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Suicide bombing, roadside blasts kill 16 people in Afghanistan
Kabul - A suicide attack in western Afghanistan killed 10 civilians and three policemen on Friday, while three other civilians were killed in a roadside blast in the country's eastern region, officials said. A bomber riding an explosive-laden motorbi...
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Survey: Taiwanese trust Obama more than their own president
Taipei - A majority of Taiwan residents have more trust in US President Barack Obama than in their own president or Chinese President Hu Jintao, an opinion poll showed on Friday. The telephone survey of 1,004 adults by the Global View monthly magazin...
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Five killed in shooting on Pacific island of Saipan
Seoul - A man on the Pacific island of Saipan on Friday shot dead four people before killing himself, the Saipan Tribune newspaper reported. The man reportedly shot two children under the age of 10 and two men. ...
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Suspected US drone attack in Pakistan kills eight - Update
Islamabad - A suspected US missile strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district on Friday killed at least eight people, officials said. The airstrike took place in the Machikhel area, situated near the region's main town of Mir Ali. ...
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Kung Fu grandmaster jailed for kicking mistress
Hong Kong - A Kung Fu grandmaster, who trained under the same teacher as martial arts star Bruce Lee, has been jailed in Hong Kong for assaulting his mistress, a court report said Friday. Leung Ting, the founder of the internationally known Wing Tsun...
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Roadside bomb kills three policemen in Pakistan
Islamabad - A roadside bomb early on Friday killed three police officers and wounded six more in Pakistan's troubled north-western city of Peshawar, police said. The casualties occurred when a police vehicle on patrol was hit by a remote-controlled b...
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Dogs find endangered rhino's dung in Vietnam
Hanoi - Biologists working with trained dogs have confirmed that critically endangered Javan rhinos remain alive in the Vietnamese jungle, a conservation organization said Friday. The Worldwide Fund for Nature's (WWF) biologists in Vietnam and the co...
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