World | Other World Stories
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Saturday May 26
Man chopped human bodies and sold flesh in China
Police detain man suspected of murdering more than 12 boys in Yunnan province
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Saturday May 26
Las Vegas grocer accused of war crimes and deported
Serb Radojkovic said to have round up Muslims for slaughter in 1995
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Saturday May 26
China hits back at US human rights report
Beijing condemns it for being prejudiced
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Saturday May 26
Car bomb in Turkey wounds 10, kills militants
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
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Saturday May 26
Giant telescope to help tackle mysteries of the universe
Australia, South Africa to share location for the multi-dish project
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Saturday May 26
Silent world of loneliest queen, Sofia
Sofia’s inability to carve her own path is a reminder of how powerless she is in Spain
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Friday May 25
Fight in Ukraine parliament over language bill
A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's parliament over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions
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Friday May 25
Car bomb explodes in central Turkey
A car bomb has caused an explosion in central Turkey. The bomber and policeman were killed, 19 wounded, six of them seriously
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Friday May 25
French president in Afghanistan, discusses pullout
France's new President Francois Hollande arrived early Friday in Afghanistan to meet with troops and the country's president and discuss plans for an early pullout
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Friday May 25
Survival in the dumps
The Dandora waste-disposal site is a symbol of Nairobi's inequality — an eyesore for the privileged and a toxic lifeline for the deprived
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Friday May 25
The state as wedding planner
With an escalating number of divorces, the government in Kano, Nigeria, is playing matchmaker to give women a second chance
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Friday May 25
Two top Russian opposition leaders released in Moscow
Lawmakers defiant as duma approves bill to crack down on dissent
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Friday May 25
Brother of blind China activist flees his village
Arrives in Beijing after six-hour journey by car
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Friday May 25
Solar plane begins first transcontinental flight
Mission is described as the final dress rehearsal for a round-the-world flight with a new and improved aircraft in 2014
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Friday May 25
Child smoking addicts ‘must be stubbed out'
Anti-tobacco advocates in Indonesia launch bid for tougher regulations, citing number of youngsters taking up the habit
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Thursday May 24
Risk of drought, flood and rising seas
Earth's average global temperature rise could exceed the dangerous 3.5C warming
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Thursday May 24
SKorea to chemically castrate child sex offender
South Korea says it will chemically castrate a convicted serial child sex offender in its first use of such a punishment
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Thursday May 24
New tool to detect dengue
Provides information on whether mosquitoes are carrying the virus
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Thursday May 24
North Korea denies nuclear test plan
Kim shows no sign of abandoning weapons ambition five months after succeeding his late father
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Wednesday May 23
Rush up Everest to begin despite deaths
Concern raised over impending busy traffic up the mountain after four killed in ‘death zone'
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Wednesday May 23
South Africa farmer guilty in white supremacist's murder
Prosecutors reject charges of sexual harassment by Terreblanche
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Wednesday May 23
Strikers invoke the Grim Reaper over brutal cuts
Harsh austerity measures signal the death knell for schooling system, demonstrators say
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Tuesday May 22
New kidnapping of Muslim businessman in Mozambique
Owner of a Mozambican fruit juice company has been kidnapped, the latest in a string of abductions mainly targeting Muslim businessmen, police said Tuesday
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Tuesday May 22
New right-wing president allays fears over EU chances
Nikolic's Socialists are expected to share power with Tadic's Democrats
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Tuesday May 22
Nato to hand Afghan forces the lead for security from mid-2013
Leaders reassure Karzai that they will not abandon his country
News Editor's choice
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Ukraine leaders fight over Russian language
Violence erupts in Ukraine parliament over a bill to allow use of Russian language in courts, hospitals
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CBSE: 100% success in many UAE schools
6,000 students from 53 schools meet grade expectations in examinations
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'I can’t believe he is not going to come back'
Seventeen-year-old boy went missing in Dubai during a visit from Pakistan
