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The five men, who eke out a living as small-scale farmers, have been arrested on charges of rape and robbery.

The solar park features long lines of parabolic mirrors spread over an area equivalent to 285 football pitches.

Xi called for "the continued realisation of the great renaissance of the Chinese nation and the Chinese dream".

Paul narrowly beat Senator Marco Rubio 25 to 23 per cent in the CPAC Straw Poll.

Sources say one man assigned to monitor Singh had failed to show up at work.

Baghdad remains deadliest region accounting for 48 % of all deaths.

Scarred by war and stifled by communism, the Vietnamese are now looking to the future.

The woman was on a cycling trip with her husband when seven to eight men attacked the couple.

Morsi will head a high-powered delegation invited by President Asif Ali Zardari for bilateral talks.

White House official says US is engaged in talks with Pakistan on the subject of drones.

Unnamed current and former US officials deny President Obama has authorised any drone strikes in Syria yet.

Schmidt will speak in Yangon on March 22 as part of an Asian tour.

China says its one-child policy introduced has prevented overpopulation and boosted economic development.

The cost of the extra interceptors came to about $1 billion.

Iraq becomes customer of some of the same companies that supplied weapons used to attack Baghdad's troops in 2003.

Iran, Libya, Sudan, other Muslim nations agreed that violence against women and girls could not be justified.

US senators maintain recent statements are an insult to soldiers fighting in the country.

Indian minister calls resolutions an interference in India's internal matters.

They told the court about their travel to Pakistan and terrorism training and operational security while there.

The tiny state has been hit by unrest since the revolt in early 2011.

Pakistan's overall rank a low 146 out of 185 countries on the Human Development Index.

Barack Obama would press both sides "to recognise the legitimate interests" of the other.

A United Nation team recently came to investigate casualties occurring from US drone strikes.

NDS says 7,800kg of explosives were defused in a plot allegedly by Pakistan-based Haqqani Network.

North Korea accuses US and South Korea of ‘persistent and intensive’ cyber attack against its official websites.

The new smartphones would roll out in 155 countries in late April.

Karzai said his comments were intended to "correct" rather than damage US-Afghan relations.

Li received 2,940 votes out of 2,949 cast, with three votes against and six abstentions.

Indian government opts against implementing visa agreement due to security concerns after Srinagar attack.

The combined costs of American operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan are estimated at around $3.7trillion.

Afzal Guru surfaces as National assembly passes a resolution seeking support from the UN for Kashmir.

Foreign Affairs Minister dismissed allegations of the recent violations of Line of Control.

Health minister called for an end to the trend of young girls becoming involved with "sugar daddies."

Lord Ahmed was appointed Britain's first Muslim peer in 1998.

IFHR says around 80 people have been killed in Bahrain since violence broke out on February 14, 2011.

United States continued to dominate defence spending, accounting for 45.3 percent of the global total.

A pro-Pakistan Kashmiri militant group claims responsibility for attack on Central Reserve Police Force.

An agent of Hizbul Mujahideen took responsibility for the attacks however Shinde doubts the authenticity of the claim.

Karzai was a darling of the West when he became leader of Afghanistan after a US-led invasion that ousted the Taliban.

The border is seen as the most likely site of any clash between the North and South Korea.

Company says usage of Google Reader has declined.

Discussion on the more controversial issues of territorial disputes and terrorism were deferred.

Two days after Chavez's death Maduro had announced that he wanted Chavez preserved "eternally".

There was virtually no opposition among the carefully selected legislators to Xi becoming president.

Young Pakistanis were promised jobs in Bahrain Army with the starting salary of Rs100,000.

Energy imports are likely to rise as Japan faces a second complete shutdown by September for maintenance.

Sources say prison authorities removed torture marks before handing over Chamail Singh’s body.

Opportunity can only come when Vatican elevates an archbishop to cardinal.

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs cautions Indian authorities against pointing fingers at Pakistan.

Pakistani youth set four new world records, adding to the six made yesterday.