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New militant magazine appeals for help against drones
One section is devoted to criticising Malala Yousufzai while another segment attacks the Pakistan Army.
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Outcry over Guantanamo grows, as does hunger strike
More than half of the prisoners have been cleared for release, some of them for the past five years.
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S Korea rejects ‘incomprehensible’ North demands
South's defence ministry said there no plans to cancel the upcoming military exercise with the United States.
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India, China begin withdrawing troops from border
Relations between the neighbours have improved in recent years but they are still dogged by mutual suspicion.
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Clash resumes on contested Afghan, Pakistan border area: Officials
Officials say fighting resumed after Pakistani troops attempted to repair a gate damaged in the previous clash.
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28 dead as Bangladesh Islamic groups demand blasphemy law
Police use sound grenades, water cannon to disperse at least 70,000 protesters calling for a new blasphemy law.
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UN warns against escalation after Israeli strikes in Syria
Netanyahu ally says aim is self-defence, not fight with Assad.
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Saudi allows schoolgirls to play sport
The measure appears to have left out the majority of students at state schools.
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India plans to relax Bollywood censorship
The government attempted to show its more open-minded approach at the recent "Cut-Uncut" festival.
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Israel behind Syria strikes, hit Iran missiles: Source
Israeli source says the attack targeted a facility just northwest of the Syrian capital.
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Bangladesh building collapse death toll nears 600: Army
Officials say the bodies pulled out have missing limbs in some cases or have decomposed.
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Prisoners’ rights: Sarabjit’s lawyer vows to fight for Indian captives
Lawyer says human rights transcend nationality and caste.
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The India-China stand-off
The Chinese must withdraw and return to the status quo before their leader's upcoming visit.
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Bomb kills five US troops in south Afghanistan: Officials
Troops died in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack, Nato confirmed without specifying victims' nationalities.
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Karzai urges Taliban to fight Afghan enemies after Pakistan clash
Karzai statements being widely seen as a swipe against Pakistan, days after security forces clashed at the border.
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Police arrest two in new anti-Muslim unrest in Myanmar
Muslim shops and houses were destroyed in three places in the area.
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Bangladesh building collapse death toll hits 540: Army
Preliminary findings of a government probe has blamed vibrations by four giant generators set up in the factory.
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Guantanamo camp burns through $900,000 a year per inmate
Super-maximum security prisons in the United States spend about $60,000 to $70,000 at most to house their inmates.
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US believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria: CNN
CNN report says the US had collected information showing Israeli warplanes overflying Lebanon.
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Struggle to find grave site stymies Boston bombing suspect’s burial
Funeral home owners says he faced criticism for his decision to accept the body.
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Jobs wanted: Somali ex-pirates seek employment
Last year a United Nations report described Afweyne as "one of the most notorious and influential leaders" in Somalia.
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Hotmail is dead as Outlook.com takes over
The transition began in February, when Microsoft began a test of moving users to the new Outlook.com services.
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Pakistan-Afghan clashes
Governments of both countries should jointly take steps to tackle them instead of getting entangled in a war of words.
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Kerry names former US diplomat as new Af-Pak envoy
James Dobbins represented the US in the Bonn Conference that set up the Afghan government after the 2001 invasion.
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Neighbourhood watch: Karzai under fire for secretly accepting ‘bags of cash’ from CIA, MI6
Opposition says the revelation exposed the presidential palace serves British and American interests.
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Did you know?: Justin makes Muslim beliebers happy
Beiber stopped his concert twice to honour the prayer call in Istanbul.
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Bangladesh building disaster death toll crosses 500
Dozens more people are thought to have been buried alive.
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22 years later: Sarabjit’s body sent home
Second autopsy conducted in Amritsar on family’s request.
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Afghanistan claims border policeman killed in exchange of fire with Pakistan
Relations between the South Asian neighbours marked by decades of distrust and outbreaks of fighting.
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Three charged with Boston bombing cover-up
The three are alleged to have tried to help Tsarnaev avoid arrest after seeing his picture on television.
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Textile factories reopen after Bangladesh disaster
Millions of staff began returning to their workplaces around the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
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Pakistan charges two with Sarabjit’s murder, India demands ‘justice’
Singh's body flown to India in a Special Air India aircraft.
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Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast
Britain has not lost so many soldiers in one incident since six were killed by a similar blast in March last year.
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'Islamic bomb': Nuclear hilarity
Discussion on nuclear security proliferates into people clamoring for their 15 minutes.
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Death-row prisoner: Sarabjit Singh dies in hospital
Indian spy’s family left for India earlier in the day.
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Brief restriction: Torkham reopens following Pak-Afghan talks
Officials agree to implement strict checks for travel documents on both sides of the border.
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Election observer mission: UK does not believe violence will delay polls
British High Commissioner announces 25-member UK election observer mission in Islamabad.
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Cuba wants Washington to shut Guantanamo Bay prison
Havana wants the prison shut and the territory returned to Cuba.
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US Green Card Lottery 2014 could be last
100,000 people from the several million hopefuls can win US green card.
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Pope condemns Bangladesh 'slave labour' after tragedy
Pope struck by a headline saying workers at the factory near Dhaka were being paid just $50 a month.
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One dead after fresh Myanmar anti-Muslim riots: police
Riots broke out in Oakkan after a woman accidentally bumped into a young monk.
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Bangladesh workers vent fury, disaster toll may top 500
Several thousand workers holding red banners and flags chanted "Hang the killers, Hang the Factory Owners!".
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Obama vows new bid to close Gitmo ‘no man’s land’
"It is expensive. It is inefficient. It hurts us in terms of our international standing," says Obama.
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'4Real'?, New Zealand reveals bizarre banned baby names
List of names includes Anal, 4Real, V8, Queen Victoria among others that were rejected.
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Commission on religious freedom urges US to refuse visa for Narendra Modi
Panel says Narendra Modi should be inadmissible to the US due to "severe violations of religious freedom".
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US report warns of crisis for Pakistan minorities
Report says Pakistan saw most serious violations of religious freedom among any country not already on the blacklist.
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Mosque, Muslim shops attacked near Myanmar's biggest city
Riot began when Muslim woman collided with Buddhist monk while walking in the street.
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Most Muslims want Sharia law, split on interpretation: study
Many also expressed concerns about religious extremism; less support for severe punishments.
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The dole trap
The cost of each of the 3 “free lunches” when they ended quickly appeared in the shape of massive crises.
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World's first web page recreated 20 years on
By making the birth of the Web visible again, CERN aims to emphasise the idea of freedom and openness it was built on.