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Pakistan’s Musharraf disqualified from election

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Lawyers say judges have disqualified Pakistan’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, from running in the upcoming parliamentary election. Musharraf applied to run from

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China points finger at U.S. over Asia-Pacific tensions

BEIJING: China’s defense ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on Tuesday for increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific by ramping up its military presence and alliances in

At least three dead, 130 injured after bombs explode at Boston Marathon

At least 130 people are injured and three dead after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon. The injuries include dismemberment, witnesses said, and

UN report: 165 million ‘stunted’ children in world

DUBLIN: The United Nations Children’s Fund says that more than a quarter of children under age 5 worldwide are permanently “stunted” from malnutrition, leaving them physically and intellectually weak and

Iraq attacks kill 55 less than a week before vote

BAGHDAD: Insurgents in Iraq deployed a series of car bombsas part of highly coordinated attacks that cut across a wide swath of the country Monday, killing at least 55 on

South Africa: Elephant overturns vehicle

JOHANNESBURG: An elephant overturned a vehicle carrying two tourists, injuring both, on Monday, said South African officials. The tourists are of “Chinese origin,” according to a statement from Kruger National

Iraq: String of attacks across country kills 31

BAGHDAD: Insurgents launched what appeared to be a highly coordinated string of attacks in several parts of Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 31 and wounding more than 200,

Nicilas Maduro, Chavez heir chosen President of Venezuela

Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan electoral officials say voters have narrowly elected Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor as president in a razor-close special election Sunday. Winner Nicolas Maduro campaigned on a promise to carry on Chavez’s self-styled socialist

BJP won’t dump Modi for Nitish, NDA headed for split

NEW DELHI: NDA on Sunday looked set to split in a few months after BJP virtually rejectedNitish Kumar’s demand to rule out Narendra Modi as the party’s prime ministerial candidate

Tensions up in Venezuela after polls close

CARACAS, Venezuela: Voters chose Sunday between the hand-picked successor who campaigned to carry on Hugo Chavez’s self-styled socialist revolution and an emboldened second-time challenger who warned that the late president’s