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Iraq executes 42 'terrorism' convicts in a week AFP October 11, 2013, 1:36 am Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq executed 42 "terrorism" convicts over the past week, the justice ministry said on Thursday, defying international condemnation of its extensive use of the death penalty, as deadly violence...

Italy refugee boat death toll hits 194 AP October 7, 2013, 9:56 am Divers in Italy have recovered 32 more bodies after a boat carrying more than 300 refugees sank. EPA Divers have retrieved 83 bodies, including one child, from the wreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 African asylum...

German embassy staffer shot dead in Yemen AAP October 7, 2013, 12:01 pm <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CLb6e77_EUI?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> Unknown gunman have killed a German embassy guard in an attack on a diplomatic vehicle in...

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Kenyan police find car used in mall attack AP October 7, 2013, 12:41 pm Kenyan police have identified two men who paid for a car used in last month s deadly mall attack. AP Kenya's counter-terrorism police unit has released closed-circuit television footage that shows two men entering a...

US facing first government shutdown in 17 years AFP September 30, 2013, 7:38 pm <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DNWZ-keXXLM?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> Washington (AFP) - Lawmakers have one final day to try to prevent the first US...

Knox back on trial for Meredith Kercher murder in Italy Reuters September 30, 2013, 8:12 pm UK-ITALY-KNOX : Knox back on trial for Meredith Kercher murder in Italy Reuters Amanda Knox looks on before speaking on NBC News' "Today" show in New York September 20, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid...

Spanish man carves up brother after home-share row Published September 30, 2013 AFP Spanish police cordon off a district of Palma de Mallorca, on August 9, 2009 (AFP/File) Madrid (AFP) – A 39-year-old Spanish man confessed Monday to killing his younger brother with a hammer, cutting up the...

Iran lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters Human rights activists say approved bill, making girls vulnerable to the ruling from age 13, 'legalises paedophilia' Saeed Kamali Dehghan The Guardian, Thursday 26 September 2013 19.11 BST Young girls in Chah Bahar, Iran...

Mont Blanc climber finds £205,000 worth of Indian jewels on glacier French mountaineer finds gems believed to belong to passenger on one of two Air India planes that crashed in 1950 and 1966 Angelique Chrisafis Paris The Guardian, Thursday 26 September 2013 19.56 BST The Mont Blanc gem find...

Qatar World Cup construction 'will leave 4,000 migrant workers dead' Exclusive: International Trade Union Confederation claims about 12 labourers will die each week unless action is taken Robert Booth The Guardian, Thursday 26 September 2013 13.08 BST <iframe...

Australia clamps down on information about asylum seekers By Rob Taylor CANBERRA | Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:40am EDT (Reuters) - Australia's government said on Monday it would no longer provide regular information on asylum boats turned away or on emergencies at sea involving asylum seekers under...

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Gunfire at besieged Kenyan mall, Islamists threaten hostages A Kenyan policeman secures the road past the Westgate Shopping Centre in the capital Nairobi, September 23, 2013. REUTERS-Thomas Mukoya By Duncan Miriri and Richard Lough NAIROBI | Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:55am EDT (Reuters) - Gunfire...

Russia says West exploiting Syria deal to threaten force Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with 'Valdai' International Discussion Club members in the town of Valdai September 19, 2013. REUTERS-Alexander Zemlianichenko-Pool By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW | Sun Sep 22...

Iran parades 30 medium-range missiles AFP September 22, 2013, 8:27 pm TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran paraded 30 missiles with a nominal range of 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) Sunday, the first time it had displayed so many with the theoretical capacity to hit Israeli targets. Iran displayed 12 Sejil...

Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets at garment workers AFP September 22, 2013, 8:35 pm DHAKA (AFP) - Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of Bangladesh garment workers on Sunday during a second day of protests to demand a $100 minimum monthly wage, police said. Protesters...

Russian embassy in Damascus 'hit by mortar round' AFP Updated September 22, 2013, 8:52 pm BEIRUT (AFP) - A mortar round hit the compound of the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, a source at the embassy and an NGO said. The source, speaking to Syrian state news agency...

Snowden applies for Russia asylum: lawyer AFP Updated July 16, 2013, 10:06 pm MOSCOW (AFP) - Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, a pro-Kremlin lawyer said Tuesday, after President Vladimir Putin accused Washington of "trapping" him in the...

Analysis - Brazil struggles to shake off shackles of high interest rates Reuters July 16, 2013, 10:05 pm By Alonso Soto BRASILIA (Reuters) - When Brazilian interest rates nose-dived to record lows last year, President Dilma Rousseff and many economists here boasted that the days of sky-high...