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Couple in China sell baby daughter for iPhone: Report
Investigators found that the mother used the money to buy an iPhone, high-end sports shoes and other goods.
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Saudi Arabia declines UN Security Council seat, citing failure to tackle conflict
It said it was unable to take its seat until reforms were introduced, but did not specify what reforms it wanted.
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Syria says peace talks possible as rebels kill top officer
The peace process will get a renewed push from US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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India, China near pact aimed at keeping lid on border tension
India, China to figure out a way to break decades-old stalemate on overlapping claims to long stretches of Himalayas.
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5kg heroin seized from PIA London-bound flight from Karachi
The heroin was hidden in the toilet of the plane.
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Maid's story of torture shines light on India slave labour
Girl says she was beaten with belts, brooms and chains while locked in the home where she was hired to work as a maid.
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Blackwater guards face new US charges for Iraq shooting deaths
Shooting caused tension in US-Iraqi relations and raised concerns about US government's use of private contractors.
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Spate of attacks on Shias kills 59 people in Iraq
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for any of the attacks.
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Somalia's Shebab: Regional threats after Westgate attack
The attack on the Nairobi mall which left 67 dead marked a significant and worrying step up in Shebab operations.
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Snowden says he took no secret documents to Russia
Snowden also insisted he was able to protect the documents from China's spy services.
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US may use Romanian airbase for Afghan pullout
The proposed agreement would solve a major logistical hurdle facing the US.
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Couple in UK arrested for trafficking, raping servant girl from Pakistan
Ilyas Ashar, 84, and Tallat Ashar, 68, will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on 23 October.
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Saudi Arabia wins first ever UNSC seat, to be 'voice' of those concerned over Syria
Saudi Arabia to take the seat of Asia-Pacific representation from Pakistan.
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Overstay: India grants Adnan Sami Khan three-month extension on visa
Sami says he followed standard extension procedures to secure a visa extension and could not leave the country.
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Mythical yeti ‘could be descended from ancient polar bear
DNA from a beast in Kashmir was 100% match with a sample from a 4000 year old polar bear jawbone found in Norway.
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A year on, no news of US journalist captured in Syria
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders reports that at least 16 foreign journalists are missing in Syria.
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More bombs explode in Myanmar; police arrest four suspects
The string of bombings have killed at least two people and wounded four over five days in four different regions.
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Japan rescuers search mudslide for typhoon survivors
Typhoon had killed at least 18 people.
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Iran, world powers pledge new nuclear talks
After talks deal Wednesday, Iran said it was hopeful for a "new phase in our relations" with international community.
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Suicide truck bomber kills 11 in northern Iraq: Police
Attack targeted members of Iraq's predominantly Shia Shabak minority in the village of Mwafaqiya in Nineveh province.
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Corruption watchdog slams Chinese firms' lack of transparency
China got the lowest rating of the BRICS economies.
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US Congress ends default threat, Obama signs debt bill
The down-to-the-wire deal offers only a temporary fix.
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A hundreth of Pakistanis live in bonded labour: Global Slavery Index
Some 2.1 million Pakistanis are thought to be enslaved, especially children and bonded labourers.
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Malala to be offered honorary Canadian citizenship
Malala would become only the sixth person ever to be offered honorary Canadian citizenship.
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Iran, world powers pledge 'new phase' in nuclear talks
Iran hints at including the option of snap checks on nuclear facility in proposed offer.
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Japan typhoon toll at 17, dozens still missing: Reports
Japanese troops have also sent three helicopters and several servicemen to Oshima to help with the rescue effort.
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Deal reached, US to keep borrowing for five months
US Senators reach deal to keep borrowing till February, 2014 and avert hitting a deadline on its debt limit.
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Hillary Clinton given ticket by London traffic warden
Clinton handed a £80 ticket for not buying parking metering worth £3.30 for her Mercedes.
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Not talking to Pakistan hasn't changed behaviour of our enemies: Menon
Indian National Security Adviser says enemies do not want India to talk to saner elements in Pakistan.
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Pakistan releases seven low-ranking Afghan Taliban prisoners
Taliban insisted that Mullah Baradar has not yet been allowed to rejoin family despite repeated claims by Pakistan.
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Polish Muslims drop Eid sacrifice amid protests, halal ban
According to EU law, animals in Lithuania and other member countries must be stunned before slaughter.
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Illegal stay: Singer Adnan Sami asked to leave India
Trade union wing of militant group informed police that Sami had overstayed.
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Roller-coaster ties: PM, aides finalise agenda of ‘tough’ Washington trip
Meeting with US President Obama next week is deemed first true diplomatic test for Nawaz so far.
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Escalating tension: India violates ceasefire on the LoC, once again
Indian shelling started at seven in the morning and hit the civilian population of Datoot village.
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Votes sell for about $5 in Afghanistan as presidential race begins
Presidential candidates alarmed by the scale of voter cards trade, question how legitimate the election will be.
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India's poor face grim rebuilding task after cyclone
The cyclone has destroyed some 500,000 homes in Ganjam, while businesses and crops have also been affected badly.
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Senate leaders nearing US debt ceiling deal
If Congress does not raise the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling, US government could start defaulting on its obligations.
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World powers, Iran, brace for new nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif presents Iran's positions to the P5+1 group.
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Bomb kills 27 in Syria as US steps up call for peace talks
Blast in the town of Darkush kills at least 27 people, including three children and a woman.
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Bomb found in Lebanon's Hezbollah stronghold on eve of Muslim holiday
The bomb was found in a Jeep Cherokee parked in the Mamora area, in southern suburbs of Beirut.
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Bomb targeting worshippers kills 11 in Iraq
The blast near a Sunni mosque in the northern city of Kirkuk also wounded 22 people, sources said.
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Microphone bomb kills Afghan governor at Eid prayers
At least 18 other people have been wounded.
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British Pakistani among 4 arrested in London anti-terror raids
Pakistani arrested from his flat in Peckham, south-east London.
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All in the name: International Herald Tribune re-branded as International New York Times
125-year-old newspaper starts a new journey.
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Diplomacy: Afghanistan to release all Pakistani prisoners says Fazl
Says onus is now on the government to grasp the initiative put forward by Karzai.
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Hajj sermon: Grand mufti urges Muslims to avoid chaos, sectarianism
Says Islam is a religion that strictly forbids terrorism.
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Searching for elusive peace: Pakistan, US envisage Afghan deal before 2014
Obama’s point-man James Dobbins discusses Nawaz’s scheduled US trip.
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Radiation experts confirm polonium on Arafat clothing
Arafat's remains were exhumed in November 2012 and samples taken, partly to investigate whether he had been poisoned.
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India lodges protest with Pakistan over killing of fisherman off Gujjarat coast
India summoned the Pakistani deputy envoy to the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday.
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Nobel prize 'should have been mine', jokes Bashar al-Assad
The Prize went to the global chemical weapons watchdog, working in Syria to destroy the regime's chemical arsenal.

















































