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Sisi to sweep presidential polls after initial count

Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.

Workers to get shares in Royal Mail

2013-07-10 21:07

The British government will lay out plans to privatize the Royal Mail in a 3 billion pounds share offering that will see tens of thousands of workers get a stake in the company.

ROK, DPRK agree to hold 3rd working-level talks

2013-07-10 20:47

The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea agreed Wednesday to hold the third round of working-level talks next Monday.

San Fermin festival in Pamplona

2013-07-10 17:39

A group of runners fall in front of Victoriano del Rio fighting bulls and steers as they take the Estafeta curve during the fourth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival.

Luxury baby suite as UK awaits royal birth

2013-07-10 16:06

A general view of the royal baby inspired "Suite Dreams Nursery" at the Grosvenor House Hotel Park Lane, as the UK prepares for the birth of the first child of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in London, England on July 9, 2013.

Mexico raises alert for Popocatepetl volcano

2013-07-10 16:00

The snow-covered Popocatepetl volcano spews a cloud of steam into the air in Puebla July 9, 2013.

Paradise of the 'big heads'

2013-07-10 15:41

"Kilikis", wearing outsized masks and playfully hitting bystanders with sponges on sticks, parade daily through the city accompanied by brass bands during the nine-day-long festival made popular by US writer Ernest Hemingway.

Buddhist monks hold prayer after Bodh Gaya blasts

2013-07-10 15:40

Buddhist monks pray for justice, after the bombing of Bodh Gaya shrine in India, in a peace rally outside the United Nations building in Bangkok July 10, 2013.

Boston bomber to make 1st appearance

2013-07-10 15:31

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due in court on Wednesday to face charges in the worst mass-casualty attack on US soil since September 11, 2001.

Myanmar's heroin addicts resort religion's help

2013-07-10 15:12

Residents pass the time in a bamboo cell called the "Special Prayer Room", where they are locked in for their first week at the Youth for Christ Centre for heroin addicts, near Naung Chein in Myanmar's Kachin state July 5, 2013.

ROK, DPRK end morning session amid differences

2013-07-10 14:34

The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ended the morning plenary session of the follow-up working-level talks.

Afghan police kill 24 militants within day

2013-07-10 14:00

Afghan police have eliminated two dozen Taliban militants in the operations across the country, said authorities on Wednesday.

Brazil denies Snowden asylum

2013-07-10 10:38

Brazil said Tuesday it had no intention to grant political asylum to US whistleblower Edward Snowden who disclosed a vast program of US world electronic surveillance.

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