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The head of Iran's air defence said the aim was to thwart aerial reconnaissance of the sites as well as air attacks. Brigadier General Ahmad Mighani said the training would also improve cooperation among different units. Iran has come under...

The Senate narrowly overcame the first of two critical hurdles to passing sweeping health care legislation last night, mustering the minimum of 60 votes required to begin debate on the bill and opening a volatile floor fight likely to last...

Tomorrow, he will address the US Chamber of Commerce as well as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On Tuesday, the prime minister will hold discussions with president Barack Obama and other top officials of the US...Singh's visit is the first...

President Michel Sleiman arrived on Sunday to Chafik al-Wazzan Boulevard to take part in the Independence Day military parade. Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived just before him. Upon the president’s arrival, soldiers fired 21 welcoming shots...

Andre Ward captured the WBA Super Middleweight title Saturday night by being too fast and too skilled for Denmark's Mikkel Kessler. Ward won on points when the bout was stopped at 1:42 of the 11th round because of a cut...

This is the Tories' lowest poll lead for almost a year and puts us back in hung parliament territory. Conservatives' support falling from 43 per cent last month to 37 per cent, with Labour's increasing by five points to 31...

Ind. — After a string of stinging losses, Connecticut finally won one for its slain teammate. Coach Randy Edsall called the Huskies' 33-30 double-overtime victory Saturday against Notre Dame the program's "best win." On the other side, Charlie Weis was...

For the second time in 10 years, an urbane, charming, multilingual Continental is taking the top job at Marks & Spencer. The feeling of d�jà vu at Marc Bolland's appointment as chief executive after just three years reviving Morrisons is...

As many as 100,000 Spanish farmers have thronged in the capital Madrid in a mass protest against the depressed market for agricultural produce. Saturday�s rally followed Friday�s strike action that saw farmers down tools to block roads across the country....

After nitpicking at Rachael Ray earlier this week, Martha Stewart held nothing back when asked about none other than Sarah Palin ! Listening to the prim and proper Martha Stewart refer to the former Alaskan governor as "confused" and "a...