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Polls close in Afghan election after heavy turnout for crucial vote
Polling stations in Afghanistan have closed after a heavy turnout for Saturday\'s historic presidential election.Al-Zawahiri calls on Syria rebels to end infighting
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called for Islamist fighters in Syria to end the infighting that killed a one-time companion of ...Afghanistan votes in landmark presidential election
Afghans went to the polls on Saturday to change the country\'s leader through ballot for the first time in the history of ...Sixteen dead as flash flooding devastates Solomon Islands
Flash flooding has killed at least sixteen people and left 49,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands\' capital Honiara, with another 40 missing and the ...India sentences three to death, 24 to jail for gang rapes
An Indian judge on Friday ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to ...Underwater Indian Ocean search for Malaysian jet begins
The underwater search for the black boxes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has begun as the window for detecting the locator beacon\'s ...Two female Western journalists shot in Afghanistan
An Afghan police officer has shot dead a foreign photographer and badly injured another in the country\'s violent east, as they were ...Israel cancels prisoner release following Palestinian UN bid
Israel canceled the already postponed release of 26 Palestinian prisoners in the latest blow to faltering peace talks, saying the ...Turkish government lifts Twitter ban
Turkey\'s government says it has lifted its ban on the social media network Twitter, a day after the country\'s top court said ...Ukraine accuses ex-president over sniper deaths
The Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday ousted President Viktor Yanukovich was involved in drawing up plans under which police snipers shot dead ...