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Al-Shabaab suicide bomber attacks restaurant in Somalia
The Shabab militant group in Somalia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Saturday that killed at least 13 people at a ...At least 93 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured by falling ...
At least 93 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured by falling buildings islands popular with tourists in the ...New report says Syrian rebels committed war crimes
Syrian rebels led by al Qaida’s regional affiliates killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians during an offensive in coastal Syria in early ...Battles rage around Syria chemical weapons sites
International inspectors in Syria have visited three of the 20 sites linked to the country\'s chemical weapons programme, as anti-government activist groups ...US Republicans seek short-term debt extension
The White House says House Speaker John Boehner\'s proposal for a short-term deal to increase the nation\'s borrowing limit is an “encouraging ...Fire at Japan hospital kills 10, injures several more
A fire broke out at a Japanese hospital early Friday, killing 10 people, the police said.42 executed in Iraq over terror charges
Iraq has hanged 42 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges, including a woman, the Justice Ministry said Thursday, in Baghdad\'s latest use of ...Pakistan rearrests ex-president Musharraf over Red Mosque deaths
Pakistani police have re-arrested former president Pervez Musharraf over the raid of an Islamabad mosque in 2007.Canadian author Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature 2013
Alice Munro won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature and became the first Canadian woman to take the Nobel Prize since its launch ...Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan freed after kidnap
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been released hours after being seized by militiamen, the government says.