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Plot to kill Putin uncovered in Ukraine
MOSCOW: An operation by Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services averted an assassination attempt on Russian PM Vladimir V. Putin,days before he hopes to secure a six-year presidential term. A report by Channel One said a band of would-be assassins were arrested in Ukrainian city of Odessa. Authorities were alerted to the group by an explosion in an apartment.
Syria approves new constitution in vote
AMMAN: Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs Monday as President Bashar al-Assads government announced voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a referendum. The Interior Ministry said the reformed constitution,which could keep Assad in power until 2028,had received 89.4 per cent approval from voters.
Yemens Saleh to seek exile in Ethiopia: Aides
SANAA: Aides to Ali Abdullah Saleh say the ousted Yemeni President plans to go into exile in Ethiopia. The aides said Monday that the former President will leave Yemen within two days along with some of his family members. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity.
Gillard knocks out Rudd in party vote
CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard survived a challenge from within her own party in a Monday vote. Gillard defeated Kevin Rudd,her former foreign minister,71 votes to 31 in a ballot of Labour Party lawmakers,ending Rudds attempt to recapture the top job.
Cruise ship stranded off Seychelles after fire
ROME: A fire broke out Monday in the generator room of an Italian cruise ship,the Costa Allegra,leaving it adrift off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean,but causing no casualties among the 1,000 passengers or crew,the Italian coast guard said.
Body of last US soldier missing in Iraq returned
BAGHDAD: A Shia extremist group handed over a casket with the remains of the last US soldier missing in Iraq,an Iraqi lawmaker said Monday,drawing a close to a case that has anguished his family since his 2006 disappearance. Lawmaker Sami al-Askari said the body of Staff Sgt. Ahmed al-Taie were turned over as part of a prisoner swap deal between the government and Asaib Ahl al-Haq.
