Brisbane (Keydmedia International) - Australia's record floods are causing catastrophic damage to infrastructure of Queensland and have forced 75% of its coal mines, which fuel Asia's steel mills, to grind to a halt, the state's premier has said.

Galkio(keydmedia) Witness said a well-known elder was killed in northern part of Galkio mudug Region

Muqdisho (keydmedia) Al-shabab militia who mostly control in Southern regions cuts off leg and hand a teenager boy in Baidoa yesterday afternoon resident confirmed .

Mogadishu (keydmedia) Mogadishu’s mayor and Benadir Governor Mahm’ud Ahmed Tarsan accused UN agencies that they do not give care Somali IDP’s.

Washington (Keydmedia International) - Republican Darrell Issa has called US President Barack Obama's government "one of the most corrupt administrations" and said he seeks to ferret out waste across the federal bureaucracy.

Washington (Keydmedia International) - Facebook has raised $500m from US investment bank Goldman Sachs and a Russian firm in a deal that values the social-networking website at $50bn.

Ohio (Keydmedia International) - An Ohio sheriff's deputy shot and killed during an investigation in a trailer park was an exemplary officer, Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said on Sunday.

San Diego (Keydmedia International) - Arnold Schwarzenegger has stepped down as California 'Governator' today, defending his record and keeping fans guessing about his next move.

The Sudanese ambassador to Tehran says the US and Israel play a key role in sowing seeds of discord and fueling the country's civil war and the unrest in its south.

Tehran (Keydmedia International) - A senior Iranian commander says Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has so far shot down two Western spy planes in the Persian Gulf.

Islamabad (keydmedia International) - At least 670 people were killed and hundreds injured in a barrage of non-UN-sanctioned US drone strikes in Pakistan in 2010 amid growing discontent over the operations.

Alexandria (Keydmedia International) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has blamed "foreign hands" for a deadly New Year attack on a church in the northern city of Alexandria that claimed 21 lives and wounded 79 others.