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China’s Tiananmen Mothers criticise Xi for lack of reforms

BEIJING (Reuters) – A group of families demanding justice for the victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has denounced new President Xi Jinping for

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Arvind Mahankali, 13, wins National Spelling Bee

OXON HILL, Md: After years of heart breakingly close calls, Arvind Mahankali conquered his nemesis, German, to become the champion speller in the English language. The 13-year-old from Bayside Hills,

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Nepali guard along with Afghan police killed in Kabul

KABUL: A Nepalese guard and an Afghan police officer providing security to the compound died in the assault as well as all of the attackers in the latest militant strike

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Former Pakistani PM Pervez Musharraf granted bail

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: Reuters)
China offers India a “handshake across the Himalayas”

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday in his first foreign trip

China sentences underground bank operator to death

BEIJING: A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used byentrepreneurs. Lin

1 million evacuate as Cyclone Mahasen lashes Bangladesh

COX’S BAZAR: Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh on Thursday, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds that flattened mud and straw huts and forced

Sanjay Dutt surrenders before TADA court

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt today surrendered before a special TADA sessions court in Mumbai to serve the remaining three and a half years of a five-year sentence under the Arms

Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were necessary

TOKYO: The Japanese military’s forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to “maintain discipline” in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers who risked

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Germany: Chancellor Merkel on visit to Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special