French-led troops in Mali seize airport

FRENCH-LED troops have seized the airport and a key bridge serving the Islamist stronghold of Gao in a major boost to a 16-day-old offensive to rout al-Qaeda-linked rebels from Mali's sprawling desert north. The stunning advance came as the extremist...

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China 'must modernise' before global role

CHINA'S new leadership will focus on modernising the country before it increases Beijing's role in international affairs, a top official has told the Davos forum. Senior Chinese planning official Zhang Xiaoqiang told economic and business leaders...

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Former premier leads in Czech vote

LEFT-LEANING former prime minister Milos Zeman is leading in the race for the largely ceremonial post of Czech president. With the votes from more than 50 per cent of polling stations counted on Saturday, the outspoken Zeman was leading with...

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NATO missile defence in Turkey operational

THE first of six Patriot missile batteries being deployed to Turkey to protect against attack from Syria has been declared operational and placed under Turkish command, NATO says. The battery, provided by the Netherlands, is meant to protect...

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Kyrgyzstan tougher on bride-kidnapping

THE president of Kyrgyzstan has approved legislation toughening the penalty for the broadly practiced custom of bride-kidnapping. President Almazbek Atamabyev's office said in a statement on its website on Saturday that sentences for forcing...

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Ten workers die in Russia building fire

A FIRE has ripped through a new Moscow building's underground parking lot, killing 10 migrant workers and injuring 13 others who had been working and living there. All those who died on Saturday were citizens of Tajikistan, Moscow police said...

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Topless trio target Davos forum

THREE topless feminist activists have set off pink flares and staged a noisy protest in the bitter cold outside the Davos forum for the global elite. Braving sub-zero temperatures in the Swiss ski resort, the women from the Ukrainian group Femen...

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Attack kills 10 police in Afghanistan

AT least 10 policemen have been killed and 18 others, mostly civilians, wounded in a suicide attack in a crowded area of the northeast Afghan city of Kunduz. "We have 10 dead, including the counter terrorism police chief and head of traffic...

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