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Apple claims the 10-inch Galaxy Tab computer was copied from the iPad.

Provide users with engaging social experiences while creating value for marketers: Facebook COO.

Video shows a turban-clad man approaching a woman kneeling in the dirt & shoots her 5 times with an automatic rifle.

Japan to pledge $3b for Afghanistan and $1b for neighbouring states.

Hacker leaves message saying defacement was carried out in remembrance of July 13 Mumbai bombing victims.

United States names Afghanistan a major non-Nato ally.

The blast in Ramadi killed seven people and wounded 20 when it exploded in the residential area.

In1983, 241 American soldiers, including 220 Marines, were killed in near Beirut's international airport.

She will be part of a 3 member panel of experts alongwith Judge Unity Dow of Bostwana, French judge Christine Chanet.

Previously accused Israel, US and Britain of plotting the killings to set back its uranium enrichment program.

Excitement about a first taste of democracy is mingled with fear that it will be hijacked by the militias.

Several radical extremist groups openly declare their alliance with al Qaeda and carry out criminal activities.

Obama announced that his government had filed a WTO complaint against tariffs on $3b of US autos entering China.

The United States will call for a tough new UN sanctions regime to be imposed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Crippling power and water shortages and open sewage drains are an extreme example of the poor infrastructure.

Three trucks loaded with mineral water cleared to enter Afghanistan from Chaman border post on Thursday.

Both China and Cuba have tried to limit access to the Internet and voiced some reservations but joined the consensus.

A French-language alternative to words like "tweet" and "hashtag" remains woefully absent.

It said the new tablet's screen would likely be smaller than eight inches (20 centimeters).

Arab countries appreciate the ban overturn. Say the move will help promote the sport among the conservative nations.

Says talks on wider issues now possible; Pakistan fears prolonged instability in Afghanistan.

Indian prime minister hopes the visit would bring good results.

The clunky Minitel, pulled out of service end of June, was used by some 25 million people in France at the time.

Rao's son strongly dismisses claim as "unbelievable and untenable".

Expert panel determines nuclear disaster was preventable, collusion between government, regulators, plant operator.

Regional communist party chief tells riot police in Urumqi to 'crush government opponents'.

Customs officials said the container trucks had passed through the Chaman border crossing into southern Afghanistan.

The call appeared to be the first contact between the two leaders since Mursi was sworn in as president of Egypt.

I strongly reject involvement of any state agency in acts of terrorism in India, says Pakistani foreign secretary.

China has detained dozens of ethnic Uighurs for speaking out on rights abuses: Amnesty International.

The Children's Development Khazanaa is a special bank, run for, and mostly by, Indian street children.

Most frequent targets for militants have been mosques of Muslims loyal to a version of Islam different than their own.

The current security predicament faced by the Af-Pak region has much to do with its history.

Govt urged to help in release of missing preachers.

London's High Court said in a ruling that HTC's devices did not infringe four Apple technology patents.

'Users will have 16 months to adjust or export their data.'

Last year, Pakistan reported the highest number of polio cases in a decade, 198, while Afghanistan had 81 cases.

Internet TV service backed by BBC; first set-top boxes in stores by end of July.

Israel has hinted it may attack Iran if diplomacy fails to secure a halt to its disputed nuclear energy programme.

Physicists say they had found a new sub-atomic particle consistent with the Higgs boson.

Nato’s Isaf is due to pull out the vast majority of its 130,000 forces by the end of 2014.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that up to 1.5 million Syrians now need aid.

UN members have until July 27 to hammer out deal on dealing in conventional weapons worth more than $70b a year.

Talks have been soured by arrest of Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, suspected of being key handler for Mumbai attackers.

Officials say US will not be allowed to use supply routes after 2014.

Turkey sent jets Tuesday for the third consecutive day after it said Syrian helicopters approached its border.

Barclays boss Diamond quits after apology due to political pressure.

Activists accuse the regime of driving a sectarian agenda and depicting itself as the victim of an extremist threat.

In an effort to contain the disease, agricultural authorities quarantined the area and culled 156,439 chickens.

The trooper was hit during a small arms firefight in the Chora valley.