World | Other World Stories
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Wednesday Jun 19
UN says refugees displaced at 20-year high
Each time you blink, another person is forced to flee their home, says UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Tuesday Jun 18
Sun reporter charged in UK bribery probe
Journalist Nick Parker paid prison and police officer for information
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Tuesday Jun 18
Hungary charges top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98
Laszlo Lajos Csatari charged for deportation of 12,000 Jews to death camps
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Tuesday Jun 18
Afghanistan: from 2001 to NATO handover
Key dates in the US-led intervention in Afghanistan
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Tuesday Jun 18
Afghan forces take over security from Nato
Karzai says police and army ready to take on insurgents
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Tuesday Jun 18
Afghanistan envoys to visit Qatar for Taliban talks
Karzai now optimistic on Taliban office expected to open soon in Doha
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Tuesday Jun 18
Hamas leaders to meet Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: source
Both Erdogan and Hamas oppose Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad
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Tuesday Jun 18
Islamists drive 19,000 farmers from Nigeria
Military crackdown stops work, creating fear of food shortages
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Tuesday Jun 18
UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in China for talks
Focus on discussing North Korea, Syria and other issues
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Tuesday Jun 18
Singapore fumes as pollution hits 16-year high
Haze triggered by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia caused air pollution
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Tuesday Jun 18
China bans private adoptions of abandoned babies
Ministry rules anyone who finds a deserted child must inform police
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Tuesday Jun 18
Love and carriage: Japan railway offers wedding
Company on hunt for couple who want to get married on board commuter train
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Tuesday Jun 18
Exotic mini-zoo seized from Singapore flat
Owner could be jailed for two years and fined up to $500,000 Singapore dollars
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Tuesday Jun 18
Montreal mayor held for fraud
Michael Applebaum faces 14 charges linked to two real estate deals
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Tuesday Jun 18
Dozens detained Turkish police raid
State media confirms arrests in Ankara, Istanbul and Eskisehir
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Tuesday Jun 18
Turkey’s ‘Standing Man’ a new form of protest
One-man protest is meant to get around the ban on gatherings in Istanbul's Taksim Square
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Monday Jun 17
Czech PM to step down over graft, spy scandal
Crisis was sparked by the indictment of Necas’s chief of staff - and alleged lover - Jana Nagyova
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Monday Jun 17
Briton survives plunge from 15th floor in New Zealand
Was “extraordinarily” lucky to be alive, officials said
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Monday Jun 17
Turkey warns army may be used to halt protests
Announcement comes amid raging street clashes following Gezi Park eviction
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Monday Jun 17
Three-month-old baby victim of ID-number row
Unregistered baby not able to cross border to obtain life-saving surgery
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Monday Jun 17
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Super Bowl ring was gift
Russian president denies he stole diamond-encrusted Super Bowl ring, $25,000
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Monday Jun 17
Head blow leaves Australian with French accent: report
The condition has had a deep impact on Rowe’s life
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Monday Jun 17
Nelson Mandela’s wife thanks world for ‘love, generosity’
Remains hospitalised in serious condition with a lung infection
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Monday Jun 17
Papua New Guinea: Girl beheads father after rape attack
Papua new Guinea community protect girl after he repeatedly assaulted daughter
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Monday Jun 17
Singapore says US scientist hanged himself
Singapore government insists Shane Todd killed himself after a bout of depression
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64 dead as early monsoon hammers northern India
Rains wash away homes and roads; thousands stranded
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Still no sign of Jimmy Hoffa
Another tip, another search for the missing Teamsters leader with mob ties
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Singapore fumes as pollution hits 16-year high
Haze triggered by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia caused air pollution
