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U.S., Japan unveil new defense guidelines for global Japanese role
Japan and the United States unveiled new guidelines for defense cooperation on Monday, reflecting Japan\'s willingness to take on a more robust ...Fear stalks Damascus after jihadist gains
Some Damascus residents now fear the worst after Islamist coalition gains against the military in northern Syria. Despite regime reassurances, could jihadists ...Desperate Nepalis flee capital as aftershocks spread fear, over 3,500 dead
Hundreds of Nepalis were fleeing the capital Kathmandu for the plains on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks following a ...Australia pleads for stay in executions, demands Jakarta probe
Australia made a last-minute plea on Monday for a stay in the imminent execution of two Australian drug traffickers in Indonesia, saying ...Leftist Akinci wins north Cyprus election, seeking peace deal
A leftist moderate promising to press for a peace deal in ethnically-split Cyprus swept to victory in a Turkish Cypriot presidential election ...Nepal scrambles to organize quake relief, many flee capital
Nepalese officials scrambled on Monday to get aid from the main airport to people left homeless and hungry by a devastating earthquake ...Shock turns to anger as Nepalese wait for quake assistance
Shock turned to anger in Nepal on Tuesday, as some of the tens of thousands of people stricken by the weekend\'s devastating ...Google, Facebook join Red Cross to find thousands missing after Nepal quake
German development worker Caroline Siebald and her boyfriend Charles Gertler, an American glaciologist, were on a rafting trip in Nepal when the ...Desperate Nepalese sleep in open as aftershocks spread fear
Thousands of desperate Nepalese spent a second night in the open in the early hours of Monday, unable to return to homes ...Baltimore police arrest 34 after violent protests
Police arrested 34 people when protests over the death of a black man in custody spiraled into violence in Baltimore, authorities said, ...