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Ghani tells Pakistan after bombing to rein in Taliban

[2015-08-12 07:45]

The Afghan president called on Pakistan on Monday to crack down on the Taliban after a suicide car bombing earlier in the day near the international airport in Kabul killed five people.

Military airstrikes target PKK positions

[2015-08-12 07:45]

Turkish Air Forces launched airstrikes against the positions of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party - known as the PKK - in southeastern Turkey late on Monday and early on Tuesday, a military statement said.

Marathon talks clinch bailout deal

[2015-08-12 07:45]

Greece and its international lenders clinched a multibillion-euro bailout agreement on Tuesday after marathon talks through the night, officials said, raising hopes that aid could be disbursed in time for a major debt repayment due next week.

Assange sex assault investigation stalls

[2015-08-12 07:45]

Sweden's sexual assault inquiry into Julian Assange is deadlocked over a dispute with Ecuador regarding the WikiLeaks founder's asylum status, Swedish officials said on Monday.

Mine-waste spill imperils water supply

[2015-08-12 07:45]

Officials in towns downstream from where millions of gallons of mine waste spilled into a southwest Colorado river are demanding answers about possible long-term threats to their water supply.

Two dozen arrested in fourth night of Ferguson protests

[2015-08-12 07:45]

The police arrested nearly two dozen people in Ferguson, Missouri, during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

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Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong asked the Indian government on Tuesday to tell Mahavir Mandir - an Indian trust - to abandon its plan to build a near-replica of Cambodia's Angkor Wat Temple.

Boy survivor of desert hike flies home

[2015-08-11 07:59]

A 9-year-old French boy who survived a desert hike in which his parents appear to have died of thirst, has been flown home from New Mexico, an airport official said.

Pentagon carries on searching for lost war veterans

[2015-08-11 07:59]

Long dead but little forgotten, US soldiers who disappeared across the globe during World War II are being reunited with their loved ones in a dogged push to find and bring home their bodies.

Stinking seaweed piles up on beaches

[2015-08-11 07:59]

The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect on their visits to the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of decaying seaweed that attract biting sand fleas and smell like rotten eggs.

As comet nears Sun, scientists await its secrets

[2015-08-11 07:59]

A comet streaking through space with a European robot lab riding piggyback will skirt the Sun this week in another landmark in the extraordinary quest to unravel the mystery of Earth life.

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