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Japan’s top diplomat heads for China, seeking better ties

TOKYO: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki will visit China on Monday and Tuesday for talks with senior officials, the latest in a series of

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Wave of car bombings targets Iraqi Shi’ites, killing 44

BAGHDAD: Twelve car bombs exploded across Iraq early on Monday, killing at least 44 people in predominantly Shi’ite areas, police and medical sources said. At least 10 people were killed

China leaders play safe on reforms as growth sags

BEIJING: For all the strong rhetoric, China’s latest policy actions suggest a shift in focus on the economy to mix relatively pain-free reforms that burnish Beijing’s credentials for change with

At least 36 dead after coach plunges off viaduct in Italy

ROME: At least 36 people died after a coach plunged more than 15 meters (49 feet) off a viaduct in southern Italy on Sunday, a spokesman for the fire service

Mali holds first vote since coup, French intervention

MALI: Here is a look at the last 16 months in Mali which is holding a presidential election on Sunday. The vote follows a French-led military intervention from January that

Egypt: Death toll in Cairo clashes rises to 72

CAIRO: The death toll from weekend clashes between supporters of Egypt’s ousted president and security forces backed by armed civilians in Cairo has risen to 72, the deadliest single outbreak

Quebec town mourns victims of fuel-tanker train disaster

Quebec: Hundreds of mourners filled the streets of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on Saturday, as the families of the 47 people killed in North America’s worst railway disaster in two decades attended

Police: Gunman in Fla. standoff lived in building

HIALEAH, Fla.: A man living with his mother in a South Florida apartment complex set their unit on fire and went on a shooting rampage throughout the building, killing six

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Bangladesh opposition leader gets death penalty

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal sentenced a senior leader of an Islamic political party to death on Wednesday for his role in the kidnapping and killing of people

Taliban commander regrets attack on Pakistani teen

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A prominent Pakistani Taliban commander has written a letter to a teenage girl shot in the head by the group, expressing regrets that he didn’t warn