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The blast damaged motorcycles and the front gate for the Nepal Oil Corp.

The announcement came as the European Union imposed further sanctions on Syria, including freezing assets and banning travel by Syrians closely linked to Assad.

The Russian prime minister's admonition comes despite reassurances from U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, who said any foreign intervention could lead to a civil war in Syria.

The annual military exercise, known as Key Resolve, will involve around 200,000 South Korean and 2,100 U.S. troops in what officials from both countries have stressed is a routine training exercise.

Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing, the latest in a series of religiously motivated attacks which have killed hundreds in the central Nigerian city.

It is thought the tranche of emails snatched by hackers could shed light on the relationship between the government and private security analysts Stratfor, which is likened to a shadow CIA.

Former Prime Minister Rudd, who was ousted by Gillard in June 2010, said Australians had lost trust in her leadership of the Labor party, which was headed for disaster at the next elections due in late 2013.

Syrian National Council member Bassma Kodmani said unnamed countries were already providing communications equipment, body armor and night-vision goggles to the Free Syrian Army. Western governments have in the past denied claims that they're arming foes of President Bashar al Assad. The news came as the Red Cross finally reached the besieged city of Homs, evacuating women and children.

Afghan protests over the burning of Qurans on a U.S. military base left 12 dead, making Friday the bloodiest day of demonstrations so far. Around 4000 protestors marched on the governor of Khost's compound, while in Nangarhar province thousands more chanted Death to America.

On Thursday Al Jazeera was named as News Channel of the Year at the Royal Television Society Awards. But despite its numerous plaudits and fans the Qatar-based network has virtually no presence in the U.S.

With citizens of debt-burdened European countries growing more disillusioned over spending cuts and other austerity measures, it may not be long before hard-line parties opposed to such policies begin to siphon support.

Clinton and Prime Minister Cameron were joined by other heads of state, Arab Sheikhs and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as well as representatives from several Somali factions.

CBS News reported that the Afghan National Army soldier turned his gun on American troops in eastern Afghanistan during Thursday's demonstrations against the burning of the Quran and other Islamic objects at Bagram air base, north of Kabul, earlier this week.

Obansanjo, who has mediated conflicts elsewhere in Africa, is trying to calm tensions as protestors angry at incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade's candidacy.

Under a corporate-tax overhaul to be detailed Wednesday, U.S. companies would be forced to cede a number of loopholes and subsidies, while those with overseas operations could face a minimum tax on their foreign earnings.

Mugabe, who turned 88 on Tuesday, shrugged off international criticism of his economic and human rights record, telling state television, At this age I can still go some distance, can't I.

Police in Lille are holding the former banker after prostitutes said they had had sex with Strauss-Kahn during 2010 and 2011 in a string of luxury hotels in Pairs and Washington D.C.

In what first appeared to be prison brawl between criminal gangs, the Zetas stabbed, cut the throats and bludgeoned to death at least 44 inmates affiliated with the rival Gulf Cartel on Sunday, said Governor Rodrigo Medina of Nuevo Leon state.

Tuesday's long-awaited second rescue package for Greece steadied the euro and removed the immediate threat of a disorderly bond default, but markets remained cautious in early morning trading, fearful of what lies ahead for the stricken country.

Speaking to the New York Times, Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula said the operation to simultaneously attack multiple sites in Iran would require planes Israeli jets to fly 1000 miles across unfriendly airspace and complex air-to-air refueling maneuvers if it were to succeed.

Keen to boost his notoriously bullish image, Putin said in a newspaper article that Russia would spend 23 trillion roubles ($770 billion) over a decade to modernize the former superpower's armed forces, warning of the need to protect the country from new regional and local wars sparked by foreign powers.

The National League for Democracy (NLD), which boycotted the 2010 election, said several attempts to hold campaign rallies had been blocked and accused the country's biggest party of making promises that were tantamount to vote-buying.

Inspectors are expected to spend two days in the country, but with tensions running high between Iran and Israel, Western diplomats have played down any hopes of a major breakthrough at the meeting.

While Indian authorities have launched an investigation into Monday's New Delhi car bombing, and its suspected masterminds, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government has continued to embrace trading with the country that is widely suspected of the attacks -- Iran.

In a curt five-minute statement at the Bellevue presidential palace, Wulff said he had lost the trust of the German people, making it impossible to continue in a role that is meant to serve as a moral compass for the nation.

According to the Xinhua news agency, Lu Jun -- a referee at the 2002 World Cup -- was sentenced by the Intermediate People's Court in the northeastern city of Dandong to five years and six months for accepting bribes.

Tareq al Dahab, brother-in-law of slain U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, was killed along with five bodyguards by his brother Hizam - who was himself later killed in a revenge attack.

Dressed in a black Mao-style suit, a smiling Kim resembled his grandfather Kim Il-sung as he presided over a lavish military parade in honor of the recently deceased Kim Jong-Il.

According to an internal Honduran government report obtained by the Associated Press, more than half of the 856 prisoners at Comayagua farm jail had never been formally charged with a crime.