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Published:Thursday | February 3, 2011 | 4:49 PM

Republicans in the US Senate have failed to win enough votes to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform bill, which was passed in 2010.

Published:Thursday | February 3, 2011 | 3:28 PM

Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has apologised for the fighting between pro- and anti-government demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square, which killed five people and wounded several hundred.

Published:Thursday | February 3, 2011 | 9:49 AM

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said he will not seek to extend his presidency when his current term expires in 2013.

Published:Thursday | February 3, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Cairo (AP): Thousands of supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak battled in Cairo's main square yesterday, raining stones, bottles and firebombs on each other in scenes of uncontrolled violence as soldiers stood by without intervening...

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 9:40 AM

King Abdullah of Jordan has dismissed his Cabinet and appointed a new prime minister amid large street protests.

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Caracas (AP):Venezuela's health minister says the number of cholera cases in the country has risen to 185 as more people who attended a wedding in the Dominican Republic are undergoing...

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Skopje (AP):Police in Macedonia say a gang of youths wielding knives, bats and metal bars attacked a high school in the country's capital, leaving a teacher hospitalised with stab wounds and four students...

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Tunis (AP):At least 219 people were killed and 510 injured in the unrest that led to the fall of Tunisia's dictatorial regime, a United Nations (UN) mission said Tuesday, as sporadic violence continued to flare...

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Bogota (AP):Colombian officials say five miners were killed in the second explosion in an underground coal mine in less than a week.Manuel Valderrama is the top security official in the South American country's central...

Published:Wednesday | February 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP):A drug gunman shot to death a woman who distributed newspapers in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez because his gang thought she threatened their control over street...

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 1:15 PM

A federal judge in Florida has declared the US healthcare reform bill passed in 2010 unconstitutional, in a ruling on a suit brought by 26 states.

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 12:55 PM

The government in Puerto Rico has signed into law what has been described as the largest tax relief in the history of the country.

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 9:18 AM

Egypt's army has vowed it will not use force against the tens of thousands of people protesting for the removal of the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The violence in Egypt is already hurting the country's tourism industry and, in turn, its economy. It's also raising fears that other Middle Eastern countries will suffer as well....

Published:Tuesday | February 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP):Mexican authorities say six bodies found outside the northern city of Monterrey were burned so badly that investigators couldn't determine the cause of death or the victims' gender.A Nuevo Leon state prosecutors' spokeswoman says...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 8:58 AM

The CNN is reporting that food supply is now running low in Egypt, as the country continues to be beset by demonstrations.

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

TAMPA, Florida (AP): THE WOMAN who authorities say killed her teenage daughter and son because she was fed up with them talking back and being mouthy did not appear in court on Saturday because she...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MARACAY, Venezuela (AP): A FIRE set off a series of explosions at a military arms depot on Sunday, killing one person and leading authorities to evacuate about 10,000 people from the area.Residents were being...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP):FIVE SOMALI pirates captured during a raid on a hijacked cargo ship in the Arabian Sea were brought on Sunday to South Korea, where they could face life imprisonment, the coastguard said.The men were arrested as South Korean...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP): A HEAD-ON collision between a cargo and a passenger train killed 10 people and injured 23 others in eastern Germany, and left wreckage scattered across a frost-covered field.

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP): THE United States Embassy in Egypt on Sunday recommended that Americans leave the country as soon as possible, while other nations urged their nationals to avoid travelling to Cairo as days of protests descended into chaos, with looters...

Published:Monday | January 31, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): THE United States appealed for an orderly transition to lasting democracy in Egypt even as escalating violence in the American ally threatened Mideast stability and confronted President Barack Obama with his most critical foreign policy...

Published:Friday | January 28, 2011 | 5:54 PM

The government in Brazil says it is going to build 8,000 houses to give to poor people made homeless by floods and landslides in Rio de Janeiro this month.

Published:Friday | January 28, 2011 | 5:47 PM

Egypt has extended its curfew to all cities as anti-government demonstrators in Cairo besiege key buildings, including the foreign ministry and the state broadcaster.

Published:Friday | January 28, 2011 | 9:11 AM

Egyptian security forces are on high alert, with thousands of people expected to join anti-government rallies after today’s prayers.

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