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U.S. charges Burkina Faso man with fraud over bogus malaria nets 31 Oct 2015 - 01:05 pm

Hadija Sahik, a 48-year-old woman, sets up her new mosquito net in a file photo. REUTERS By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK: A Burkina...

S. Korea president, China premier meet ahead of 3-way summit 31 Oct 2015 - 01:02 pm

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves upon his arrival at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. AP SEOUL, South Korea:...

China faces mounting pressure over maritime claims 31 Oct 2015 - 12:59 pm

WASHINGTON (AP): Pressure on China over its claims to most of the strategic South China Sea went up a couple of notches this...

White House says will not release emails between Obama, Clinton 31 Oct 2015 - 12:55 pm

By Julia Edwards and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The White House will not allow the immediate release of emails exchanged between President Barack...

Turkey arrests would-be bombers fleeing to Syria - Erdogan 31 Oct 2015 - 12:47 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish security forces detained would-be bombers trying to flee into Syria on Friday with 7 kilograms of explosives and they were believed...

Myanmar reforms have long way to go to change power balance 31 Oct 2015 - 12:45 pm

YANGON: The sweeping reforms Myanmar announced in 2011 after a half-century of crushing military rule seemed too good to be true to much...

Japan's ghosts and ghouls on the prowl for Halloween 31 Oct 2015 - 11:30 am

Children and their parents wear costumes as they take part in a Halloween parade in Tokyo on October 31, 2015. AFP Tokyo: Tokyo...

Shiv Sena sacks partymen over ink attack on RTI activist 31 Oct 2015 - 11:22 am

Shiv Sainiks blacken the face of RTI activist Mallikarjun Bhaikatti for exposing massive illegal construction activity Latur (Maharashtra): In a damage control exercise,...

Pro-whaling Japanese demonstrate against conservationists 31 Oct 2015 - 11:00 am

Pro-whaling demonstrators protest against Sea Shepherd in Japan Tokyo: Some 50 nationalists on Saturday staged a rally in the southern Japanese whaling town...

Egypt says Russian airliner has crashed in Sinai 31 Oct 2015 - 10:55 am

Relatives react after a Russian airliner with 217 passengers and seven crew aboard crashed, as people gather at Russian airline Kogalymavia’s information desk...

Romania in mourning after Bucharest club blaze kills 27 31 Oct 2015 - 10:49 am

Romanian relatives of club explosion victims are overwhelmed while watching survivors being transferred to hospital, in Bucharest. EPA Bucharest: Romania was plunged into...

Egypt loses contact with passenger plane over Sinai - Sources 31 Oct 2015 - 10:20 am

Cairo: Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with a civilian airliner carrying 212 people shortly after it took off from the Red Sea...

Gogoi slams intolerant government, Jaitley's remark on special status 31 Oct 2015 - 09:42 am

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday slammed what he called an intolerant central government and...

Two dead as torrential rains, tornadoes lash central Texas 31 Oct 2015 - 09:36 am

William Cannon Drive is closed after heavy flooding in Austin,Texas. AFP Austin, Texas: At least two people were killed when a storm with...

Building collapse kills 17 in central China: Reports 31 Oct 2015 - 09:31 am

Rescuers carry a victim onto a ambulance after a residential building collapsed in Wuyang county, Henan province, October 30, 2015. Reuters Shanghai: The...

China court jails religious 'cult' leader for life 31 Oct 2015 - 09:25 am

File photo of Wu Zeheng, head of the "Huazang Zongmen" sect Shanghai: A Chinese court has sentenced the leader of a religious sect...

Bucharest nightclub fire kills 27, many injured 31 Oct 2015 - 09:07 am

Paramedics carry an injured person at a hospital in Bucharest, Romania October 31, 2015. Reuters Bucharest: A fire has ripped through a Bucharest...

Six children among 15 killed in Philippine market fire 31 Oct 2015 - 09:03 am

Manila: Fifteen people including six children perished on Saturday after they were trapped in a burning market in the southern Philippines, police said....