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Wife says poisoned lottery winner had no enemies
The wife of a Chicago lottery winner who was poisoned with cyanide said Tuesday she was devastated by his death and cannot believe her husband could ...
India says Pakistani soldiers kill 2 Indians
Pakistani soldiers crossed the cease-fire line in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday and attacked an army patrol, killing two Indian ...
Pakistan: Officials say US drones kill 8 militants
Several missiles fired from American drones slammed into a compound near the Afghan border in Pakistan early Tuesday, killing eight suspected ...
Pakistan protests Indian attack on army post
The Pakistani Foreign Office said Monday it has protested formally to India for an attack on its army post. A statement issued by the office said the ...
Hearings, trial closed in Indian rape case
An Indian magistrate ruled Monday that the media will not be allowed to attend pre-trial hearings or the trial of the five men accused of raping and ...
Indian women hope brutal rape will spark change
Preeti Singh worries each time her 20-year-old daughter has a late night at the hospital where she's a medical student. If her daughter has to stay ...
Pakistan says 1 dead in border clash with India
Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian ...
Pakistani officials say US drones kill 9 militants
Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine Pakistani Taliban ...
Nepali charged with torture appears in UK court
A British court on Saturday denied bail to a colonel in the Nepalese army facing charges of torture allegedly committed during the Himalayan nation's ...
India gang-rape victim's friend recounts attack
Passers-by refused to stop to help a naked, bleeding gang-rape victim after she was dumped from a bus onto a New Delhi street, and police delayed ...
UK police charge Nepalese man with torture
British police said Friday they have charged a serving colonel in the Nepalese army with two counts of torture allegedly committed during the ...
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
Three months after she was shot in the head for daring to say girls should be able to get an education, a 15-year-old Pakistani hugged her nurses and ...
Indian court to rule on generic drug industry
From Africa's crowded AIDS clinics to the malarial jungles of Southeast Asia, the lives of millions of ill people in the developing world are hanging ...
US drones kill senior Taliban figure in Pakistan
An American drone strike in Pakistan has killed a top Taliban commander who sent money and fighters to battle the U.S. in Afghanistan but had a truce ...
British government extradites al-Qaida suspect
Police in Britain have extradited a terror suspect to the United States to face charges that he took part in an alleged al-Qaida plot to detonate ...
Nepali man arrested in UK over torture allegations
British police say that they have arrested a Nepali man on suspicion of torture allegedly committed during the Himalayan nation's bloody civil war.
Malala's father given diplomatic role in UK
The father of a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban for advocating girls' education has been given a diplomatic post in the U.K.
Jury selection begins in Fla. terror finance case
Jury selection began Wednesday for the trial of an elderly Muslim cleric and his son on charges they funneled tens of thousands of dollars to the ...
Pakistanis bury slain teachers, aid workers
Hundreds of villagers in northwest Pakistan turned out Wednesday to bury five female teachers and two health workers who were gunned down a day ...
Indian court may suspend lawmakers facing crimes
Indian lawmakers facing sexual assault charges against women could be suspended from office if the country's top court rules in favor of a petition ...
1 Indian gang rape suspect may be juvenile
A bone test is being conducted to confirm the age of a young suspect in custody in the fatal assault and gang rape of a woman on a bus in India's ...
India paying welfare directly, aiming to end fraud
India will pay billions of dollars in social welfare money directly to its poor under a new program that aims to cut out the middlemen blamed for the ...
World looks to 2013 after violence, economic woes
As the world rang in 2013 with spectacular fireworks displays and showers of confetti, the specter of economic uncertainty and searing violence dimmed ...
Pakistan child measles deaths surge in 2012
Measles cases surged in Pakistan in 2012, and hundreds of children died from the disease, an international health body said Tuesday. In recent days ...
Afghan negotiator welcomes prisoner release
A top Afghan negotiator said Tuesday he hopes eight Taliban members freed by Pakistan will serve as peace mediators, describing Islamabad's move as ...