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Friday, October 19, 2012

Top security official killed in Beirut blast

Top security official killed in Beirut blast


Top security official killed in Beirut blast

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:29 AM PDT

Wissam al-Hassan, who uncovered Syrian plot to stage attacks in Lebanon, was likely target of blast, which left at least seven others dead and 80 hurt

Merkel stands tough on Spanish bank aid

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:25 AM PDT

Chancellor says Spanish and Irish lenders' bad assets may not be cleaned up by €500bn facility, arguing it should be used for teetering institutions

Rajoy takes long view over summit outcome

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:40 AM PDT

Indications that what was only recently an obsession – how to clean up a country's teetering banks without indebting the government further – was no longer a top concern

Election rivals star in national lampoon

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:40 AM PDT

Parodies were once preserve of The Onion, the fake news website, and Saturday Night Live, but now there is whole new perspective online

Obama campaign claims Ohio poll leads

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:07 AM PDT

Memo says president ahead in crucial battleground state compared with 2008, giving him important foothold in the electoral count

Basque flourishes amid Spanish divide

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:39 AM PDT

The novelist Bernardo Atxaga celebrates the revival of his language as Madrid faces regional poll anxieties and a gathering constitutional crisis

No liberty for Argentine ship Libertad

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT

Buenos Aires seeks to break the deadlock over US hedge fund demands while the navy training vessel remains stuck in Ghana for nearly three weeks

Berlusconi rejects sex charges

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Former Italian prime minister denies both paying a juvenile for sex and abusing his position to secure her release from detention

Turkish book on Darwin sparks outrage

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:22 AM PDT

Teachers' union opts to take legal action over distribution of books to about 1,000 schoolchildren in Maltepe district of Istanbul

Chinese navy on exercise near Senkakus

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:16 AM PDT

Beijing launches military drill in the East China Sea in a move seen by observers as sending a warning to Japan over a territorial dispute

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