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Pakistan orders all Save the Children foreign staff to leave
Pakistan has ordered all Save the Children’s foreign staff to leave the country within four weeks, in the wake of accusations linking the aid agency to a fake vaccination programme used in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Full storySyria kidnap victims killed as clashes rage
The two kidnapped brothers of a Syrian rebel commander were killed on Thursday, a monitoring group said, as battles raged between rebels and army forces in several districts of Damascus. Full storyUS water-boarded Libyan Islamists: report
The United States water-boarded Libyan Islamists opposed to Moamer Gaddafi and handed them over to his regime for further torture during the Bush administration, a rights group said Thursday. Full story‘Migraines not tied to greater weight gain’
Women who have migraines may have no greater risk of becoming overweight than other women, despite what some research has suggested, according to an international study. Full storyPutin lashes out at Romney over anti-Russia rhetoric
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday lashed out at Mitt Romney’s vow to take a tougher stance on Russia if elected to the White House, saying it was a mistake to use such rhetoric on the global stage. Full storyMyanmar lawmakers unseat judges in charter row
Myanmar’s parliament on Thursday ousted nine constitutional court judges in the culmination of a long-running standoff that observers say exposed growing political rivalry within the regime. Full storyCurfew in Sudan’s troubled Darfur
Authorities in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region have imposed a curfew and placed two districts under military rule after a month of unrest, official media said on Thursday. The crackdown in the country’s far west follows... Full storyThousands in S Korea mourn Moon
Thousands of tearful, flower-carrying mourners descended Thursday on the South Korean headquarters of the Unification Church to offer prayers to their late ‘messiah’ Sun Myung Moon. Full storyPakistan urged to ‘urgently’ protect Shias
Pakistan should ‘urgently act’ to protect minority Shia Muslims from rising sectarian attacks by the rival Sunni sect that have killed hundreds this year, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Full story3 killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
58 dead after boat of illegal immigrants sinks off Turkey
Fifty-eight people drowned on Thursday after a boat carrying illegal immigrants trying to reach Europe capsized in waters off western Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported, citing a local official. Full storyGirl found alive under corpses of slain family in France
A four-year-old girl survived a shooting in France and spent hours curled up under her mother’s body after an attack that killed her father and grandmother and seriously injured her elder sister, officials said Thursday. Full storyUS deputy military chief ‘in secret Israel visit’
The vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral James Winnefeld, is on a secret visit to Israel as tensions rise over Iran’s nuclear progress, Israel’s army radio reported on Thursday. Full storyTaliban behind quarter of insider attacks: NATO
The Taliban are involved in a quarter of Afghan security personnel attacks on NATO colleagues, according to a military commander. The surge of assaults, unprecedented in modern warfare, have seen Afghan... Full storyHuge quake jolts Costa Rica, one killed
A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Costa Rica’s Pacific coast Wednesday, killing at least one person, briefly knocking out power and phone lines, and triggering tsunami warnings, authorities said. Full storyLankans stage anti-India protests after attacks
