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Journalist deaths pile pressure on Syria's Assad

0 comment(s) | The rising death toll of Syrian civilians and journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, has prompted renewed calls for an end to the Assad regime.
Middle East

Nuclear talks with Iran have failed, says UN watchdog

9 comment(s) | The IAEA has failed to secure an agreement with Iran during talks over disputed nuclear activities, saying it was denied access to a key military site
Europe

Microsoft lodges complaint against Motorola

0 comment(s) | Microsoft has lodged a formal complaint with the EU's competition regulator against Google's Motorola Mobility.
Australasia

Rudd resignation signals showdown with Gillard in Oz

0 comment(s) | The resignation of Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has stoked speculation the country's government could be plunged into a new crisis.
Middle East

Two journalists killed in bombing attack on Homs

0 comment(s) | Witnesses say two Western journalists have been killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs when shells hit the house they were staying in.
Middle East

Clinton visits North Africa on Syria diplomacy mission

0 comment(s) | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has planned a trip to North Africa that will include a major conference in Tunisia on Syria's future.
Middle East

Yemen elects Saleh replacement amid violent boycott

0 comment(s) | Violence has marred Yemen's presidential election, which ended three decades of rule by the US's key ally in the region, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Middle East

US says it hasn't ruled out arming Syrian rebels

2 comment(s) | The US appears open to arming Syria's opposition, saying that if a political solution to the crisis was impossible, other options would be considered.
Europe

French cops arrest Strauss-Kahn over sex ring allegations

1 comment(s) | Controversial former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been detained by French cops over allegations that he participated in a sex orgy.
Not quite singing in the rain ...
Not quite singing in the rain ... A picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (Sana) shows Syrian security forces carrying the coffin of a comrade, who the agency said was killed in recent violence in the country, during his funeral as snow falls outside the Tishrin military hospital in Damascus, on February 18 2012. (Ho/Sana, AFP Photo) Read more

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Crippling debt pushes some Pakistanis to suicide

Suicide linked to poverty is commonplace in Pakistan and since the mid-1990s, some 150 000 small farmers have committed suicide in neighbouring India.

Soccer gives Pakistan's badland children hope

Soccer pitches in the heart of Paksistan's most dangerous areas are keeping vulnerable teenagers from joining gangs, kidnappers and extortion rackets.

First Native American saint stirs pride

The 17th-century figure, Kateri Tekakwitha, makes history when the Vatican canonises her but joy is mixed with painful memories for indigenous tribes.

Dukan diet: Fallacy or fat-buster?

The creator of the popular Dukan diet wants to tackle obesity among French students, but the scales might be starting to tip against him.

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