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Kurdish fighters killed in Syria buried

AP, Turkey :Hundreds of supporters chanting slogans turned out to accompany three Kurdish fighters – two men and a woman barely out of her teens – to their final resting place in a dusty...

8 Pak Shi’ites killed in sectarian attack

Reuters, Pakistan :Eight Shi’ite members of Pakistan’s ethnic Hazara minority were killed, and one wounded, on Thursday, after gunmen opened fire on a bus in the volatile province of Baluchistan, police said.No one immediately...

Pakistani politician Imran Khan addresses an anti-government rally near a parliament building in Islamabad.

Qadri supporters end Islamabad sit-in

Agency :While Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri called off his dharna after 69 days, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan announced on Tuesday to continue his party’s sit-in till the resignation of the...

3 year old Indian girl raped in school

BBC Online :Indian police are investigating the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in her school in the city of Bangalore.The child returned from school on Tuesday and complained of pain that had been...

Pro-democracy protesters carrying portraits of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying march to his residence in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

Protests at HK leader’s home after fruitless talks

Reuters, Hong Kong :About 200 Hong Kong protesters marched to the home of the city’s Beijing-backed leader on Wednesday to push their case for greater democracy a day after talks between student leaders and...

Watergate scandal disclosure dies

Al-jazeera.com :Ben Bradlee, who oversaw the Washington Post’s reporting on the Watergate scandal that brought down US president Richard Nixon, has died at the age of 93.Bradlee, who died of natural causes at his...

Ban Ki-moon to set up Gaza conflict inquiry

BBC Online :UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is setting up an inquiry into attacks on UN facilities during Israel’s recent offensive in Gaza.He said the independent investigation would look into most...