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Al-Qaida plots comeback in Afghanistan: US

AP, Washington :Al-Qaida's Afghanistan leader is laying the groundwork to relaunch his war-shattered organization once the United States and international forces withdraw from the...

Armed men seized in Ukraine’s Crimea govt building

AP, Ukraine :Dozens of heavily armed pro-Russia gunmen seized control of local government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea region early Thursday, escalating tensions in a...

Yingluck faces charges over rice scheme

BBC Online :Thailand's embattled prime minister has sent her lawyers to an anti-corruption panel to hear charges of negligence over a government rice subsidy...

Soldier kills self after shooting 5 comrades dead

PTI, Srinagar :An Army soldier on Thursday shot five colleagues dead at point blank range when they were sleeping before committing suicide in Jammu...

SC stays Rajiv Gandhi plotters release

TNN, New Delhi :The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the release of four convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, ordering status quo on...

Egypt names new premier

AP, Cairo :Egypt's interim president chose the outgoing housing minister, a construction magnate from the era of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, as his new...

Arizona Governor vetoes ‘anti-gay’ bill

BBC Online :Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have allowed business owners who cited their religious beliefs to turn away...

Congress to suffer big defeat

New York Times, New Delhi :Two months before the general elections, a new US poll suggests that the ruling party Congress may suffer one...

Ukraine not East-West war: John Kerry

BBC Online :US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Ukraine is not caught in a battle between East and West.Kerry said it was...

Nigerian school attack toll now 59

Reuters, Nigeria :Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram shot or burned to death 59 pupils in a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight, a...

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