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JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela’s grandchildren underwent a harrowing ordeal with gunmen following the South African icon’s 92nd birthday party, but no one was hurt and the attackers fled after an exchange of gunfire, police said Thursday. Police spokesman Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said the grandchildren were returning to their Johannesburg home following the family birthday party Sunday when [...] The United States and South Korea will launch a major military exercise on Sunday in the Sea of Japan as a warning to North Korea over the sinking of a South Korean ship, the two countries’ defence chiefs said. Read more: World News, North Korea Attacked South Korea, South Korean Military, Us, America, South Korea, North [...] Sunbathers in southern Russia were shocked at the sight of a donkey which “flew” over the Azov Sea this weekend as part of a promotional stunt. Amateur video footage shows men attaching a parasail harness to the mule before launching it from a beach near the village of Golubitskaya. Beachgoers were said to be distressed [...] CAIRO — A U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric warned the American people that President Barack Obama will mire U.S. forces in Yemen just as Afghanistan, in a message appearing Monday on militant websites. The 13-minute audio message, in English, comes just days after the U.S. Treasury department place Anwar al-Awlaki on its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Read [...] CAIRO — A U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric warned the American people that President Barack Obama will mire U.S. forces in Yemen just as Afghanistan, in a message appearing Monday on militant websites. The 13-minute audio message, in English, comes just days after the U.S. Treasury department place Anwar al-Awlaki on its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Read [...] PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — Gunmen stormed a party in northern Mexico on Sunday and massacred 17 people, authorities said. The assailants arrived at the gathering in the city of Torreon in several cars and opened fire without saying a word, the Coahuila state Attorney All-function’s Office said in statement. At least 18 people were wounded. Read more: [...] MADRID — Spanish lawmakers will debate barring burqas in public, joining other European countries considering similar moves on the grounds that the body-covering garments are degrading to women, the leading opposition party said Sunday. Top officials of the ruling Socialist Party have indicated they will support the bid by the opposition Well loved Party, making a [...] India has fallen behind in the race to meet the Millennium Development Goals for reducing its birth rate by 2015. Only about half of India’s 26 states have reached the targeted level of two children per mother. Read more: Population, Sterilization, India, Birth Control, World News, Contraceptives, India's Population Propblem, India's Growing Population, China, World [...] The war in Afghanistan is nearly nine years ancient. Despite the Obama administration’s July 2011 target date for de-escalating, there seems no end in sight. It is already longer than the U.S. ground war in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973. To be sure, the circumstances are vastly different. Yet, there are numerous — and disturbing [...] BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s president says his country’s team blew a fantastic chance at winning a sixth World Cup title. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva adds this should have been an simple World Cup for Brazil, calling it a field with “fragile teams” and the weakest he’s ever seen. Read more: Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, World [...] |
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