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As tentative steps are made towards peace talks between the United States and Taliban insurgents, Afghan women are worried about a possible return of the hardline Islamists to the capital Kabul. ... more
Rajina Subramaniam, 43, an Indian-origin Sydney accountant who stole 45 million from a major finance company will spend the next 15 years in jail. ... more
Snow drifts reaching up to rooftops kept tens of thousands of villagers prisoners in their own homes Saturday as the death toll from Europe's big freeze rose past 550. ... more
Britain's biggest selling newspaper The Sun was in crisis Saturday after police arrested five journalists at the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid and three public officials over bribery allegations. ... more
Twin car bombs targeting security posts in Syria's second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 people, state media said, with the rebels accusing the regime of launching the attacks as a diversion. ... more
Protesters blocked a main highway in restive Indian Kashmir on Saturday after a young man was shot dead by the army in what military officials described as an "accidental" shooting. ... more
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won a non-binding nominating contest in the northeastern state of Maine Saturday with 39 percent of the vote, the head of state Republican party said. ... more
Japan's ageing Emperor Akihito underwent a heart examination at a hospital Saturday after showing symptoms of restricted blood flow to his heart, amid increasing worries about his health. ... more
A pencil-slim rocket is scheduled to lift into space from South America on Monday, carrying a billion-dollar bet that Europe can grab a juicy slice of the market to place satellites in low orbit. ... more
US President Barack Obama Friday announced a compromise to defuse a row over access to birth control which prompted election-year Republican critics to claim he was waging a war on religion. ... more
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The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was inaccessible on Friday after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline. ... more
Thick ice closed vast swathes of the Danube on Thursday, crippling shipping on Europe's busiest waterway, as the death toll from bitter cold across the continent rose to at least 460. ... more
Pakistan's top court Friday threw out a last-ditch appeal from embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, ordering him to appear in court on Monday to be indicted for contempt. ... more
A woman was found frozen to death in a cave near Rome and a man was reported attacked by scavenging stray dogs near Rimini as a cold snap gripped Italy on Friday, leaving thousands without electricity. ... more
US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, has posted declassified photographs on his Facebook site that the State Department said Friday shows an army attacking a civilian area in the city of Homs. ... more
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A boy shows off a placard saying "No need for nuclear power plant" as he sits on his father's shoulders during an anti-nuclear protest rally in Tokyo. ...
