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Afghanistan blast kills 3 amid security transition

KABUL, Afghanistan: A large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least three people on the day the international military coalition hands

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Chinese activist says he’s being forced out by NYU

BEIJING: Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his family

Floods kill 23 in northern India; dozens missing

LUCKNOW: Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday. More than a dozen people

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KATHMANDU: General Secretary of the Nepali Congress (NC), Prakash Man Singh has returned home after completing his visit to Japan on Sunday. Singh also visited Macau and Hong Kong. Singh

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Prez off to Japan hoping better treatment

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s President Dr Ram Baran Yadav today left for Tokyo, Japan, for medical checkup. The President would reach Tokyo via Bangkok in an aircraft of Thai Airways. Doctors have

Four dead in lighting in Parsa village

PARSA: Four persons died in a lightning strike at Bairiyabirta VDC-6 in Parsa district this morning. The deceased are Ram Babu Sah, Manif Miyan, Gaga Mukhiya and Shambhu Patel, TV

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President Yadav to travel Japan for treatment today

KATHMANDU: Suffering from intestine related problems, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav is scheduled to leave for Japan today for treatment. The government has made all arrangements for the President’s treatment.

UK spied G-20 London Summit

LONDON — The Guardian newspaper says the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats’ phones and emails when the U.K. hosted international conferences, even going so far as

Turkey unrest goes on despite end to park protest

ISTANBUL: Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed

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Nepal’s hardliner Maoist setting up armed force to foil proposed CA elections

Dang: Nepal’s hardliner Maoist- CPN Maoist- has escalated its efforts to foil the proposed Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on November 19. The party and its allies have been protesting the