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Meet one-legged footballer in World Cup advertising campaign: Video

Tue Apr 22, 2014 07:46:29

Despite being born with one leg, Nico Calabria always dreamed of playing on the big stage, now the 19-year-old, an American amateur footballer, is starring in a new World Cup advertising campaign.

US weighing military exercises in Eastern Europe

Mon Apr 21, 2014 20:52:56

The United States is considering deploying hundreds of forces for military exercises to begin in Poland and Estonia in the next few weeks, a Western official said.

Abdullah leads Afghan elections with 49.75% of votes counted

Mon Apr 21, 2014 16:47:25

Presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah has taken the lead in Afghanistan's polls so far with 49.75 percent of the country's votes counted, announced election commission chairman Mohammad Yusuf Nuristani at a press conference in Kabul on Sunday.

Syria to hold presidential election on June 3

Mon Apr 21, 2014 16:23:57

Syria will hold a presidential election on June 3, the speaker of parliament said on Monday.

US should be held responsible for Kiev violations

Mon Apr 21, 2014 14:49:44

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the US should take responsibility for those whom they put in power in Ukraine instead of issuing ultimatums to Moscow.

Deadly mortar attack near Syrian Parliament

Mon Apr 21, 2014 13:16:10

A pair of mortar shells fired by foreign-backed militants in Syria has hit near the parliament building in central Damascus, killing five people and injuring several others.

Riyadh may remove Foreign Minister after nearly 40 years in office

Mon Apr 21, 2014 12:51:09

Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering removing country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Saud Al-Faisal, shortly after its spy chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan was removed.

UAE-based award picks Saudi King as cultural personality of the year

Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:50:41

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, whose kingdom has been one of the strongest supporters of the Middle East’s deadliest war has been named as the as the cultural personality of the year by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award team.

Hopeless father begs sons to return after they joined al-Qaeda in Syria

Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:58:10

A Brighton father of six has made an emotional plea to his two remaining sons to return home from Syria after one was killed by sniper fire and another was shot in the stomach during a battle in the north-west of the country.

Egyptians can choose between 2 candidates for President

Mon Apr 21, 2014 09:20:28

Egypt's election commission has announced two candidates for country’s presidential election that one of them is former army chief and Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

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