turn the heat on Nejad

The conservatives ruling Iran have increased the pressure on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to "obey" the Islamic republic's supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, having deemed the president's latest pledges of allegiance...

Bahrain to lift state of emergency on June 1

Bahrain's King Hamad ordered Sunday an end to the state of emergency from June 1st, after it was declared in mid-March to tackle a month-long Shiite-led protest demanding political reforms,...

Britain’s Clegg vows ‘louder voice’ in coalition

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg vowed Sunday that his Liberal Democrats would take a more assertive role in the year-old coalition government after the party took a hammering in...

Saudis reject Mecca holy water scare

Saudi authorities have rejected claims that holy Zamzam water from a spring inside the Grand Mosque complex of Mecca is polluted and stressed there were no health risks. The Presidency...

Pope warns Catholics against ‘fear of the other’

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged Catholics to renew their faith and not to give in to "worrying problems" and "fear of the other" at an open-air mass in front...

Israel criticises EU boost in Palestinian aid

Israel on Sunday accused the European Union of a "certain incoherence" over its decision to boost aid to the Palestinians after Israel halted the transfer of tax revenues to the...

Al Qaeda mutiny kills 17 at Baghdad jail

The accused mastermind of last year's Baghdad church siege overpowered a policeman while being led to questioning, sparking a jail mutiny Sunday that killed six police, including a general, and...

Taliban hold out in Afghan city for second day

Taliban militants who staged a wave of attacks on a major Afghan city, killing four people, were holding out for a second day Sunday as sporadic firefights kept residents on...

Unity, please

Amidst the cacophony of voices giving theories on what caused the US operation in Abbottabad comes the PML(N)’s take on the incident. The NRO. The ordinance in question might not,...

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