Suicide bomber kills three in north-west Pakistan
Islamabad - A suicide bomber blew himself up Monday at a police post in Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar, killing at least three people, officials said. A policeman, who had stopped a motorized rickshaw in which the attacker was travelling, ...
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Two blasts rock Philippine capital
Manila - Two explosions rocked Manila Monday, but no one was hurt in the attacks, which occurred near businesses, police said. The first blast was outside the main office of the food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp in the Ortigas business district...
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Netanyahu, Obama to meet Monday
Washington - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet late Monday with US President Barack Obama, the White House confirmed. Netanyahu is also scheduled to address Jewish community activists in the US. ...
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Kidnapped principal beheaded in southern Philippines
Zamboanga City, Philippines - A kidnapped state school principal was beheaded by his abductors on a southern Philippine island, a regional military spokesman said Monday. The head of Gabriel Canizares, 36, was recovered at dawn Monday at a petrol sta...
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EXTRA: Fort Hood gunman conscious
Fort Hood, Texas - The US Army psychiatrist accused of opening fire on soldiers at Fort Hood, killing 13 people, was conscious and talking, the Austin American Statesman newspaper reported. A spokesman at the Brooke Army Medical Centre in San Antonio...
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Hong Kong mother arrested over baby found dead on clothes rack
Hong Kong - A 28-year-old woman was being questioned by police Monday after the body of a newborn was found suspended on a clothes-drying rack outside a block of flats in Hong Kong. A horrified resident called police Sunday evening after discovering ...
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Teen killed, 35 injured as Hong Kong bus overturns
Hong Kong - A 17-year-old girl was killed and 35 other passengers injured when a double-decker bus overturned in Hong Kong Monday, police said. The bus, which some witnesses said was speeding, toppled onto its side on a roundabout as it travelled fro...
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More than 100 dead in El Salvador flooding - Summary
Mexico City/San Salvador - More than 100 people were killed as heavy rains set off mudslides and sent rivers over their banks in El Salvador, rescue workers said Sunday. The rainfall, which came amid a cold front and the remainders of Caribbean Hurri...
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