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UK faces EU re-negotiation if Scotland breaks away
AFP, Published on 15/01/2012
» Britain would have to re-negotiate its EU membership if Scotland voted for independence, senior EU sources told AFP as Scotland and England fight a high-stakes referendum battle.
Pacquiao coach prefers Dallas or Dubai for megafight
AFP, Published on 14/01/2012
» Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach says a May 5 bout against Floyd Mayweather remains a possibility but that a later date in Dallas or Dubai would be a better option for the mega showdown.
Pakistan government isolated against army, courts
AFP, Published on 12/01/2012
» Pakistan's government looks dangerously isolated in a fresh confrontation with the country's powerful military that analysts say could, at the very least, end in early elections.
New sex scandals hit Australian defence force
AFP, Published on 12/01/2012
» The Australian military was rocked Thursday by more sex scandals, including allegations of assault, child porn, rape and drug-dealing within its ranks.
Nigerians defy order to end strike, Christians shot dead
AFP, Published on 12/01/2012
» Tens of thousands of Nigerians defied an order to end a three-day-old strike Wednesday as unions threatened to halt output in Africa's top crude producer and a mob rampage left a police officer dead.
Toymakers aim to buck economic gloom at Asia fair
AFP, Published on 11/01/2012
» A smartphone-controlled robot that fires foam bullets and a model of a tyrannosaurus with real bones are among the attractions drawing the crowds at Asia's largest toy show this week.
S. Korea rocked by cash-for-vote scandal
AFP, Published on 11/01/2012
» South Korean prosecutors Wednesday raided the home of a former aide to parliament Speaker Park Hee-Tae amid a bribery scandal rocking the ruling conservative party before elections this year.
Google makes search personal
AFP, Published on 11/01/2012
» Google wove content from its social network and Picasa photo-sharing service into its search formula to serve up personalized results to online queries.
Swearing and nudity: US Supreme Court eyes indecency
AFP, Published on 11/01/2012
» The US Supreme Court questioned whether battling indecency made sense in these times, in a case involving blurted broadcasting of curse words, and TV series' bare buttocks shots.
Sixteen dead as Nigeria chaos grows
AFP, Published on 11/01/2012
» Ethnic and religious violence in Nigeria claimed 16 more victims, with gunmen killing eight in the north and a mob torching an Islamic school in the south, as a fuel strike added to the deadly tension.