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Obama agrees to slow US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
President Barack Obama on Tuesday granted Afghan requests to slow the drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and said he would maintain ...Suarez gives Barca win over Madrid, United beats Liverpool
Luis Suarez scored Barcelona\'s winning goal as it beat fierce rival Real Madrid 2-1 in the Spanish league on Sunday, while Steven ...600 Indian high school students expelled for cheating on exams
About 600 high school students in eastern India have been expelled for cheating on pressure-packed 10th grade examinations this week, education authorities ...Magical views from top of the world for solar eclipse
All eyes were turned to the heavens early Friday for a solar eclipse offering spectacular views from selected airplane seats, European countries ...Mob kills, burns woman in Afghanistan
A mob in the Afghan capital killed a woman, set her body on fire and threw it into a muddy river in ...Lawyer of Pakistan doctor who helped trace bin Laden shot dead
A Pakistani lawyer under death threats for defending a doctor who helped CIA agents hunt al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was ...Pakistan executes 12 prisoners after death penalty ban lifted
Pakistani officials on Tuesday executed 12 people in the country\'s single-largest day of executions since a moratorium on the death penalty was ...18 people killed in bus accident in northwestern Nepal
At least 18 people were killed Monday when a bus slipped off a rain-drenched mountain road in northwestern Nepal, police said.Several killed in twin blasts at Pakistan churches
Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded more than 78 during Sunday services, rescue ...Maldives ex-president Nasheed sentenced to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday after being found guilty of terrorism for ordering ...




