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Published:Saturday | April 30, 2011 | 10:50 AM

President Barack Obama says oil companies are profiting from rising pump prices and he wants Congress to end $4 billion in annual tax breaks for the oil and gas industry.

Published:Friday | April 29, 2011 | 7:34 PM

US President Barack Obama has begun touring storm-ravaged communities in Alabama in the aftermath of devastating storms.

Published:Friday | April 29, 2011 | 7:33 PM

At least 15 people are now dead after troops opened fire on demonstrators in the city of Deraa in Syria where unrest began in mid-March to protest against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Published:Friday | April 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Alabama (AP):Dozens of tornadoes ripped through the South, flattening homes and businesses and killing at least 248 people in six states in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years. ...

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Defence Secretary Robert Gates is making it official, telling staff and key lawmakers that he plans to retire on June 30.Officials close to the situation tell the Associated Press...

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM

KABUL (AP):A veteran Afghan military pilot said to be distressed over his personal finances opened fire at Kabul airport after an argument Wednesday, killing eight United States troops and an American civilian...

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT (AP):The city at the heart of Syria's monthlong uprising ran low on food, water and medicine yesterday as the army sent in more tanks and reinforcements as part of a wide-ning crackdown against opponents of President Bashar...

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM

North Carolina (AP):A former high school band teacher in North Carolina was arrested on sex charges after a young woman wrote in an essay in her college newspaper that he got her pregnant, and took her to get an abortion, when she was his student....

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 6:20 PM

Eight U.S. service members and an American civilian contractor were this morning killed in a shooting at an Afghan air force compound in Kabul.

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 11:45 AM

Egyptian authorities have been forced to shut down a pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan after it exploded following an attack by an armed gang.

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 10:35 AM

The BBC is reporting that a United Nations team is headed to Tripoli to investigate allegations of human rights violations in Libya since the start of the conflict in February.

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

ACAPULCO, (AP):A moderate earthquake shook the Mexican Pacific coast resort of Acapulco yesterday, forcing dozens of nervous spring vacationers into the streets.

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Sixteen journalists covering the conflict in Libya are reported missing or detained by authorities in the North African country.

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

KANDAHAR (AP): The massive security breach that allowed the Taliban to spirit more than 480 Afghan inmates out southern Afghanistan's largest prison must have involved inside collaborators, the justice ministry said yesterday...

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

San Salvador (AP):Suspected gang members have shot and killed a television cameraman on a passenger bus.A police report says Alfredo Hurtado was riding to work when three gunmen boarded the bus.

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP):Mexico's federal police rescued 51 people, including six Chinese and 18 Central American migrants, who were captive in the same border city where more than five dozen people were freed last week, authorities said...

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

ARKANSAS (AP):A tornado tore up a small central Arkansas town, killing four people and leaving the governor wondering yesterday how so many others managed to survive.

Published:Wednesday | April 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

IKOT EFUM (AP): Gunmen fired Kalashnikov rifles in the air and others brandished machetes while storm-ing a polling place yesterday, as voters in Africa's most populous nation...

Published:Tuesday | April 26, 2011 | 9:56 AM

Former US President Jimmy Carter is in the North Korean capital Pyongyang as part of a push to resolve the stand-off over the country's nuclear programme.

Published:Sunday | April 24, 2011 | 12:09 PM

There have been reports of explosions and gunfire in the Libyan city of Misrata, although the Libyan army had announced that it halted operations there, the BBC reports.

Published:Saturday | April 23, 2011 | 5:57 PM

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has agreed to step down under a 30-day transition plan aimed at ending violent unrest over his 32-year rule.

Published:Saturday | April 23, 2011 | 11:45 AM

The most senior US soldier, Admiral Mike Mullen, says the war in Libya is moving towards a stalemate, even though US and Nato air strikes have destroyed 30-40 percent of Libya's ground forces.

Published:Thursday | April 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP): PALACE OFFICIALS say Queen Elizabeth II hosted the parents of Kate Middleton, who is set to wed Prince William on April 29. Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, hosted Carol and Michael Middleton...

Published:Thursday | April 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen will be among the international guests at the British royal wedding next week.

Published:Thursday | April 21, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The transformation of Kate Middleton, which began in earnest with the announcement of her engagement to Prince William last fall, is nearly complete now that she and her prince have toured the country ahead of their April 29 wedding at Westminster Abbey.

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