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Focus on Pakistan-based Al-Qaeda: U.S.
Gains against militancy remain fragile, says report

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Assange wins back freedom
LONDON: After spending a week in prison, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday won back his freedom as the High Court threw out an appeal by Swiss authorities against the bail granted to him by a magistrates' court earlier this ...

2 Britons killed in drone attack
ISLAMABAD: Two British nationals — who had become members of the Al-Qaeda — are reported to have been killed in a drone attack in North Waziristan late last week. The two were apparently travelling with other militants when ...

U.S. sues BP over Gulf of Mexico spill
Washington: The U.S. Justice Department has announced that it has slapped BP and several other companies it held responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last summer with a lawsuit seeking “unlimited removal costs and damages” ...

Anwar suspended from Parliament
SINGAPORE: Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was on Thursday suspended from the House of Representatives for six months. At its sitting in Kuala Lumpur, the House adopted a motion to suspend him without debate. And, after Mr. Anwar ...

Zuma files eleventh defamation suit against media
Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma has filed yet another defamation lawsuit against one of the country's media houses for allegedly comparing him with a controversial 19th century Zulu warrior. The 68-year-old South African ...

Graft charges against Cheney dropped
Port Harcourt: Nigeria's anti-corruption police have dropped charges against Dick Cheney, former U.S. Vice-President, over a multimillion dollar bribery case after the energy firm Halliburton agreed to pay up to $250 million in ...

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