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Ex Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi gets political ban
An Italian court has ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, convicted of tax fraud, should be barred from holding public office ...Maldives police stop presidential election
Police in the Maldives have forced the postponement of the re-run of the presidential poll, declaring the vote illegal and blocking ballot ...Al-Shabaab suicide bomber attacks restaurant in Somalia
The Shabab militant group in Somalia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Saturday that killed at least 13 people at a ...At least 93 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured by falling ...
At least 93 people have been killed and more than 100 others injured by falling buildings islands popular with tourists in the ...Fire at Japan hospital kills 10, injures several more
A fire broke out at a Japanese hospital early Friday, killing 10 people, the police said.Battles rage around Syria chemical weapons sites
International inspectors in Syria have visited three of the 20 sites linked to the country\'s chemical weapons programme, as anti-government activist groups ...Malawi president dissolves cabinet in response to graft scandal
Malawi President Joyce Banda dissolved the cabinet on Thursday after police arrested several junior officials in her government in recent weeks on ...42 executed in Iraq over terror charges
Iraq has hanged 42 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges, including a woman, the Justice Ministry said Thursday, in Baghdad\'s latest use of ...Pakistan rearrests ex-president Musharraf over Red Mosque deaths
Pakistani police have re-arrested former president Pervez Musharraf over the raid of an Islamabad mosque in 2007.Canadian author Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature 2013
Alice Munro won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature and became the first Canadian woman to take the Nobel Prize since its launch ...