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News for Thursday, 12 May 2011

Chaotic Nepal parliament offered another year

Nepal’s government proposed Thursday a second one-year extension in the life of the current parliament that was elected in 2008 to draft a new constitution but has singularly failed to...

Malaysian PM meets church leaders to calm tensions

Malaysian premier Najib Razak Thursday met church leaders in a bid to ease religious tensions stirred by a report that minority Christians wanted to replace Islam as the official religion....

Egypt military warns of sectarianism as unity rally planned

Egypt’s military warned on Thursday it will strike down sectarianism, as Muslims and Christians prepared to hold a unity rally denouncing attacks on Cairo churches. The military, in power since...

Yemeni forces fire on protest in Taez, dozens wounded

Security forces opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in Yemen’s second largest city Taez on Thursday, wounding dozens, witnesses and medics said. Central Security forces and units from the Republican Guard...

UN aid agency requests access to west Libyan conflict zones

The UN’s World Food Programme on Thursday called for a ceasefire in two key conflict areas in western Libya -- the city of Misrata and the Western Mountains region --...

Israeli army admits using dogs against Palestinians

Israel’s army is using attack dogs to stop Palestinians trying to damage the West Bank separation barrier in order to illegally enter Israel through the gaps, the military admitted on...

Ex-British minister faces suspension over expenses

A former British minister faced a week-long suspension from the House of Commons Thursday after lawmakers found him guilty of breaking rules on expenses as he tried to hide his...

Libyan rebels to open London office: British PM

British premier David Cameron on Thursday invited Libya’s rebels to open an office in London, their first in a foreign country, in a highly symbolic step for the movement as...

Ahmadinejad, Larijani in bitter row over ministries

A blazing row has erupted between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and parliament speaker Ali Larijani over the restructuring of ministries, reports said Thursday, in a fresh sign of tension in Iran’s...

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