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Authorities told the magazine that the Chinese general consulate has been running a spy network from the Bavarian capital, where several hundred of the Chinese Muslim minorities have formed one of their largest communities outside their native country.

Condemning the massacre in Maguindanao, the Liberal Party (LP) on Wednesday urged Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno to issue a preventive suspension on the members of the Ampatuan clan currently holding top local posts in government.

Suspected Maoists shot dead two leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Lalgarh region of West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district in the last two days. Madan Ghosh, 58, was supervising harvest at Shilda in Belpahari block, along...

The widow of army bomb disposal expert Olaf "Oz" Schmid today paid tribute to her "warrior" husband as his funeral took place with full military honours in his home city of Truro. Christina Schmid said her husband was a protector...

Najjar refused to disclose the name of the dismissed judge, but Al-Liwaa identified the judge as Tanios Ghantous.  Sleiman added that reforms must be taken only by the administration of the judiciary, without outside interference. He said that he discussed...

The king of Spain, Juan Carlos, congratulated Lebanon Tuesday on the occasion of its Independence Day. The king’s wishes came in a letter he sent to President Michel Sleiman, saying the Spanish government and the Spanish people all expressed their...

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) moved to consolidate ties with Lebanon’s citizens by promoting its Arabic-language website, launched in August, in a press briefing held in the southern coastal city of Tyre. UNIFIL was the first UN peacekeeping...

A group against bringing the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks to trial in a U.S. civilian court will hold a rally in New York demanding Washington reconsider its decision, the group said on Tuesday. The 9/11 Never Forget...

Senior politicians are seeking to contact the UN in order to declare Security Council Resolution 1559 as fully implemented, according to reports on Monday. However, analysts told The Daily Star that any such attempt of communication with New York would prove...