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JuD chief had offered financial, humanitarian assistance to the US after widespread damage by hurricane Sandy.

Improvised explosive devices went off in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.

New York City authorities struggling to restore vital services and clear debris.

President Hamid Karzai is constitutionally barred from running in the 2014 elections.

30 others injured in the incident near Abqaiq.

China is generally suspicious of intervention in the internal affairs of other nations.

Karzai denies speculation that security problems and the exit of foreign troops that year would delay the poll.

The decision put back any immediate plans Iran had for acquiring a nuclear bomb.

The rover uses an X-ray imager to reveal the atomic structures of crystals in the Martian soil.

Prosecutors said they objected to such travel “under any circumstances” before the trial begins.

Norwegian parliamentarian says her country has softened immigration laws.

Disney says they will release Star Wars Episode 7 by 2015, and new titles will be released "every other year".

At least 38 reported dead across North America; storm damage put at over $20b; over 8.1m homes without power.

"Today it's a start," Rahimi said after the fight. "This belt is not mine, this belt is Afghanistan's, it's yours."

The New York Stock Exchange says they will open on Wednesday despite storm.

More than 160 Muslims mostly women and children have been turned away by Bangladesh border guards.

The Taliban claimed that the shooter was one of their fighters who had infiltrated the police.

Poet charged with "inciting to overthrow the ruling system" and "insulting the emir": Amnesty

Air Force General Abdullah Mahmud al-Khalidi was assassinated in Damascus district of Rukn al-Din.

Buddhists cancel celebrations for most colourful annual festival in protest at mob attacks against their community.

Plant operators stress there were no risks to the public.

ASEAN is in a position to offer humanitarian aid to Myanmar, says secretary general.

Hundreds of thousands have left aboard rickety boats in past decades, and there are signs of another exodus looming.

Cyclone changes direction towards the south Indian coast of Tamil Nadu, says Disaster Management Centre.

Romney urges supporters in Ohio and Iowa to keep those in the path of the storm in their hearts and prayers.

We deny any relation between Sudan’s military manufacturing and any foreign partner, says Sudan's foreign ministry.

Clinton due to meet with Bosnia’s three-man presidency and top international officials.

Gates said he hoped he would be remembered as someone who tried to look out for the needs of the troops in battle.

North Korea gets 100 pairs of boots month from factory as its share of payment, rather than being paid in cash.

Salman Khurshid replaces S M Krishna as foreign minister.

Rehman Malik says Pakistan is fully capable of ensuring teenage activist’s security.

In a first, foreign minister to meet President Mursi to build bilateral ties.

Judges suspect Balladur’s campaign of receiving illicit retro-commissions from sale of French submarines to Pakistan.

Salman Khurshid is known to be a witty but courteous politician.

The embassy says that they are in close coordination with the Pakistan consulate general in New York.

Tens of thousands of flights cancelled; all US stock markets closed and presidential campaigns halted.

Windows 8 phone to stand apart from competition posed by iOS and Android by offering a more personalised experience.

The multi-billion project's plan includes demolishing Prophet (pbuh), Caliph's graves and three historic mosques.

General VK Singh says parliament was "anti-people" and "bending to corporates".

Estimated to cost up to $100 million, the centre on a hilltop in central Kabul will house up to 5,000 students.

Moon makes special plea to N Korea to divert its scant resources from nuclear weapons to improving living standards

More than 26,000 others forced to flee wave of rioting and arson.

A monster of a hurricane, potentially the largest on record, was barreling toward the city.

Violence survivors continue to trickle into packed refugee camps in Sittwe, western Myanmar as UN raises alarm.

"The tsunami is arriving right now," Gerard Fryer, a senior geophysicist with the center, told reporters.

"Probably this is the last reshuffle," the prime minister said at the presidential palace in New Delhi.

The Detachment 88 squad seized bomb-making equipment and one bomb ready to be used by a new militant group (HASMI).

Quake hits Haida Gwaii region, tsunami warning issued, though no major wave seen. No immediate reports of damage.

The latest fighting has killed more than 80 people, bringing the total toll since June to above 170.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.