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Pakistani rescue members search for victims among the rubble of a partially collapsed hotel after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, June 9, 2009.

Peshawar blast death toll rises to 15 read more
The Times

The death toll from a suicide attack on a luxury hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has risen to 15 with at least 57 injured, including a British aid worker. Officials said that two foreigners were among those killed when suspected Islamic militants stormed the Pearl Continental hotel, which is frequented by aid workers. It was...

photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad

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Nasrallah is walking a think line when it comes to Lebanese elections read more
Daily Star Lebanon

By The Daily Star Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - Powered by...

It's time for America to educate itself about Muslims read more
Daily Star Lebanon

By Vishakha N. Desai, Karen Brooks Hopkins and Mustapha Tlili Commentary by Tuesday, June 09,...

Paris a city of love for Obamas read more
Denver Post

Michelle Obama and her daughters, Sasha, left, and Malia visit Paris' Pompidou Center on...

Court opens way for Chrysler sale read more

A Chrysler PT Cruiser is on display at a Chrysler dealership listed as losing their franchise, in Redwood City, Calif., Tuesday, June 9, 2009.

BBC News

The US Supreme Court has rejected a plea to block the sale of assets of the bankrupt carmaker Chrysler to the Italian firm Fiat. On Monday, the court granted a request to delay the sale while three Indiana state pension and construction funds pursued...

photo: AP / Paul Sakuma

Australia flu could tip pandemic read more

In this Nov. 6, 2007 image provided by P&O Cruises is the cruise ship the Pacific Dawn as it sails past the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.

BBC News

The World Health Organization has said that a sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce a flu pandemic. It would be the first such pandemic announced in four decades. More than 1,200 people have contracted the...

photo: AP / P&O; Crusies, James Morgan, HO

Met officers accused of 'torture' read more

A sign indicates the Metropolitan Police headquarters, New Scotland Yard in London's Westminster, Monday Aug. 22, 2005. Two Brazilian government representatives are due to fly into Britain Monday to question investigators following new reports about the killing of the innocent 27-year-old Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes that emerged last week, sparking accusations of a cover up by police. Last night, embattled Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Ian Blair won the backing of the Prime Minister, despite growing calls for a public inquiry and his resignatio

BBC News

Six Metropolitan Police officers have been suspended or placed on restricted duties following allegations of ill-treatment after a police raid. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating the Enfield-based officers' conduct,...

photo: AP / Jane Mingay

Mexico Cracks Down on Local Police Corruption read more

Police officers guard suspected members of a crime gang allegedly operating in the outskirts of Mexico City, accused of extortion, kidnapping and drug trafficking, are shown to the press at the headquarters of the Mexican Federal Police in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 200

Wall Street Journal

By DAVID LUHNOW MEXICO CITY -- Federal police raided several local police stations in northern Nuevo León state Tuesday, as part of a sweep to try to clean up local forces allegedly corrupted by drug-trafficking gangs, state officials said....

photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills

US envoy to visit Lebanon and Syria read more

Former senator George Mitchell delivers his remarks at a New York news conference about his report on the illegal use of steroids in baseball in this Dec. 13, 2007 file p

Al Jazeera

The US envoy for the Middle East is set to visit Lebanon and Syria as part of a tour to push forward a regional peace initiative. George Mitchell will hold meetings in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, on Thursday and Damascus, the Syrian...

photo: AP / Richard Drew, File

Niger Delta Fumble read more

Militants wearing black masks, military fatigues and carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers patrol the creeks of the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, in this Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 file photo. A Nigerian militant group said

Wall Street Journal

By RICHARD MONCRIEFF From today's Wall Street Journal Europe. After five years of serious unrest in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the government in Abuja is launching a major security crackdown to bring order to the area. The unrest in an...

photo: AP /George Osodi