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Pakistani air strikes kill 44 militants
Pakistani air strikes on Saturday killed at least 44 militants in the country\'s lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part ...Nepal earthquake aid held up at customs as death toll climbs
Some of the relief material for survivors of Nepal\'s devastating earthquake was being held up at the country\'s only international airport because ...Turkish police fire tear gas, water cannon at May Day protesters
Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of stone-throwing May Day protesters on Friday, after they defied a ban ...Nepal quake toll passes 6,200; needs $2 bln to rebuild
The death toll from Nepal\'s devastating earthquake rose steadily past 6,200 on Friday as fresh aftershocks and the stench of rotting bodies ...Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes off Papua New Guinea
An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off Papua New Guinea on Friday, 128 km south-south-west of Rabaul, at a depth of 61 ...Eight dead in Mexico as police clash with vigilantes
Mexican police waged a gunfight with rural vigilantes in a poor state plagued by drug cartels, leaving eight people dead, officials said.Border clash kills 3 Saudi soldiers, dozens of Yemeni rebels
The Saudi Defense Ministry says three Saudi soldiers and "dozens" of Yemeni Shiite rebels were killed overnight Friday after the rebels and ...Islamist rebels battle Syrian army near Assad heartland
Islamist rebels and the Syrian army fought fierce battles in Latakia province overnight close to President Bashar al-Assad\'s ancestral home, the army ...Thousands still missing after Nepal quake
Thousands of people were still missing in Nepal on Friday as food and help began to trickle through to those stranded in ...Maldives police arrests opposition leader after clashes
Maldives police on Friday arrested an opposition leader and 192 others after clashes erupted between police and protesters demanding the resignation of ...




