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14 January 2013 • 06:34 AMT
Major bushfire damages observatory in Australia

More than 170 fires are burning in New South Wales, as lightning strikes cause more blazes amid hot and windy weather.

14 January 2013 • 06:27 AMT
Serbian lawmakers urge autonomy for ethnic Serbs in Kosovo

One analyst called the resolution a “milestone”, but hardline Serbian nationalists accused the government of betrayal.

14 January 2013 • 06:18 AMT
CBS announces Stephen King’s “Under the Dome” premiere date

“Lost” writer Brian K. Vaughn, who also wrote the celebrated comic book “Y: The Last Man,” is scripting.

14 January 2013 • 06:16 AMT
Iran reportedly deploys signals intelligence stations in Mideast

The Pentagon’s counter-terrorist support office said the stations were established by Iran’s IRGC together with Syria.

14 January 2013 • 06:11 AMT
Controversial “Zero Dark Thirty” tops box office

Audiences’ embrace of the film must be gratifying for Bigelow, who was snubbed for a Best Director Oscar nod.

14 January 2013 • 06:02 AMT
“Argo, “Les Misérables,” “Girls” among big winners at Golden Globes

“Argo” pulled an upset when it won for best motion picture drama over “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty.”

14 January 2013 • 05:48 AMT
Algeria allows France use of its air space for Mali intervention

“Algeria has authorized unlimited access to fly over its territory, something I thank the Algerian authorities for,” Fabius said.

14 January 2013 • 05:46 AMT
Iraq’s finance minister escapes assassination attempt – report

Earlier this month, Maliki warned demonstrators to stop their protests and ordered the release of more than 700 female prisoners.

14 January 2013 • 05:32 AMT
British Cycling president says Armstrong should ‘reveal facts’

The American was stripped of his seven Tour de France wins following a report by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada).

14 January 2013 • 05:16 AMT
Syrian forces bombard rebel-held areas, kill 36

Video footage showed women weeping over the dismembered bodies of children strewn across a field.in the Eastern Ghouta region

13 January 2013 • 14:00 AMT
Black Sabbath announce new album title

It was recorded mainly in Los Angeles and will be released in June, with the exact date to be announced.

13 January 2013 • 13:49 AMT
Knights of Vartan-Ani Lodge attends NKR independence celebration

The annual independence celebration took place on December 5 in the historic Russell Senate Office Building.

13 January 2013 • 13:29 AMT
Russia’s ailing space industry to double output by 2020

The program’s price tag is put at $69 billion, including private investment, which is virtually nonexistent at the present.

13 January 2013 • 13:27 AMT
Brooklyn woman wins Miss America crown

A woman from Brooklyn, N.Y., is the new Miss America, winning the title after tap dancing to a James Brown tune.

13 January 2013 • 13:24 AMT
Israeli police evict Palestinian protesters from tent camp

The activists had said they wanted to build a village on the site, calling it Bab al-Shams (Gateway to the Sun).

13 January 2013 • 13:20 AMT
Russians gather in Moscow to protest U.S. adoption ban

The Moscow authorities Moscow City Hall gave permission for a march with the participation of up to 20,000 people.

13 January 2013 • 13:18 AMT
Georgia parliament approves release of 3,000 prisoners

Georgia’s previous government, backed by President Mikheil Saakashvili, was hit by a scandal over prisoner abuse.

13 January 2013 • 13:12 AMT
Another Tibetan man sets himself on fire to protest China rule

Tibetan man protesting China’s rule of region set himself on fire, his death believed the 1st case of self-immolation in 2013.

13 January 2013 • 13:03 AMT
Flu emergency declared in New York State

The 2012-13 flu season is said to have started earlier than usual, with many cases of the H3N2 strain, which can be severe.

13 January 2013 • 12:59 AMT
Roadside bomb kills 14 Pakistani soldiers

Security analysts described the region as a haven for various factions of Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and al Qaeda militants.

13 January 2013 • 12:25 AMT
Famed Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz dies at 26

Mr Swartz began computer programming as a child, and at 14 co-authored an early version of the RSS specification.

13 January 2013 • 12:22 AMT
Report underscores “lack of maturity” of Lockheed F-35 fighter jet

Lockheed Martin Corp’s’s new F-35 fighter jet still faces problems with the helmet needed to fly the plane.

13 January 2013 • 12:07 AMT
Six arrested in new India bus gang-rape case

A sixth suspect, who is thought to be 17, will be tried separately in a youth court if it is confirmed he is a minor.

13 January 2013 • 12:02 AMT
West African regional bloc calls special summit on Mali

Coulibaly said an emergency contingent of ECOWAS troops would start arriving in Bamako on Sunday, Jan 13.

13 January 2013 • 11:50 AMT
Hugo Chavez not in coma, brother says

Adan Chavezn denied the president was in a coma and that his family was considering disconnecting life-support machines.

13 January 2013 • 11:48 AMT
Egypt court grants Mubarak’s appeal of life sentence

The ruling read out by judge Ahmed Ali Abdel-Rahman overturned the conviction of Mubarak’s security chief Habib el-Adly.

13 January 2013 • 11:39 AMT
Israel’s Netanyahu denies wasting money on Iran strike plan

Netanyahu, who leads right-wing Likud party, set out a mid-2013 “red line” for tackling Iran’s uranium enrichment project.

12 January 2013 • 15:51 AMT
Former PM appears to lead Czech presidential election

Czechs are electing the country’s president in a direct popular vote for the first time, choosing from nine candidates.

12 January 2013 • 15:31 AMT
Main witness in Berlusconi sex case to testify next week

The billionaire media mogul denies all charges and El Mahroug, a Moroccan who is now 20, has said she never had sex with him.

12 January 2013 • 13:59 AMT
French airstrikes destroy Mali rebel command center

“The threat is a terrorist state at the doorstep of France and Europe,” said French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.