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AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» New Delhi's police chief on Tuesday demanded the death penalty for rapists amid growing outrage over the gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a school bus in the city.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Japan's incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe told the country's chief central banker Tuesday he wanted to set a two percent inflation target, in the opening salvo of his battle to kickstart the economy.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a key figure who has long sought to bridge bitter divides in his war-scarred country, arrived in Germany Thursday for treatment after he suffered a stroke.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» US President Barack Obama leaned heavily on Republicans Wednesday to come to terms on a deficit reduction deal by year's end to avert the "fiscal cliff" crisis of sweeping tax hikes and spending cuts.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» South Korean tech giant Samsung is to drop a legal request to ban Apple products in five European countries but will maintain lawsuits for alleged patent infringement, a Samsung spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday.