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Cops investigating after New York college student killed

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:08:58 GMT

Police are investigating after a New York college student was killed in an off-campus house during an early morning break-in, casting a pall over the campus and commencement ceremonies.

Endgame Afghanistan: India's worries

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:55 GMT

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai will be on a two-day visit to India starting Monday. He will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on enhancing strategic ties, security and developmental ...

Gay marriage across the world

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:52:30 GMT

France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage on Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate and protests. The law...

Briton dies in Indonesia after drinking 'tainted alcohol'

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:45:49 GMT

A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police said Saturday.

Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani meets Nawaz Sharif

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:44 GMT

Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today met Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif for over three hours, exchanging views on regional situation and the war on terror.

Google Maps lead man kidnapped 23 years ago back to family

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:21:00 GMT

A Chinese man kidnapped 23 years ago at the age of five and sold to a family 1,500 km from his home, has been reunited with his family again, all thanks to Google Maps.

Pakistani community must tackle gangs grooming and abusing young white girls: UK minister

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:29:39 GMT

The Pakistani community in Britain must urgently address the problem of gangs systematically grooming and abusing young white girls, British justice minister Damian Green has said.

Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:23:41 GMT

Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban...

Gunmen raid home in Iraq, kill five people

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:20:32 GMT

Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including him and his sleeping family.

China police arrest man after plane bomb threats

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:18:55 GMT

Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused delays or diversions to Shanghai, news reports said on Saturday.

Aide to Japanese PM returns from North Korea

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:10:35 GMT

An aide to the Japanese premier returned home from a controversial trip to North Korea on Saturday, reportedly saying he had demanded Pyongyang's act swiftly on its kidnapping of Japanese nationals.

Probe begins after commuter trains crash in Connecticut

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:36:06 GMT

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested N...

French president signs gay marriage bill into law

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:13:53 GMT

France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate.

North Korea fires short-range missiles

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:08:24 GMT

North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said.

'Hatchet-wielding' Internet star arrested for murder

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:05:22 GMT

An unemployed drifter who became an Internet sensation in February after he brandished a hatchet to stop an assault has been charged with murder following his arrest in Philadelphia, police said.

Afghan police chief shot dead outside home

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:00:41 GMT

Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday.

Sarabjit Singh death: Pakistan judge calls for leads online

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:48:32 GMT

A Pakistani judge investigating the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant doc...

Amid frenzy over map apps, new focus on 16th century world view

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:47:19 GMT

As online titans compete to deliver instant maps to smartphones, the Library of Congress in Washington is focusing attention on an antique "cosmology" printed in 1507 that serves as America's birth ce...

Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake, no tsunami warning

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:48:01 GMT

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Alaska volcano shoots huge ash plumes into the air

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:59:36 GMT

One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet (4,580 meters) into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles.

Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:54:03 GMT

Chinese authorities say rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing.

New York auction houses toast staggering billion dollar week

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:53:22 GMT

Two of New York's leading auction houses combined for the art world's richest sales week ever, with works going under the hammer for a breathtaking total of more than one billion dollars.

IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in US scandal

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:43:56 GMT

The outgoing head of the US Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted co...

Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36: WHO

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:38:01 GMT

Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs leaked: source

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:15:36 GMT

Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web p...