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Australia lifts ban on veil

AP, Australia :Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after the prime minister intervened.The government...

Second royal baby due in April

BBC Online :The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child in April next year, Kensington Palace has said.The pregnancy had already...

Deadly suicide blast hits Baghdad funeral

Al-Jazeera.com :A suicide bomber has killed at least 21 people at a funeral in the Iraqi capital, while an ambush has halted the government...

Bilawal tries to reclaim the legacy of his mother

New York Times, Pakistan :Seven years ago, Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan after a decade in exile to a boisterous welcome from hundreds of...

Five jailed for life in India rape

BBC Online :A court in India has sentenced five men to life in jail for the abduction and gang rape of a call centre...

AI deplores abuses by both sides

BBC Online :Human rights group Amnesty International says there is evidence of atrocities committed by both warring sides in eastern Ukraine, but not on...

WHO won’t discuss Ebola mistakes document

AP, London :The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it wouldn't explain details contained in an internal document obtained by The Associated Press...

Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town

Reuters, Turkey :The fiercest fighting in days shook the Syrian border town of Kobani overnight when Islamic State fighters attacked Kurdish forces with mortars...

HK street clashes erupt despite imminent talks

Reuters, Hong Kong :Violent clashes erupted in Hong Kong early on Sunday for a second night, deepening a sense of impasse between a government...

Castro offers to cooperate with US on Ebola

Al-Jazeera.com :Fidel Castro says Cuba is ready to cooperate with the United States in the battle against Ebola.The 88-year-old former leader of Cuba wrote...

Two Koreas exchange fire across border

Al-Jazeera.com :North and South Korean troops briefly exchanged fire across their heavily fortified land border, in the second such incident this month, the South's...

Power out, trees fall as hurricane hits Bermuda

AP, Bermuda :Hurricane Gonzalo crushed trees, flattened power lines and damaged Bermuda's main hospital during an hours-long battering, but the tiny, wealthy British territory...

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