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'Strong warning' to Assad over chemical arms: Clinton US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday issued a "strong warning" to the regime of Bashar al-Assad over the potential use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people.

04 December 2012 16:04

Issekeshev to attract investments in U.S. A Kazakhstan delegation led by Kazakhstan Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev will visit the U.S. on December 5-11.

04 December 2012 10:32

At least 20 FARC rebels killed in Colombia: army At least 20 leftist rebels were killed in Colombia after the military launched bombing strikes against their camp in Narino province, near the border with Ecuador.

03 December 2012 17:52

Boxing: World champion Gennady Golovkin decided on his next rival The bout between Kazakhstan's Gennady Golovkin and American Gabriel Rosado will be held on January 19, 2013 in New York.

03 December 2012 16:56

US steps up spying on Iran's nuclear reactor: report US intelligence agencies have significantly stepped up spying operations on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor prompted by concerns about the security of weapons-grade plutonium there.

03 December 2012 15:44

Gender identity struggle figured in Manning's detention The US military held WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning under strict "suicide watch" partly because his gender identity struggle showed he was mentally "not stable," a witness said Sunday.

03 December 2012 15:01

Colombia gives FARC one year for peace deal President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday warned Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels they have less than a year to strike a deal under recently opened peace talks aimed at ending Latin America's longest-running insurgency.

03 December 2012 13:08

Clinton visits Czech Republic amid nuclear deal hopes US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the Czech Republic Monday for a brief visit, hoping to win a tussle with Russia and help secure a $10 billion nuclear plant contract for US giant Westinghouse.

03 December 2012 12:23

Seven cultural giants honored at Kennedy Center Seven top performing artists from around the world were honored late Sunday at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for their lifetime contribution to American culture.

03 December 2012 11:15

Food prices easing but remain sky-high: World Bank Global food prices have eased from their July records but remain very high, putting more people in danger of hunger and malnutrition-related disease.

01 December 2012 18:11

US mulling further help for Syrian rebels: Clinton Washington is weighing what further help it can give the Syrian opposition rebels, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday, without spelling out if they would win full US recognition.

01 December 2012 15:48

Chilean senate approves controversial fishing law Chile's senate approved a proposed new fisheries law Thursday amid opposition criticism that it would award fishing concessions to just a few families.

01 December 2012 15:05

Large ice deposits found on Mercury: scientists Scientists Thursday announced new evidence that Mercury, the planet orbiting nearest the Sun, hosts massive caches of ice and revealed new information on how water reached our solar system's inner planets.

01 December 2012 14:24

Clinton urges Europe to do more on economy US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Europe Thursday to resolve the eurocrisis and seek ways to promote growth and jobs as she praised America's "revitalized relationship" with the region.

01 December 2012 12:37

WikiLeaks suspect tells court of his despair in 'cage' WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, testifying for the first time, said Thursday he struggled to persuade the military to lift a strict "suicide watch" during his detention but admitted he had contemplated taking his life at one point.

01 December 2012 11:32

Strauss-Kahn settles with sex 'assault' maid: reports Disgraced former IMF chief and would-be French president Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle out of court with a Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault, ending a sordid 18-month legal saga.

30 November 2012 18:54

Abbas wins UN 'birth certificate' for Palestine state The UN General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to make Palestine a non-member state, inflicting a major diplomatic defeat on the United States and Israel.

30 November 2012 18:07

US, Israel hail cooperation on Iron Dome defense system The US and Israel on Thursday hailed the performance of the Iron Dome defense system during the recent Gaza conflict, with Washington stressing its continued "strong commitment" to the program.

30 November 2012 17:18

Republicans reject 'ridiculous' Obama fiscal cliff proposal Republicans rejected as "ridiculous" Thursday a White House plan to raise $1.6 trillion in new taxes over the next decade, as crunch talks on the US deficit took a turn for the worse.

30 November 2012 16:59

It's no Joker: Batman's car is for sale It's no Joker: Batman's car is for sale.

30 November 2012 16:34

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