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Couple builds new life amid ruins of typhoon

[2014-11-03 07:39]

Jovelyn Luana and Joel Aradana plan to light candles at a mass grave to mark the first anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan, which stole both their families, but they will do it hand-in-hand, sharing a new love that promises fresh dreams.

Venezuela strives to cap prices ahead of holidays

[2014-11-03 07:39]

Venezuela is stepping up efforts to combat shortages and rising prices so families can have a merry Christmas complete with 12-cent sacks of sugar and 50-cent chickens.

Ebola nurse gets shower of licks from 'best friend' Bentley

[2014-11-03 07:39]

The Dallas nurse treated for Ebola had an emotional reunion on Saturday with her "best friend", Bentley, a King Charles Spaniel.

'Hunch' led to fugitive's capture

[2014-11-03 07:39]

Member of the US Marshals Service say it was just a hunch that led to the capture of a survivalist and marksman charged in a deadly sniper attack outside a Pennsylvania state police barracks who had eluded authorities for 48 days.

Bangladesh court sentences tycoon to death

[2014-11-03 07:39]

A wealthy media tycoon who is a key figure in Bangladesh's largest Islamist party was sentenced to death on Sunday for war crimes, just days after the party's leader was ordered to be hanged for similar offenses.

Fears of Islamic State grow in Pakistan, Afghanistan

[2014-11-03 07:39]

The Islamic State group is starting to attract the attention of radicals in Pakistan and Afghanistan, long a cradle for Islamist militancy, unnerving authorities who fear a potential violent contagion.

India's PM Modi vows to bring 'black money' back to country

[2014-11-03 07:39]

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday he was committed to bring back funds illegally deposited in banks outside the country to avoid tax, widely referred to as "black money".

Inquiry underway into nationwide blackout; first since 2007 cyclone

[2014-11-03 07:39]

An inquiry was underway on Sunday into Bangladesh's nationwide blackout, which plunged homes, businesses and even the prime minister's office into darkness.

Ten suspects face treason charge in Cambodia

[2014-11-03 07:39]

A Cambodian court has charged 10 suspects, who were arrested last week, with conspiring to commit treason and they could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, a National Police spokesman said on Sunday.

Controversial elections go ahead in eastern Ukraine

[2014-11-03 07:39]

Voters in the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" and "Lugansk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine started to elect regional leaders and legislative bodies on Sunday, polls that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has denounced as illegitimate.

Branson vows to find out cause of spacecraft crash

[2014-11-03 07:39]

Billionaire Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson vowed on Saturday to find out what caused the crash of his prototype space tourism craft that killed one of two test pilots.

Denmark considers phasing out coal by 2025

[2014-11-03 07:39]

Denmark should ban coal use by 2025 to make the Nordic nation a leader in fighting global warming, adding to green measures ranging from wind energy to bicycle power, Denmark's climate minister said on Saturday.

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