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China: Incessant rains leave at least 29 dead

At least 29 people have died and 14 others reported missing in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in northeastern China over the past week, state media said today.

New Zealand lowers greenhouse gas emissions target by 5 percent

The New Zealand government on Friday committed to a controversial greenhouse gas emissions target of five percent below 1990 levels by 2020, with critics claiming it had reneged on a higher commitment made in 2010

Endangered Puerto Rican parrot makes major comeback

One of the world's most endangered bird species has made a major comeback in the US territory of Puerto Rico.

Soldier Manning tells court he's "sorry" for U.S. data breach

FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning apologized on Wednesday for handing state secrets over to the WikiLeaks website in the biggest breach of classified data in U.S. history.

Manning tells court he's 'sorry' for U.S. secrets breach to WikiLeaks

FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning on Wednesday told a military court "I'm sorry" for giving war logs and diplomatic secrets to the WikiLeaks website three years ago, the biggest breach of classified data in the nation's history

U.S. weighs canceling military exercise with Egypt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering calling off a major military exercise with the Egypt after Egyptian security forces killed scores of protesters on Wednesday, U.S. officials said

Egypt says 43 policemen killed in clashes

CAIRO (Reuters) - Forty-three members of Egypt's police force were killed on Wednesday in clashes with supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the interior minister said. Mohamed Ibrahim was speaking at a televised news conference after the security forces moved to break up two sit-ins by supporters of Mursi

Roadside bombs kill 14 north of Baghdad - police

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twin roadside bombs exploded in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 26, police said, the latest in a wave of summer attacks close to the capital Baghdad. One bomb detonated in a cafe in the centre of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, while the other explosion hit an ice cream shop on a commercial street, police said. Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for similar attacks in the past week in which scores of Iraqi civilians were killed during celebrations marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

California kidnap victim recounts ordeal on social media

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Just days after her rescue from an Idaho wilderness, 16-year-old kidnapping victim Hannah Anderson appears to have returned to a social media site she frequented before her abduction to field dozens of questions from strangers about her week-long ordeal. A series of online chat posts attributed to Hannah, but which could not be immediately verified by Reuters, said she did not try running from her captor because he threatened to kill her, and that the kidnapper, James Lee DiMaggio, "deserved what he got" when he was slain

Wish all Muslims joyful celebrations on Eid: Obama

"Michelle and I send our warmest greetings to Muslims celebrating Eid-al-Fitr in the United States and around the world," Obama said in his message.

Miffed with girlfriend, man puts her baby on sale for $100

In a bizarre case, a US man, angry with his girlfriend for not paying enough attention to him, tried to sell her two-month-old daughter on a classified advertisements website for $100.

Be ready for unprecedented challenges: Ban Ki-moon tells Odisha students

Ban Ki-moon held the interactive dialogue with young people across the world ahead of the International Youth Day.

Obama urged to toughen sanctions on Iran over nuke programme

More than three-fourth of the 100 Senators have urged US President Barack Obama to toughen sanctions on Iran until the country slows down its nuclear programme.

Researchers find rare dinosaur egg shells in Portugal

They likely belonged to a Torvosaurus, a massive, bipedal dinosaur that grew up to 11 meters tall.

Bangkok braces for protests over possible pardon of Shinawatra

Protests are expected when parliament on Wednesday begins debating an amnesty bill that would cover people arrested for political activities since the 2006 military coup that ousted Thaksin for alleged corruption and disrespect to the monarchy.

Kevin Rudd set to formally announce Aus poll dates

Rudd flew to Canberra from his hometown of Brisbane on Sunday afternoon and later spent several minutes in Governor-General Quentin Bryce's official residence.

Worlds first talking humanoid robot blasts off to space

Developers say the childlike robot will be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata and will communicate with another robot on Earth.

Quake measuring 5.5 hits parts of Pakistan

An earthquake measuring 5.5. on the Richter scale jolted the Pakistani capital and parts of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces today.

World's second tallest tower nears completion in Shanghai

At 632 meters (2,073 feet), the Shanghai Tower in the city's Pudong district is the world's second-tallest building, surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa.

After 50 years Pakistan to send film to Oscars, but which one?

Pakistan has sent only two films to the Academy Awards since the foreign language film category was created in 1956.

China makes best of heatwave, grills shrimp on pavements

It's been so hot in China that people are grilling shrimp on manhole covers, eggs are hatching without incubators and a highway billboard has mysteriously caught fire by itself.

FBI reveals it arrested 150 people for forcing children into prostitution

The FBI arrested 150 people across the United States for holding children against their will for prostitution, a three-day weekend sweep that officials on Monday called the largest-ever operation of its kind.

Five dead in US helicopter crash

The FAA said the helicopter was bound for Jake Arner Memorial Airport in Lehighton.

Cockpit smoke in Qantas aircraft, pilots hospitalised, passengers evacuated

A Qantas spokeswoman said the cause of the smoke was being investigated.

Oil spill in Thailand's sea reaches tourist island

An oil spill that leaked from a pipeline has reached a popular tourist island in Thailand's eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean it up over the weekend, officials said on Monday.

Will agree to Teesta treaty only if people of Coochbehar give their nod: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today made it clear that her government would agree to the India-Bangladesh Teesta water sharing treaty only after getting nod for it from the people of north Bengal

UK Parliamant asks PM if he was 'consulted' about controversial visa fee

Under the pilot scheme announced by British home secretary Theresa May last month, citizens of India, along with that of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ghana and Sri Lanka could be asked to pay a 3,000 pounds cash bond in a bid to prevent them overstaying their visa.