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Drunken woman kills husband to protect cat

Investigators in Russia's Buryatia region have launched a criminal investigation against a drunken woman who allegedly killed her equally drunken husband after he threatened her cat.

Barack Obama formally orders 'deeply destructive' cuts, blames Congress

US President Barack Obama formally ordered broad cuts in U.S. government spending on Friday night after he and congressional Republicans failed to reach a deal to avert automatic reductions that could dampen economic growth and curb military readiness.

Senior journalist shot dead in Pakistan

A senior Pakistani journalist was shot dead on Friday by unidentified gunmen in the restive Balochistan province, becoming the second reporter to be killed in the country within a week.

Egypt to widen probe into fatal balloon crash

Egypt's lead investigator says countries of some of the victims of the deadly balloon crash in Luxor have asked to join the probe.

Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 19 foreigners

An Egyptian security official says at least 19 foreign tourists were killed as their hot air balloon crashed near the famed ancient city of Luxor. The casualties included French, British and other nationals.

Iraq President recovering from stroke, says doctor

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is able to speak and understand people around him as he recovers from a stroke he suffered in December, a doctor responsible for his medical care said Sunday.

Student groups continue to protest in Dhaka

Over 5,000 students gathered in Dhaka today as well to protest.

Chicago airports cancel 270 flights for snowstorm

About 270 flights in and out of Chicago's two airports were cancelled in the morning today as a snowstorm moved across the US Midwest.

Bomb hits central Damascus near ruling party building

A big explosion shook the central Damascus district of Mazraa on Thursday, residents said, and Syrian state media blamed what it said was a suicide bombing on "terrorists" battling President Bashar al-Assad.

Unable to form new government, Tunisia PM quits

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigned on Tuesday after failing to replace a government pulled apart by acrimony between his Islamist allies and their secular opponents.

Round-the-world UK cyclists killed in Thailand

A British couple cycling around the world and chronicling their journey in a blog have been killed in a road accident in Thailand, Thai police said.

Scientists find massive asteroid crater in Australia

Scientists in Australia have found a major ancient asteroid impact zone on Earth in the country's outback, dating back to over 300 million years.

Police probing shooting of Sri Lankan journalist

The Sri Lankan police on Saturday launched investigations into the shooting of a journalist attached to a leading independent newspaper, reported Xinhua.

Despite chopper scam, Cameron eyes jet deal ahead of India trip

The timing of Cameron's trip is not ideal as India wants to cancel a $750 million deal for a dozen helicopters made by AgustaWestland, the Anglo-Italian subsidiary of Italy's Finmeccanica, over bribery claims.

US legal scholar Ronald Dworkin dies in UK at 81

American philosopher and constitutional law expert Ronald Dworkin, a liberal scholar who argued that the law should be founded on moral integrity, has died at the age of 81.

EU countries okay plan for random checks of beef

Officials from European Union countries are going ahead with a plan for more intensive checks to detect horsemeat in food labeled as beef as they work to contain a widening scandal.

Germany: Flights cancelled as strikes hit 2 airports

Thousands of air travelers are stranded in Germany after security personnel walked off the job at two airports in a wage dispute.

Fearing Hindi invasion, Bangladesh bans cartoon on TV

Bangladesh has banned Hindi-dubbed version of the popular Japanese cartoon 'Doraemon' from its TV screens over fears that youngsters hooked to it might struggle to learn their native tongue Bengali.

Man discovers stuffed cat in attic is 2,000-yr-old Egyptian mummy

Gray said the object had belonged to his late father Peter Gray who was an Egyptologist.

Tibetan protester who self-immolated in Nepal dies

A Tibetan man who set himself on fire in Nepal's capital in the latest in a string of self-immolations protesting China's rule over Tibet has died at a hospital, police said today.

Chernobyl radiation unaffected after roof collapse

Ukrainian officials say a roof section at the exploded Chernobyl nuclear power plant has collapsed causing no injuries and leaving radiation levels unaffected.

'World's ugliest woman' gets dignified burial 150 years after death

The "ugliest woman in the world" was buried in her native northern Mexico on Tuesday, more than 150 years after her death and a tragic life spent exhibited as a freak of nature at circuses around the world.

Berlusconi sex trial halted until after election

Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of paying for sex with a minor will be postponed until after this month's election due to his campaign commitments, Italian judges ruled on Monday.

Car blast kills at least 7 on Turkey-Syria border

A car exploded at a border crossing on Turkey's border with Syria near the Turkish town of Reyhanli on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens more, officials said.

India, Sweden amend tax treaty

India and Sweden had signed DTAC for avoidance of double taxation and for the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital in 1997.

China to compensate woman for detention in old morgue

China will compensate a woman who was held in a disused morgue as punishment for going to Beijing to petition against her husband's jailing, state media said on Friday.

China sentences 16 for violent protest against pollution

China has sentenced 16 people to up to a year-and-a-half in prison for involvement in an environmental protest last July when a crowd of thousands ransacked government offices, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Iran's supreme leader rejects direct talks with US

Iran's supreme leader has rejected proposals for direct talks with United States, apparently quashing suggestions for a breakthrough dialogue on the nuclear standoff and other issues.