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News for Monday, 27 Feb 2012

Syrian forces kill 11 civilians, says NGO

Syrian regime forces killed 11 civilians and wounded 28 others on Monday, after more than 150 people were killed in violence over the weekend, a monitoring group said. Four civilians were...

Mandela back to ‘normal’ life at home

Nelson Mandela is recovering at home and has resumed normal life after spending a night in hospital for a minor diagnostic procedure, South African President Jacob Zuma’s office said Monday....

Victorious Gillard still unpopular

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard declared Monday the “political drama” was over after surviving a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd, and vowed to re-focus on winning the next election. The...

S. Korea security unit on show before summit

Deploying a mixture of high-tech weaponry and high-kicking martial arts, an elite South Korean security force demonstrated Monday how it will protect dozens of world leaders at an upcoming Seoul...

Indian doctors remove giant tumour from patient

Indian woman is in a stable condition in a hospital in the northern state Haryana after doctors removed a tumour larger than the size of a football from her ovary...

China, Russia slam West on Syria as EU ups sanctions

Russia and China hit back on Monday after US State Secretary Hillary Clinton criticised their stance on Syria and as the European Union agreed new sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad’s...

Bomb blast in Nepal capital kills three

At least three people were killed and seven wounded in an explosion near government offices in Kathmandu on Monday, police said, in the first bomb attack in the Nepali capital...

Russia ‘thwarts plot’ to assassinate Putin

Russia said on Monday its secret services had thwarted a plot hatched in a Ukrainian port city by suspected militants from Chechnya to assassinate Vladimir Putin after next weekend’s presidential...

Attabad Lake blockade destroyed

The temporary embankment of the new spillway of Attabad Lake was destroyed through bombing on Monday. A high alert was declared in Hunza and people in nearby villages were evacuated. The...

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