Khurshid new Indian FM
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed
Salman Khurshid as his new Foreign Minister as he brought seven new
faces into the Cabinet yesterday in the biggest reshuffle since his
2009 re-election.
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Al-Qaeda leader calls on Muslims to kidnap Westerners
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged
Egyptians to restart their revolution to press for Islamic law and
called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, the SITE Intelligence Group
said. In a video released on jihadist forums and translated by the
US monitoring service, Zawahiri also lashed out at US President
Barack Obama, calling him a liar and demanding he admit defeat in
Iraq, Afghanistan and North Africa.
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Indonesia foils plot to attack US missions
Indonesian Police on Saturday arrested 11
members of an Islamic group allegedly planning attacks on American
diplomatic missions, a spokesman said, in the latest terror alert to
hit the country. The group had planned to hit the US embassy and a
US consulate, as well as a building near the Australian embassy in
the capital Jakarta that houses the office of American mining giant
Freeport-McMoran, police said.
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Berlusconi vows to stay in politics
A typically unabashed Silvio Berlusconi vowed
Saturday to stay in politics to reform the very justice system that
sentenced him to jail for tax fraud, as the Italian press declared
an emphatic end to the billionaire former premier's long domination
of the nation's political scene.
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