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UN climate talks deadlocked over scope of pledges
U.N. talks on a new global warming pact spilled into the weekend as negotiators quarreled over what kind of information to include ...German killed in Kabul attack on play condemning suicide bombings
A teenaged bomber on Thursday targeted a Kabul auditorium packed with people watching a drama condemning suicide attacks and being staged at ...Afghan bomber targets military bus, kills 6 soldiers
A suicide bomber killed six Afghan soldiers in an attack on a military minibus on Thursday, officials said, in the first attack ...India 223-3 after Australia declares on 517-7 in 1st test
India\'s stand-in captain Virat Kohli helped the tourists to 223-3 at tea Thursday on the third day of the first test against ...Uber banned from operating in Indian capital after driver rape
U.S. online ride-hailing service Uber has been banned from operating in the Indian capital after a female passenger accused one of its ...17 killed in Nepal bus accident
An overcrowded bus has plunged off a mountain road in Nepal, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more, police said ...U.S., Britain pledge to support Afghanistan as combat troops withdraw
The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan\'s new unity government as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country ...G20 commits to higher growth, fight climate change; Russia isolated over Ukraine
Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack ...Global leaders meet for G20 summit in Australia
Russia\'s Cold War-style standoff with the West sent a chill through G20 talks aimed at heating up the world economy ...Putin beats Obama again in Forbes power ranking
For a second year in a row, Russian President Vladimir Putin has beaten Barack Obama to the title of world\'s most powerful ...