Politics

Syrian army attacks rebel stronghold

Monday, 20 May 2013 15:23

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Qusayr Homs, Monday, 10 Rajab 1434/20 May 2013 (IINA) – The Syrian army has pounded the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing at least 51 people in an apparent preparation for a ground assault, Al Jazeera reported.

Imran Khan’s party wins Karachi revote

Monday, 20 May 2013 15:16

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Karachi, Monday, 10 Rajab 1434/20 May 2013 (IINA) – Pakistani politician Imran Khan's party has won a revote in an upmarket constituency of Karachi, unofficial results showed, a day after gunmen killed a party leader.

13 killed in Afghan suicide attack

Monday, 20 May 2013 15:09

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Kabul , Monday, 10 Rajab 1434/20 May 2013 (IINA) – A suicide attack outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 13 people, including a senior local politician, promptly receiving condemnation from the president.

Assad insists he will not step down

Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:08

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Damascus, Sunday, 09 Rajab 1434/19 May 2013 (IINA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he will not resign before elections in 2014 and warned against the opposition, in an interview with an Argentine newspaper.

Senior Pakistani woman politician killed

Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:06

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Karachi, Sunday, 09 Rajab 1434/19 May 2013 (IINA) – A senior member of Pakistani politician Imran Khan's party has been killed in Karachi in an attack capping a bloody election campaign that has claimed scores of people nationwide.

Iraq death toll stirs fears of civil war

Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:01

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Baghdad, Sunday, 09 Rajab 1434/19 May 2013 (IINA) – The death toll in Iraq from four consecutive days of violence has reached at least 140 people, stirring fears that rising sectarian conflicts could lead the country into civil war.