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World January 22, 2013

US drone kills al-Qaeda militants in Yemen

Sanaa: At least three suspected al Qaeda militants were killed and two others injured in a United States (US) drone airstrike on a vehicle…

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World January 21, 2013

UN report exposes torture on detainees

Paris: A new UN report has exposed cases of vicious torture of Afghan detainees, including beatings, hanging by the wrists and electric shocks.…

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World January 21, 2013

Delhi rape trial opens in fast-track court

New Delhi: The trial of five men accused of the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus was set to open on Monday in a special…

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World January 21, 2013

Televangelist sentenced to death for BD war crimes

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s controversial war crimes court Monday sentenced to death a top Islamic televangelist for genocide and other atrocities…

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World January 20, 2013

Protest in Athens after Pakistani killed

Athens: Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier…

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World January 19, 2013

‘US made France scapegoat in Mali’

Washington: American journalist and author William Engdahl has claimed that US is using France as a scapegoat to save face by pushing French…

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World January 19, 2013

UN nuclear talks with Iran fall short again

Vienna: A UN nuclear agency team returned Friday from Iran without a deal on additional inspections, as diplomats briefed afterwards voiced…

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World January 18, 2013

US to assist France for Mali operation

Paris: Washington has agreed to provide France with airlifts to help move troops and equipment in the country’s operation in Mali,…

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World January 18, 2013

Eleven killed in Jakarta flood

Jakarta: Floods in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta have left at least 11 people dead, authorities said Friday as murky brown waters submerged…

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World January 17, 2013

Mali Crisis: Direct combat begins

Paris: After a week of intense airstrikes, French troops engaged in direct combat with Islamist rebels in central Mali.
Paris has continued…

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