Solomons erupts into civil war
Chaos ruled in the Solomon Islands on Thursday as rival militias engaged in pitched battles, a peacemaker's plane was shot at and navy ships were despatched from Australia and New Zealand to evacuate foreigners from the tiny South Pacific nation.



PML leaders reject Nawaz Sharif's directive
Deposed Premier Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party central leadership has rejected the written directives from him from jail for striking a deal with the Grand Democratic Alliance, on restoration of democracy.



Mind your language, Jordan daily tells advertisers
When popular Jordanian cartoonist Imad Hajjaj read the notice in his newspaper ordering its advertisers to clean up their language he panicked and ran over to management seeking explanations.



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