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French, Mali forces head toward Timbuktu

SEVARE, Mali: French and Malian forces pushed toward the fabled desert town of Timbuktu on Sunday, as the two-week-long French mission gathered momentum against the

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Egypt’s Morsi declares emergency in 3 provinces

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president declared on Sunday a 30-day state of emergency and night curfew in the three Suez Canal provinces hit hardest by the wave of violence that

Deadly smoke, lone blocked exit: 230 die in Brazil

SANTA MARIA, Brazil: A fast-moving fire roared through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, within seconds filling the space with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed

Roadside bomb kills 10 in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR: A police truck packed with officers and detainees struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan’s largest city, killing 10 of those aboard, officials said Sunday. It was one of

Brazil nightclub fire likely killed more than 200: police

BRASILIA: A nightclub fire in southern Brazil has probably left more than 200 people dead, a senior police official said on Sunday. Major Gerson da Rosa Ferreira, overseeing rescue efforts at the scene for

Shakya reelected chief of Nepa: Party

KATHMANDU: The ongoing first general convention of the Nepa Rastriya Party concluded today by reelecting incumbent chairman Dr Keshav Man Shakya. Mr Shakya will head the 46-member new working committee

Fire guts property worth 1.5 million to cinder

CHITWAN: Property worth around Rs 15 million was gutted in a fire that broke out at a grocery at Bhandara-1 in eastern Chitwan last night. According to the police, property

Collaboration between entrepreneurs and press stressed for tourism promotion

KATHMANDU: Tourism entrepreneurs have emphasized coordination between entrepreneurs and media for the promotion and development of tourism in the country. The entrepreneurs made such remark at the general assembly of

I am ready to become PM: Ashok Rai

SOLUKHUMBU: Federal Socialist Party Chairman Ashok Rai has that he was ready to be the Prime Minister if need be. “I am ready to be the new prime minister if

Maoists seized the state power, NC leader fears

DHANKUTA: An NC leader has said that the UCPN (Maoist) captured the state power by giving no space to opponent political parties and vacating all the constitutional bodies. NC leader