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Maldives votes for new president
With over half the ballot boxes counted, former president Mohamed Nasheed is in the lead in the much anticipated Maldives presidential elections, ...Twin blasts kill at least 20 in Somalia
At least 20 people have been killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after two explosions ripped through a busy car park, police ...Pakistan releases seven Afghan Taliban fighters
Pakistan on Saturday announced the release of seven senior Afghan Taliban figures to help the peace process in war-torn neighbour Afghanistan, the ...NASA sends unmanned rocket to the moon
An unmanned Minotaur 5 rocket blasted off from the Virginia coast on Friday to send a small NASA science satellite on its ...Australia votes with Abbott set for landslide win
Australians are voting Saturday in national elections that are expected to return conservatives to power and end the Labor Party\'s six-year government ...Syria rebels withdraw from Christian town
Syrian rebel fighters withdrew on Thursday after briefly capturing a historic Christian town in the center of the country as part of ...Cyprus parliament narrowly approves bailout condition
The Parliament of Cyprus on Friday approved key legislation bringing its cooperative banks under the direct supervision of the central bank, narrowly ...Employers add 169,000 jobs; US unemployment rate drops to 7.3 pct.
US employers added 169,000 jobs in August and many fewer in July than previously thought.Google asks federal judge to dismiss Gmail scanning lawsuit
Google\'s attorneys say their practice of electronically scanning the contents of people\'s Gmail accounts to help sell ads is legal, and have ...World powers remain divided over Syrian action at G20
G20 leaders remain divided over the Syrian conflict as they enter the final day of their Russian summit.




