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Indian woman gang-raped inside police station
An Indian woman has said she was gang-raped by four officers at a police station, the latest in a string of sex ...Pakistan court lifts Musharraf travel ban
A court in Pakistan on Thursday lifted a government\'s travel ban on former military President Pervez, however, operation of the order will ...Earth and Moon may be 60 million years older than previously thought
Work presented at the European Association of Geochemistry’s Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Sacramento, California shows that the timing of the giant impact ...Militants seize Saddam Hussein’s home town of Tikrit
Militant Islamists seized more territory in northern Iraq on Wednesday, moving south toward Baghdad as government forces scrambled to regroup after losing ...Rwandan, DR Congo soldiers exchange heavy weapons fire
Heavy weapons fire broke out between Rwandan and Congolese troops near their border on Wednesday after the Congolese government said Rwandan forces ...At least six killed in NW Pakistan missile strike
At least four people were killed in a U.S. drone strike launched in Pakistan\'s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on Wednesday ...Half a million flee Iraqi city of Mosul
Half a million people were estimated Wednesday to have fled Iraq\'s second city of Mosul, as Islamist militants tightened their grip after ...Chile rejects huge hydroelectric project in Patagonia
A government commission rejected an $8 billion proposal to dam Patagonian rivers to meet growing energy demands, handing a victory to environmentalists ...South Sudan rivals agree to end war, form interim government
South Sudan\'s president and rebel leader have agreed to forge a transitional government within a 60-day deadline in an effort to end ...House Majority Leader Cantor loses primary
U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia lost to a Tea Party challenger on Tuesday in a stunning Republican primary upset ...