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90 killed in deadly fire in China poultry plant

A fire at a poultry processing plant in China has killed at least 93 people, state media say. The fire broke out at a slaughterhouse

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Female Israeli soldiers punished for racy photos

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Sunday that it has disciplined a group of female soldierswho posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook. The

Three storm chasers among 13 killed by Oklahoma tornadoes

Three storm chasers were among 13 people killed by tornadoes that rampaged through central Oklahoma on Friday, underscoring the high risk of tracking tornadoes and forcing the media to rethink

Iran’s Ahmadinejad unhurt in helicopter ‘accident’

TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the northeast after an unspecified “accident,” the presidency reported, adding that he was unhurt. “The helicopter carrying

China’s Tiananmen Mothers criticise Xi for lack of reforms

BEIJING (Reuters) – A group of families demanding justice for the victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has denounced new President Xi Jinping for failing to launch political reforms,

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Iran’s Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view

VIENNA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Iran aims to start a reactor next year which the West fears could arm an atomic bomb; Israel, which has bombed such construction sites around the Middle

China president makes first ever visit to Trinidad

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time with officials in Trinidad and Tobago Saturday on the first stop of a four-country regional tour. In

UN: More than 1,000 Iraqis killed in May violence

BAGHDAD: The United Nations mission to Iraq said Saturday that more than 1,000 people were killed in violence across the country last month — the highest monthly death toll in

Radical monks, prejudice fuel Myanmar violence

Myanmar: When a huge mob of Buddhist thugs crawled on the roof of Ma Sandar Soe’s shop, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze, the Buddhist businesswoman didn’t blame

Pakistan’s new parliament set to be sworn in

ISLAMABAD: Newly elected members of Pakistan’s National Assembly are preparing to be sworn in, officially marking the first transition of power between democratically elected governments in the 66-year history of