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Saudi prince buys $300 million stake in Twitter
AFP, Published on 19/12/2011
» Saudi billionaire Prince Walid bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Company announced a combined investment of $300 million in the social networking site Twitter, in a statement Monday.
United slip up as Chelsea crash to Villa
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» Manchester United missed the chance to start the New Year on top of the Premier League after suffering a 3-2 defeat to Blackburn as Arsenal went fourth after Chelsea crashed 3-1 at home to Aston Villa.
Obama signs Iran sanctions into law
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» US President Barack Obama Saturday signed into law tough new sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and financial sector, in a move likely to deepen acrimony between Washington and Tehran.
Greeks must avert economic collapse, euro exit: leader
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Saturday warned Greeks of another difficult year ahead as it battles to avert economic collapse and an exit from the single European currency.
Djokovic ends 2011 in winning style
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» Novak Djokovic brought the curtain down on his stunning 2011 season with a 6-2, 6-1 thrashing of Spain's David Ferrer in the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event here on Saturday.
France's future hangs in balance in 2012: Sarkozy
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» France's future will hang in the balance in 2012, President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Saturday, four months before he faces a tough battle for re-election.
N. Koreans urged to defend Jong-Un 'unto death'
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» North Korea urged its people Sunday to defend new leader Kim Jong-Un to the death and vowed an all-out push for prosperity, in a New Year state newspaper editorial setting out policy goals.
S. Korea passes revised budget for 2012
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» South Korea's parliament late Saturday passed a revised version of the government's 2012 budget, which now calls for 325.4 trillion won ($282.5 billion) in spending during an election year.
Nigerian cities in lockdown after emergency decree
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» Nigeria began the new year Sunday under a state of emergency in areas targeted by Islamist attacks as soldiers patrolled hard-hit cities in a bid to end spiralling violence in Africa's most populous nation.
LA fire crews on alert after Hollywood arson spree
AFP, Published on 01/01/2012
» Los Angeles put firefighters on heightened alert for New Year's Eve into Sunday, fearing more arson attacks after a string of deliberately set blazes centered on the city's Hollywood district.