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Russia urges Syria to cooperate with chemical weapons probe
Russia has said it had told Syria to cooperate with UN experts investigating reports of a deadly chemical weapons attack that is ...Female photojournalist gang-raped in Mumbai
A young woman photojournalist was gang raped while her male colleague was tied up and beaten in India\'s business hub of Mumbai, ...Trial resumes for ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai
The trial of disgraced politician Bo Xilai has resumed a day after he fiercely denied charges of bribery.Syrian child refugees fleeing civil war reach 1 million, UN says
The United Nations\' children and refugee agencies say the number of children who have fled the violence in Syria reached one million ...Riot in Bolivian prison leaves at least 29 dead
At least 29 people have died and 50 wounded after a brutal fight in the high security Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz, ...U.S. soldier sentenced to life in prison over Afghan killings
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales has just received his sentencing for his massacre of 16 Afghan civilians last year.Israeli military says 4 rockets fired from Lebanon into country
Four rockets were fired toward northern Israel from southern Lebanon on Thursday for the first time in nearly two years, according to ...Sri Lanka to test all milk powder for chemical in Fonterra scare
A Sri Lanka state institute said it would test all milk powder in the market after finding a toxic chemical in products ...Mugabe sworn in for new term as Zimbabwe president
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was sworn in on Thursday for a new five-year term in the face of criticism from opponents and ...France says force needed if Syrian chemical attack proved true
France says the international community must respond with force if opposition allegations that Syrian forces used chemical weapons in an attack near ...




