Family of Maldives' ex- president flee to Sri Lanka
February 08, 2012
| AFP
The wife and daughters of former Maldives' president Mohamed Nasheed have fled to Colombo as violence worsens, a presidential spokesman in Sri Lanka and a family member told AFP ...
Iran's Oscar contender has' universal' appeal: actor
February 08, 2012
| AFP
The Iranian film'' A Separation'' which is vying for an Oscar at the US Academy Awards, is a'' universal'' tale that resonates strongly with foreign audiences, its lead actor told AFP ...
Cemex posts $ 146 million loss in 4th quarter
February 03, 2012
| AFP
Mexico's Cemex, the world's third largest cement maker, posted a loss of $146 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, a company spokesman told AFP Friday. But Jorge Perez...
Kazakh zoo gives monkeys red wine to beat colds
February 03, 2012
| AFP
A zoo in the freezing steppes of Kazakhstan is giving its monkeys red wine to ward off winter colds, its chief animal specialist told AFP on Friday.'' We give the monkeys wine...
France's Dassault wins 126- jet Indian contract
January 31, 2012
| AFP
French firm Dassault has won a multi-billion-dollar contract to provide 126 fighter jets to the Indian military, a government source in New Delhi told AFP on Tuesday. Dassault...
UN chief nuclear inspector lands in Iran: AFP
January 28, 2012
| AFP
An International Atomic Energy Agency team arrived in Iran early Sunday on a mission to clear up what it called'' outstanding substantive issues'' on Tehran's nuclear programme...
Man arrested in Washington Occupy protest
January 29, 2012
| AFP
A protester in his 20s was stunned with an electric taser shot Sunday and arrested for disorderly conduct at one of two Occupy protest sites in the US capital, activists told AFP ...
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