Barack Obama has pledged not to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear country that has signed up to international treaties even if that country attacks the America with biological or chemical weapons. Continue Reading

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The most intense rain in half a century triggered flooding and mudslides that killed at least 95 people in southeastern Brazil, most of them in the Rio de Janeiro area. Continue Reading

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MUMBAI: The bodies of nine militants killed in the 2008 Mumbai attacks were secretly buried in an undisclosed place, according to state government officials. Continue Reading

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BISHKEK: A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Kyrgyzstan, Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov announced on Wednesday. Continue Reading

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BEIJING, China’s severe drought was still expanding, as a total of 116 million mu (about 7.73 million hectares) of arable land had been affected in China as of Tuesday, up from 114 million mu last Friday, said Liu Ning, vice minister of water resources. Continue Reading

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MOSCOW,  Twelve people, including nine police officers, were killed in two blasts on Wednesday in the town of Kizlyar in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan. Continue Reading

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US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would like to see new UN sanctions placed on Iran in a matter of weeks as he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented a united front on Tehran’s nuclear program. Continue Reading

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The first images of the ‘Black Widow’ suicide bombers were released today as Vladimir Putin vowed to ’scrape out the attackers from the bottom of the sewers’. Continue Reading

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HYDERABAD: Indian police on Tuesday imposed a curfew in parts of the southern city of Hyderabad, home to global IT giants Google and Microsoft, after three days of inter-religious clashes. Continue Reading

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WASHINGTON: The Pentagon aims to deliver a fleet of surveillance drones to Pakistan within a year, but weaponized versions of the unmanned aircraft are still off-limits, a US military official said on Monday. Continue Reading

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