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May 18, 2013
12:53 pm
Afghanistan's parliament has blocked women's rights legislation approved by President Hamid Karzai in 2009, claiming that it is un-Islamic.
May 18, 2013
11:01 am
Moharrak, 25, is also the youngest Arab to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain.
May 18, 2013
9:15 am
No major damage reported, although quake rattled buildings in Tokyo.
May 18, 2013
8:38 am
Launch of three short-range missiles apparently part of a military drill.
May 18, 2013
6:01 am
Some thought Cambodia was a 'model' in the garment industry. But after a ceiling collapse at an Asics shoe factory, critics say they're dead wrong.
May 17, 2013
2:53 pm
A car bomb was detonated in a gated community designed by President Karzai's younger brother Mahmood.
May 17, 2013
2:23 pm
Cheznye Emmons and her boyfriend had bought a bottle labelled "gin" from a local store.
May 17, 2013
12:51 pm
Shane Rattenbury says the kangaroo attack happened while he was on a morning jog.
May 17, 2013
12:08 pm
A new vaccine may help the 100,000 Indian children under 5 who die annually of diarrhea, but scientists say that health systems must also be improved.
May 17, 2013
11:45 am
Analysis: A section of Pakistan's penal code left over from the days of British rule is still an all-purpose tool for government repression.
May 17, 2013
10:28 am
Pakistan's new government faces the challenge of reigning in militant violence.
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