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Blatter defies calls to quit as FIFA scandal widens
The corruption charges engulfing soccer\'s governing body have heaped shame and humiliation on the game, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Thursday, ...Putin declares all Russian military deaths state secrets
President Vladimir Putin ordered on Thursday that deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations in peacetime should be classified as a state ...Pakistan hangs three separatists for 1998 plane hijacking
Pakistan on Thursday executed three Baluch separatists convicted of hijacking a plane in 1998, which they attempted to fly to India to ...Blatter chairs emergency FIFA meeting as scandal grows
FIFA President Sepp Blatter chaired an emergency meeting with continental soccer bodies Thursday while staying out of public view himself.India heat wave death toll passes 1,400
A heat wave in India has killed at least 1,371 people this week as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), and ...Pressure mounts on FIFA’s Blatter to resign after arrests
FIFA\'s veteran president Sepp Blatter faced angry demands to resign after US indictments and arrests of top lieutenants engulfed the football supremo ...Children cannot travel without Parent or Guardian in Nepal
Nepal has banned children from travelling without parents or approved guardians to deter human traffickers who authorities fear are targeting vulnerable families ...World soccer rocked by U.S., Swiss arrests of officials for graft
A major corruption storm that engulfed FIFA sent shock waves around world football Wednesday and led to calls to suspend a vote ...Former British PM Blair quits as Middle East envoy
Tony Blair resigned Wednesday as the Quartet diplomatic group\'s envoy, his office said, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict he worked to end as ...FARC peace negotiator killed in Colombia strike
The Colombian armed forces\' aerial bombing campaign against leftist guerrillas killed a member of the rebel negotiating team who had participated in ...