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India flood rescue ops intensify, up to 1,000 feared dead AFP Updated June 24, 2013, 2:53 am GOVINDGHAT, India (AFP) - Rescue operations intensified Sunday in northern India where up to 1,000 people are feared to have died in landslides and flash floods that have also left pilgrims and...

Syrian rebels renew fight for Aleppo The site of an explosion at the al-Mezze 86 neighbourhood in Damascus is seen in this June 23, 2013 handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:51pm...

Fugitive Snowden seeks asylum in Ecuador: foreign minister Russian police officers walk outside the embassy of Ecuador in Moscow, June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva By James Pomfret and Lidia Kelly HONG KONG/MOSCOW | Sun Jun 23, 2013 2:37pm EDT (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. spy...

Hamas executes two Palestinians convicted of spying for Israel GAZA | Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:27am EDT (Reuters) - Hamas leaders said they had hanged two Palestinians found guilty of spying for Israel over a decade, making them the first to be executed since the end of a month-long amnesty for...

Demonstrators carry a banner made of Brazilian national flags during a protest against the Confederations Cup and President Dilma Rousseff's government, in Recife City June 20, 2013. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Over 1.5 million foreign workers change status before Saudi crackdown RIYADH | Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:04am EDT (Reuters) - More than 1.5 million foreign workers in Saudi Arabia have changed their residence status since April ahead of a planned crackdown on illegally registered expatriates in the...

Brazil's president pledges to hold dialogue with protesters Demonstrators shout during an anti-government protest in Fortaleza June 21, 2013. REUTERS/Davi Pinheiro By Brian Winter and Jeferson Ribeiro SAO PAULO/BRASILIA | Fri Jun 21, 2013 10:53pm EDT (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma...

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lqLkH3WoLzw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> New pollution high as haze chokes Singapore <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rtVaxL1wFq8?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315"...

-RPT-Indonesian fires worsen, Singapore smog sets record Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:39am EDT * Fires worsen in Indonesia despite water bombing * Indonesian health services record higher incidence of asthma, skin problems * New record pollution levels in Singapore By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA, June...

Indonesian fires worsen, Singapore smog sets record Reuters June 21, 2013, 8:39 pm Workers on a gondola resume work at a high rise luxury residential apartment block as the haze clears for the better, near the Port Authority of Singapore Tanjong Pagar terminal (R) in Singapore June 21, 2013...

Indonesian fires worsen, Singapore smog sets record Reuters June 21, 2013, 8:39 pm Workers on a gondola resume work at a high rise luxury residential apartment block as the haze clears for the better, near the Port Authority of Singapore Tanjong Pagar terminal (R) in Singapore June 21, 2013...

Mumbai building collapse kills 10 AFP Updated June 21, 2013, 6:56 pm MUMBAI (AFP) - An apartment block collapsed in Mumbai's outskirts Friday, killing at least 10 people and trapping more in the debris, the latest incident to fuel concerns about the quality of construction in the booming...

21 June 2013 Last updated at 08:35 GMT Mumbai building collapse kills ten <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s1K_g_Bjxd4?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> The cause of the collapse in not known yet At least ten people have been killed in the...

Paris Jackson testifies by video in father's death trial as she recovers from suicide attempt 19 Jun 2013 12:01 The teenager appeared confident and articulate as she gave her evidence about her former nanny <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lkkGVftt67c?rel=0" allowfullscreen=""...

Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dies Aged 51 The actor best known for his role as New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano dies suddenly while on holiday. 9:25am, Thursday 20 June 2013 James Gandolfini has died at the age of 51 after suffering a cardiac arrest while on holiday in Italy. The star...

Riot police fire tear gas towards protesters during clashes in Kennedy Street in central Ankara June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Turkish government, protesters seek to draw sting from unrest By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL | Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:08am EDT (Reuters) - Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday he had no objection to silent anti-government protests inspired by a symbolic "Standing Man" vigil, comments that...

Suicide bomber, gunmen target UN office in Somali capital June 19, 2013 12:21 PM A customer inspects a car in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Feisal Omar MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked an office of the United Nations Development...

Rohani once approved of hiding Iran atomic work Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani speaks with the media during a news conference in Tehran June 17, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Fars News/Majid Hagdost By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS | Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:20am EDT (Reuters) - Years before he...

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jnhAx-i74tY?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> June 19 - Fire-fighters drop water from the air to help slow the spread of a blaze north of Phoenix. Paul Chapman reports.