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By GILLIAN FLACCUS | AP Published: Dec 23, 2010 00:37 Updated: Dec 23, 2010 00:37 LOS ANGELES: After days of relentless rain, Southern California on Wednesday was facing the most intense storm system yet, with hundreds of homes evacuated, roads covered with water and mud, and residents anxiously eyeing already …

2010-12-17 08:32 Johannesburg – Mopping up operations started in Johannesburg on Friday morning where heavy rainfall had displaced at least 1 200 families, emergency services spokesperson Percy Morokane said. “It’s dry today but the real work begins now,” he said. There were still several roads and streets closed for traffic …

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: Dec 16, 2010 16:47 Updated: Dec 16, 2010 16:47 PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani intelligence officials say a US missile strike has killed seven militants in a tribal region that has rarely seen such attacks. The officials say the missiles hit a vehicle in the Spin Drand area …

By AGENCIES Published: Dec 13, 2010 23:11 Updated: Dec 13, 2010 23:11 CAIRO: Rain and sandstorms that battered Egypt at the weekend killed at least 34 people, officials said Monday, adding the toll could rise as rescue workers were still sifting through two collapsed buildings. The bodies of 13 workers …

By DONNA BRYSON | AP Published: Dec 14, 2010 19:04 Updated: Dec 14, 2010 19:13 JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s president has filed a $700,000 defamation suit over a cartoon depicting him with his pants undone, preparing to rape a blindfolded, female figure symbolizing justice, a lawyer said Tuesday. Eric van der …

By REUTERS Published: Dec 14, 2010 19:27 Updated: Dec 14, 2010 23:10 LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in Britain on Swedish allegations of sex crimes, was granted bail by a London court on Tuesday. The 39-year-old Australian, the target of US fury over WikiLeaks’ publication of part of a …

By ARAB NEWS Published: Dec 10, 2010 00:31 Updated: Dec 10, 2010 00:31 NEW YORK: The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) on Thursday called on the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to prosecute an alleged bias-motivated attack on an imam, or Muslim religious leader, as a …

By REUTERS Published: Dec 9, 2010 23:58 Updated: Dec 9, 2010 23:58 JERUSALEM: Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday hours after its top soldier warned troops to be prepared for possible “wider action” on the enclave’s volatile border. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the strikes were …

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: Dec 10, 2010 00:41 Updated: Dec 10, 2010 00:41 MADRID: The Spanish city of Lleida on Thursday became the country’s first to implement a ban on the wearing of face-covering veils in municipal buildings. Lleida, located in the northeastern region of Catalonia, approved the legislation in …

By MOHAMMED MAR’I | ARAB NEWS Published: Dec 8, 2010 23:20 Updated: Dec 8, 2010 23:20 RAMALLAH, West Bank: A senior Palestinian official said Wednesday that the Palestinians will turn to the United Nations after the US failed to reach an agreement with Israel on a new settlement construction freeze. …