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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has rejected criticism from US President Barack Obama that his thinking is still influenced by Cold War attitudes.
Mr Obama makes his first visit to Moscow as president on Monday, with talks scheduled with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and Mr Putin.
The US President has used an Associated Press interview to [...]

South Korean police are investigating a series of cyber attacks which disabled major websites, including those of the president and the Defence Ministry.
Unknown hackers attacked 25 South Korean websites, shutting them down for several hours.
The Defence Ministry says websites were flooded by traffic at the same time, which overwhelmed the server.
South Korean media is reporting [...]

The White House, State Department and Pentagon websites were among those targeted in a coordinated cyber-attack which also crippled sites in South Korea, computer security experts said.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that US government and private sector websites had come under so-called “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attack, but declined to identify any of [...]

The British government has defended its strategy in Afghanistan, a day after eight British soldiers were killed there.
A total of 184 British troops have now been killed in Afghanistan since the start of the war in 2002.
British foreign secretary David Miliband has rejected claims that British forces do not have the right equipment and says [...]

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement.
Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. [...]

Wanna get you some meditation, some peace, some wisdom? Wanna do a weekend program where you learn how to calm and open your mind to…reality? Buddhism–tested over 2,500 years in dozens of diverse cultures–is worth a go.
Thanks to murderous Mao (he killed more than Hitler and Stalin) & his loyal Red comrades, Tibetan Buddhism came [...]

More than 1000 Indians took part in a candlelight vigil outside the targeted Taj Mahal Hotel a week after the terrorist siege of Mumbai began.
Last week’s terrorist siege of Mumbai has created a new geopolitical crisis, with many angles and complications that will make President-elect Barack Obama’s life even more complicated as he attempts to [...]

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro said on Thursday his country could talk to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, in Havana’s latest overture to the incoming Democratic administration in Washington.
His remarks followed comments from his brother, President Raul Castro, who told a U.S. magazine he could meet Obama in a “neutral place” to [...]

Worries in the west regarding the global economy went up to a new stage when Russia, Iran and Qatar announced that they were going to create a gas cartel. The decision of the three countries raised concerns and was criticized by the European commission, which considers that the cartel could increase prices on gas due [...]

Ballot counting has begun in Pakistan after a key election which it is hoped will help end the country’s crisis.
The parliamentary poll was delayed after the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, and is intended to complete a transition to civilian rule.
Polling stations officially closed at 1700 (1200 GMT), and initial results are expected within [...]