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Stockholm hit by worst riots in years
STOCKHOLM — Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden’s worst...
Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner to run for NYC mayor
NEW YORK — Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former US Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early today (May 22) he is...
Chinese Premier visits Pakistan, praises ties
ISLAMABAD — China’s premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan on Wednesday by praising the relationship between the two Asian powers in glowing terms.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to challenge ally’s ban from election
DUBAI — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today (May 22) he would ask Iran’s supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month’s presidential poll,...
Japan may resume talks with N Korea: Media
TOKYO — Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan’s prime minister, the Asahi...
All bodies recovered from Indonesia mine
JAKARTA – Rescuers have recovered all 28 bodies from a collapsed underground room inside the giant United States-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia's province of Papua,...
Chinese man pays S$500,000 for racing pigeon
BRUSSELS — A Chinese businessman has paid a world record €310,000 (S$505,000) for a Belgian pigeon, highlighting Asia’s huge and growing interest in racing birds.
Czech police seize 1m litres of untaxed booze
PRAGUE — The Czech police have found a million litres of illegal alcohol hidden in underground tanks, in one of the biggest seizures of untaxed booze.
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