Syrian army troops have killed 175 opposition fighters, many of them linked to al-Qaeda-linked groups, in an ambush described as one of the deadliest attacks by government forces near Damascus, according to state media ... The report claimed several of those killed were foreign fighters who came to Syria from Saudi Arabia, Chechnya and Qatar ... From a distance, people could be seen running in different directions following the blasts ... ....(size: 5.2Kb)
WASHINGTON. US PresidentBarack Obama told Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that he is now planning for a full US troop withdrawal because of the Afghan leader's repeated refusal to sign a security pact. But in a rare telephone call with Afghan PresidentKarzai, Obama also held out the possibility of agreeing to a post-2014 training and anti-terror mission with the next government in Kabul... 'Zero option' ... 'Friendly' conversation ... ....(size: 4.8Kb)
Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling. "Just like reformers before me, I thought that we had a system that could be improved. Instead, I learned that we had a system that needed to be replaced." -Mikhail Gorbachev. Ukrainian ballots have blood on them. Three months of deadly protests and pitched battles have wounded and killed hundreds of citizens. Meanwhile, Ukraine's parliament voted to remove PresidentViktor Yanukovich... 394....(size: 4.9Kb)
At least 26 people have been killed in bombings around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, according to officials. Seventeen people were killed in one blast at a second-hand motorbike market in the eastern Sadr City district, they said. The bomb, which also injured 38, appears to have been placed in a motorbike at the market ... Sadr City is a predominantly Shiite Muslim district ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
In Kiev, leaders of the popular protests that toppled Yanukovich named former economy minister Arseny Yatseniuk as their choice to head a new interim government ... Unpopular decisions ... “In accordance with an order from the president of the Russian Federation, forces of the Western Military District were put on alert at 1400 (1000 GMT) today,” Interfax news agency quoted RussianDefence MinisterSergei Shoigu as saying ... ....(size: 7.9Kb)
'TODAY' AT THE OSCARS...TODAY.com will be backstage at the Oscars bringing behind-the-scenes glimpses of the winners' reactions and will host the definitive red carpet vote, "Who wore it best?" For real-time, up-to-the-minute coverage, follow @TODAYshow and @TODAYent, and visit TODAY.com for galleries and live coverage of the night's hottest fashion, style and stars. Don Nash is the EP of TODAY (Monday - Friday, 7 a.m....(size: 2.2Kb)
The Trinamul Congresstoday suspended Lagin Das, the pradhan of Bhatpara gram panchayat, from the party for five years after an FIR alleged that he had led a gang of 10 ......(size: 0.9Kb)
New Delhi, Feb. 27. The Congresstoday announced padyatras (marches) in every Lok Sabha constituency in the next few days before the polls are notified, spurred by a Sonia Gandhi call to reach out to the people ... Key community and caste leaders will be included in the marches. Central leaders have been asked to join too ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
Alipurduar, Feb. 27. The Trinamul Congresstoday said the Left Front-run board of Alipurduar Municipality had lost its majority and the chairman should resign immediately. Trinamul also said the party could form the next board as it had the majority following the defection of three Congress councillors ... Sourav Chakroborty, the state working president of the Trinamul Youth Congress, today said ... We can prove our majority ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
The BJPtoday announced the names of 17 Bengal candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, among them a magician, an actor, former ministers, retired IPS officers and the state unit chief, and pledged to field nominees in the remaining 25 seats ... the door ajar for a post-poll arrangement with Mamata Banerjee, Sinha ruled out such a possibility today....(size: 2.3Kb)
New Delhi, Feb. 27. Rahul Gandhitoday disapproved of foreign minister Salman Khurshids napunsak (impotent) barb at Narendra Modi, saying we dont appreciate that language. No we dont appreciate that language, Rahul said, responding to questions at the Congress headquarters where the partys campaign committee met. Asked further whether he was referring to the BJPs language, Rahul retorted. No, Mr Khurshid. ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
Friday, 28 February 2014, 1.54 pm. Press Release..CityCareContract Starts Today. Dunedin, 28 February 2014 �" Residents may notice different trucks on city streets from tomorrow as City Care takes over the maintenance of Dunedin’s water and wastewater network ...DCC staff will still be responsible for looking after treatment plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs ... ENDS. . {parsetags. 'explicit'} . . ....(size: 2.0Kb)
New Delhi, Feb. 27. Rahul Gandhitoday disapproved of foreign minister Salman Khurshid’s napunsak (impotent) barb at Narendra Modi, saying “we don’t appreciate that language”. “No we don’t appreciate that language,” Rahul said, responding to questions at the Congress headquarters where the party’s campaign committee met ... “No, Mr Khurshid.” ... A senior leader said ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
Feb. 27. The Centretoday set up an expert committee to study and examine the demand for Bodoland state to be carved out of Assam. The one-man expert committee of former Unionhome secretary G.K. Pillai will submit a report in nine months after consulting all sections of society on the viability of creating Bodoland. The swift step by the government is ostensibly seen as a move to buy time as voices over separate states become shriller ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)