| Sun, 20 May 2012 Syria: Bomb strikes near UN officials
| A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior UN officials toured the area, the latest incident in which the unarmed observer mission has nearly been caught up in the country's bloodshed. | No casualties were reported in the blast, which... | Ahead of nuclear talks, Iranian lawmakers urge P5+1 to respect Iran's "rights"
| TEHRAN, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Three days ahead of the start of new round of talks between the Islamic republic and the world powers, Iranian lawmakers issued a statement on Sunday urging the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany (P5+1) to respect Iran's... | Veteran leader rocks Kerala red bastion
| Thiruvananthapuram: The ghost of rebel leader T.P. Chadrashekheran, who was killed two weeks ago, has been haunting the Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPM) Kerala leadership. Party state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan and his coterie — known in and outside the p... | Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
| CAIRO — Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. | The voting that begins Wednesday is the greatest prize won by the multitudes who took to the streets to overthrow unpopu... | Surprising indifference of US media to the Iran story
| I write from Washington. The past two weeks witnessed significant developments in the ongoing Iranian crisis. But you would not know it from the press or watching the countless news networks in the United States. The Iranian crisis seemed such a distant concern. It ha... | Campbelll Newman Government grants itself tough new workplace powers to break strikes
| THE Newman Government will give itself tough strike-breaking powers, including ordering public servants back to work, fining individual workers, and capping pay rises. | In a move that has been compared to the Howard government's controversial WorkChoices, the LNP is ... | Nation's wind power generation capacity grew fivefold in last decade
| The nation's wind power capacity has climbed about fivefold to 2.5 million kw over the past decade, sources say. | But growth in fiscal 2011 shrank to just under 100,000 kw — the slowest pace in the decade — following the termination of subsidies for wind ... | For better or worse, Japan might remain nuclear-free forever
| On May 5, Japan's last operating nuclear reactor was shut down, turning it into a nuclear energy-free country. The government is working desperately to restart two reactors in the town of Oi in Fukui Prefecture, but the outcome is difficult to predict. | In fact, some... | Marriage for four put to Senate
| THE power couple of Australia's increasingly open polyamorous community, Rebecca and James Dominguez, have made Senate submissions urging the legalisation of same-sex marriage, as they promote greater acceptance of multiple-partner relationships. | The couple hav... | |
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