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Junrey Balawing stands under 2 feel tall and has been declared the World's Shortest Man by Guinness World Records.

A Californian treasure hunter announced that he will search for Bin Laden’s body as proof that he is really dead.

Erdogan, however, falls short of the majority needed to amend constitution.

Opinion polls predict AKP may hit the 50-percent mark.

The work of blogger Hanny Kusumawati led to useless pennies funding the education of destitute children.

Four Egyptian women start a project whereby women can post sexual harassment complaints online.

The presumed head of al Qaeda in east Africa died this week in a Mogadishu shootout.

India on Friday said it would press on with attempts to try Tahawwur Hussain Rana over the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Until safe havens exist in Pakistan, the US cannot win in Afghanistan, says CIA chief.

Jury finds him guilty of supporting a banned militant group and helping an aborted attack on a Danish newspaper.

Gates said a "rush to the exits" would jeopardise military progress in Afghanistan.

The Prithvi-II has a striking range of 350 kilometres and is capable of carrying a 1,000-kilogramme warhead.

Cooperating with Pakistan is essential to maintain pressure on al Qaeda, said CIA chief Leon Panetta.

Two leaders discuss implications of Bin Laden’s death.

Zawahri Says ‘the man who terrified America in his life will terrify it after his death too’.

Women battle stigma, family disapproval to join force. Make up less than one percent of Afghan police.

US prosecutors say Pakistani-born Tahawuur Rana was involved in 2008 Mumbai attacks.

William Patey says the ongoing process in Afghanistan is "all talk about talks".

Think-tank says Pakistan, India stockpiling nuclear weapons rapidly.

A high-level Indian delegation held successful talk with Pakistani counterparts in the Interior Ministry on June 2-3.

Iran to file complaint after team barred from playing Olympic qualifier.

UNSC's Al-Qaeda and Taliban sanctions committee is expected to decide whether to remove the names.

Obama's approval rating bounced to 56 percent immediately after Bin Laden was killed in May.

Czech authorities release Pakistani held on an international warrant for suspected murder and terrorism.

Gates is locking horns with White House aides over Afghan troop numbers as he nears the end of his tenure.

Database to help make it easier to detect stolen or fraudulent passports.

Defense rested its case without the defendant taking to the stand.

Pro-democracy activists speak of a mutiny in the town of Jisr al-Shughour.

Timothy Ray Brown has been cured of HIV for the past four years with no reappearance of the disease.

Home Secretary Theresa May says British Universities are not taking the issue of radicalisation seriously enough.

UN report calls for $40 annual investment in the forest sector

HRW says India has to tackle nationwide culture of impunity protecting troops, police and officials from prosecution.

New York Times says officials arguing change is justified by rising cost of war and death of Osama bin Laden.

Yemen opposition vows to keep out the injured president.

Smaller neigbours of China accused it of behaving like a bully in the South China Sea.

Israeli army gunfire killed 11 people and wounded about 220 others Sunday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his country was still considering its response.

Terrorists searching for tips on how to make a bomb were taught cupcake recipe.

Body of 19-year-old Ukrainian found in a forest one week after she went missing for allegedly flouting Sharia Law.

Indian Minister for State Defence says it would be hard to justify self restraint if there was another provocation.

At the Shangrila Dialogue 2011, UN considers lifting sanctions against some former Taliban figures.

Yemeni President and Prime Minister suffer injuries in attack on Presidential Palace.

Indian police said they killed three militants suspected of being from the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group.

"I think the worst thing we could do would be (to) cut them off" says Mullen

Fahmi Fadzil to settle defamation row by apologising 100 times on Twitter for three days.

Oficials say Obama could easily announce a pullout of at least 10,000 troops over the next year.

Suspected Chinese hackers tried hacking accounts of senior US govt officials and hundred others.

International crime watchdog terms the prison break a major security threat.

Four alleged co-conspirators charged with terrorism, hijacking aircraft, attacking civilians.

The trio will be tried by the North Cairo criminal court and the hearing will be presided by Judge Ahmed Rifat