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Police and regime militia patrols fanned out in Damascus' Mezze district Sunday to prevent a repeat of protests against President Bashar al-Assad that have threatened his grip on the capital, opposition activists said.

Police and militia patrols fanned out in the Syrian capital's Mezze district on Sunday to prevent a repeat of protests against President Bashar al-Assad that have threatened his grip on Damascus, opposition activists said.

Given that Pakistan has extensive experience with nuclear weapons technology, is it conceivable that they would offer any assistance with Iran’s embryonic atomic project?

Hague claimed that London has urged the Israelis not to launch such a strike.

The government of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is emerging as a rare supplier of diesel to Syria, potentially helping the government of the Middle Eastern country's Bashar al-Assad fuel its military in the midst of a bloody crackdown on civilian protests and undermining Western sanctions.

The 2012 London Fashion Week kicked off Friday, Feb.17, with opening line-ups from previous year's Fashion Fringe prize winner, Israeli-born designers Golan Frydman and Latvian Fyodor Podgorny, and their bold see-through ensembles, alien-inspired green glittery skin, tribal nose rings, piercings, and innovative hair-dos.

Syrian government forces, disregarding U.N. condemnation, renewed their bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs on Saturday as a Chinese minister prepared for talks with embattled President Bashar al-Assad.

Of nearly 200,000 cameras ordered to monitor upcoming Russian elections, the first to go online and begin broadcasting to the www.webvybory2012.ru Web site were found to have been DDoS attacked, Reuters news agency reported. Hackers upset with December elections they consider to have been fraudulent may be responsible. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Siberian town of Novosibirsk to inspect election monitoring cameras he ordered installed at over 90,000 polling stations ahead of...

Hackers have tried to crash a vast network of Web cameras which Vladimir Putin has ordered to allay fears of vote-rigging in the March presidential election, a deputy minister said on Friday.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is treating Iran's letter about restarting nuclear talks with caution, but noted Iran's response was “the one we have been waiting for.”

A pair of Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday to prepare for the removal of a Russian docking module due to be flown into the atmosphere for incineration next year.

China will launch its next manned space mission sometime between June and August, which will attempt to dock with an experimental module launched last year, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday.

By now everyone should know about Russian heiress Ekaterina Rybolovleva. When a deal closed on an $88-million apartment on Wednesday, it was the most expensive apartment sold in New York City and she owns it.

Syrian government forces continue to shell opposition protestors in the city of Homs on Friday. Activists in the city are calling the assault the heaviest in weeks.

In an interesting turn of events, will the entry of al-Qaeda comically twist the balance as it will be naturally pitted against the Hezbollah, the feared Shia militia actively supported and patronized by Iran? Assad's promise of a regional conflict could come true then!

The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly ratcheted up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday by overwhelmingly approving a resolution that endorses an Arab League plan calling for him to step aside.

A video of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on trial for corruption and terrorism has gone viral in Russia, attracting millions of views after being posted on YouTube two days ago.

Canada's Kinross Gold reported an operating profit that fell short of expectations on Wednesday, as weaker than expected sales and higher than expected costs weighed in the quarter and offset gains from a surge in the price of bullion.

Before leaving Thursday, Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said China does not approve of armed intervention to force regime change in Syria, adding that the trip was intended to end the bloodshed which has ravaged the country for almost a year.

In 1972, the Chinese economy was a shadow of the modern powerhouse it would blossom into.

President Barack Obama traveled to California on Wednesday for the first time since anti-piracy legislation pitting Hollywood against the tech sector got derailed, ramping up his election-year fundraising with events courting both dueling industries.