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Afghan army soldier kills two NATO troops

A man wearing an Afghan army uniform on Thursday shot dead two members of NATO`s US-led International Security ...

Thousands strike at LG plant in China

Thousands of workers have gone on strike at a factory in eastern China owned by the South Korean conglomerate LG ...

Kim Jong-il funeral ceremony starts

The funeral ceremony for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il started Wednesday in Pyongyang, reported the ...

Blast rocks south Lebanon restaurant

An explosion tore through a restaurant in the southern Lebanese town of Tyre at dawn Wednesday, just a few metres from ...

S. Korea, China hold taalks after Kim`s death

Senior South Korean and Chinese officials held talks Tuesday to discuss the aftermath of the death of North Korean ...

Tokyo war shrine hit by arson

Tokyo`s controversial Yasukuni shrine, often seen as a symbol of Japan`s wartime aggression, had its main wooden gate ...

S. Korea to buy two spy planes from France

South Korea will buy two French spy planes capable of intercepting radio messages from North Korea and detecting its ...

One, 10 missing in S. Korea boat sinking

One person is confirmed dead and 10 are missing after a South Korean fishing boat sank off the southeast coast early ...

Iran says ready to expand military links with Iraq

Iran stands ready to expand its military and security ties with Iraq, its armed forces chief of staff said Sunday, a ...

Christmas Day blast near church in Nigeria kills 15

A suspected bomb blast near a church outside the Nigerian capital on Christmas morning killed at least 15 people, a ...

Daughter of Iran ex-president Rafsanjani on trial

The daughter of Iranian former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is standing trial on charges of making anti-regime ...

Japan foreign minister heads to Myanmar

Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba on Sunday left for Myanmar, in the latest high-profile diplomatic trip ...

France advises 30,000 to have breast implants removed - (d)

France's health ministry advised 30,000 women with breast implants made by French firm PIP to have them removed on ...

44 dead in Damascus suicide bombings

Suicide bombers hit two security service bases in Damascus on Friday, killing 44 people, in attacks the regime blamed ...

Eleven dead, 81 hurt in Colombia pipeline blast: agencies

At least 11 people were killed and more than 80 others were injured Friday when an explosion ripped through a pipeline ...