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Infanticide, child marriage and slavery make India the worst.

Bagcho sold more than 123,000 kilograms of heroin, worth more than $250 million in 2006, giving some money to Taliban.

It was not immediately clear whether the posting of the film was an attempt to show Libi had survived the attack.

Pentagon says US is engaged in a dialogue with Pakistan, negotiations have not been cut off altogether.

Rutherford died at her home on Monday in Beverly Hills after suffering from heart problems.

Israel, Vatican have been holding talks on the legal status of Catholic Church property in the Holy Land since 1999.

British Supreme Court backed a European arrest warrant for his extradition to Sweden on rape, sexual assault charges.

Govt deems migrants a threat to character of state.

Croizon will swim 25 kilometers from Egypt to Jordon.

Says it could harm centuries-old links between it and the British state.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has leading candidate for the largely ceremonial role.

A double earthquake triggered a landslide that buried homes in northern Afghanistan.

Kaspersky said his researchers found part of Flame program code is nearly identical to code found in Stuxnet.

Human rights groups estimate that about 1,200 children have died during the 15-month uprising against Bashar al-Assad

Aside from deterioration in Middle East, every other region in the world showed some form of improvement.

The roadside bomb which killed five civilians is being blamed on the Taliban.

Clinton will attend the meeting to improve governance, economic prospects, health, education in Afghanistan.

The sanctions are Washington's measures to strangle Iran's nuclear program by cutting funds from its oil export sales.

Reports prompted Washington to voice concerns over Assad's regime, after 163 were killed in recent massacres.

Mubarak's health worse since incarceration, defibrillated twice to revive his heart.

Earlier, US said no reason to suspect attack was in retaliation for US drone strike in Pakistan that killed Libi.

Jonathon Conly, newly appointed Mission Director, is expected to take office by the end of this month.

Water official seeks funds for Mangla, Tarbela dams trip.

Insurance scheme would enable the Japanese government to provide direct payments of up to $7.6 billion.

A geological expedition to Gale Crater, will look for places that could have hosted and preserved life.

The "Jiaolong" craft is set to dive 7,000 metres into the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

Chief Tim Cook showed off new capabilities for Apple's coveted gadgets at the Worldwide Developers Conference.

No breakthrough in talks; negotiations stalled by ‘political issues’.

The Vikramaditya will be delivered to India later this year to enter into service.

India, Malaysia, Korea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Taiwan will also be exempted from the sanctions.

Some of the graffiti accused Israel's founders of secretly encouraging the Holocaust.

The court issued no statement with its order and no justice publicly dissented.

Foundation says it has also begun work to cut costs in administration, expenses related to Nobel Prize celebrations.

In an audio recording, Zawahri says Tunisia's Ennahda party had betrayed itself and the religion.

The "Karachi Affair", dubbed in the French media, is a probe into alleged kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan.

The father of Mohammad Merah says that he has video evidence.

Killing oneself and others is forbidden in Islam, a cleric tells young men while reading out verses from Quran.

Two small earthquakes shook Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region and capital Kabul.

115 leaders expected to attend meetings gathering as many as 50,000 activists, business executives and policymakers.

Sectarian tensions are high in Iraq with country's main blocs locked in political crisis, since US forces' withdrawal.

Syria is on the edge of a collapse or a sectarian civil war, I don't think we can rule anything out, says Hague.

Western nations suspect Iran's uranium enrichment is a secret programme to make nuclear arms, a charge Iran denies.

Sarsak went for 53 days without eating until a deal ending a mass prisoner hunger strike was signed on May 14.

Arson and poison attacks on schools across Afghanistan, mostly against those teaching girls.

The messages posted by Ansar and Alfidaa websites suggested that Libi remains alive.

The messages posted by Ansar and Alfidaa websites suggested that Libi remains alive.

Its finances have dried up, and those who once idolised the group wonder whether it can survive.

London, one of the busiest cities in the world, always slows down for the comfort of its visitors and residents.

Despite history of over 2,000 years, events truly crystallise Nanjing’s identity took place in mere six weeks.

So far $1.6b has been released out of $12.5b promised in 2009.