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Police: Delhi gang rape suspect kills self in jail

NEW DELHI: Police said a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide

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Welsh-born Swedish Princess Lilian dead at 97

STOCKHOLM: Welsh-born Princess Lilian of Sweden, whose decades-long love story with the king’s uncle was one of the better kept secrets of the royal household, has died. She was 97. The Royal Palace says Lilian died

Before the conclave, horse-trading has begun

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows, however, that power

South Africa: Mandela discharged from hospital

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela left a hospital after “successful” medical tests and returned to his home in Johannesburg on Sunday, the spokesman for South Africa’s president said. The former president and

Venezuela sets presidential election for April 14

CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuelans will vote April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the elections commission announced Saturday as increasingly strident political rhetoric begins to roil this polarized country.

Jordan’s parliament chooses PM for 1st time

AMMAN, Jordan: Jordan’s parliament voted Saturday for the monarchy’s caretaker prime minister to form a new Cabinet, the first time in the country’s history that the legislature rather than the

Syria rebels free 21 UN peacekeepers

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday after holding them hostage for four days, ending a sudden entanglement with the world body that earned fighters trying to oust

Afghanistan: Two suicide bombers strike on first day of Hagel’s visit

KABUL: About 20 people were killed in two suicide bombings in Afghanistan Saturday. A Taliban spokesman said the attacks were a message for Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, who is

Desperate, some fleeing Syria turn to prostitution

ZAATARI, Jordan: Walk among the plastic tents in one corner of this sprawling, dust-swept desert camp packed with Syrian refugees, and a young woman in a white headscarf signals. “Come

Nicolas Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president

CARACAS, Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela’s acting president, using the occasion to launch blistering attacks on the U.S. as well as the political opposition, which objected