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Workers missing as dam collapses in Cambodia

A Chinese-built dam under construction in western Cambodia has partially collapsed, seriously injuring four workers and leaving another four missing and presumed drowned.

Cars trapped in highway tunnel collapse near Tokyo

Japanese police say that parts of a tunnel have collapsed on a highway west of Tokyo, trapping an unknown number of vehicles as smoke from a fire inside prevented rescuers from approaching.

Chinese police plan to board vessels in disputed seas

Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which illegally enter what China considers its territory in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Thursday, a move likely to add to tensions.

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

Security forces used water cannons and other riot gear on Thursday to clear protesters from a copper mine in in northwestern Myanmar, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks just hours before opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in the area to hear their grievances.

Albania celebrates 100 years of independence

Albania is celebrating its 100th anniversary of independence with national flag blanketing city squares, apartment buildings and public institutions.

India's contribution to UK's multi-ethnic diversity plaudable: Ed Miliband

Praising the contribution made by immigrants, including Indians, to the UK, opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband has asserted there is no going back on the multi-ethnic diversity in Britain.

US Navy secretary, Chinese minister discuss security at seas

China says its defence minister and the US Navy secretary have discussed security at sea and steps to bolster the US military presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

Scorpion stings passenger on Costa Rica flight

A scorpion stung a passenger on a flight from Costa Rica to Spain, which forced the sealing of the Iberia airlines Airbus 340 at Madrid's Barajas International Airport, said aviation sources.

'Toxic' cough syrup claims 13 lives in Pakistan

Pakistani police say 13 people have died in the country after drinking cough syrup suspected of being toxic.

Egypt proves peace role can survive Arab Spring

CAIRO (Reuters) - Mediating the Gaza truce was a bravura diplomatic performance by Egypt's new President Mohamed Mursi, jacking up his personal stature and reassuring an anxious Washington that the architecture of Middle East peace can survive the Arab Spring. For nearly two years, Washington has fretted over what would happen in a major showdown between Israel and the Palestinians without the Arab autocrats that kept stability for decades, above all Egypt's Hosni Mubarak who presented himself as the personal guarantor of its 1979 peace with Israel. Mubarak was toppled by a popular revolt last year, and his successor Mursi hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group whose rise Washington has feared for decades

Galapagos' extinct tortoise species could come back to life

QUITO (Reuters) - A species of giant tortoises from the Galapagos Islands could be brought back from extinction despite the death earlier this year of the famed "Lonesome George," a tourist magnet and conservation icon who was the last of his kind. Genetic material from George's species, which was largely killed off in the 1800s by pirates and whalers who hunted their meat, has survived in tortoises on the islands - and scientists think they may be able to bring the species back to life.

"Ice lady" gets life sentence for double murder

VIENNA (Reuters) - An ice-cream parlour owner dubbed the "ice lady" for the calculated way in which she killed her ex-husband and lover was sentenced to life in a secure mental institution on Thursday. Estibaliz Carranza, 34, had confessed to shooting the two men at close range in the back of the head, cutting up their bodies with a chainsaw, freezing them in a deep freeze and later interring them in concrete under the cellar of her store. Judge Susanne Lehr told a Vienna court her confession and her state of "considerable psychological damage" were mitigating factors, but her careful planning and her behaviour after the murders counted against her

A pacific island shown on Google Earth does not exist: scientists

The island, named Sandy Island on Google Earth allegedly sits between Australia and New Caledonia in the south Pacific.

FBI launches global manhunt to determine killers in Benghazi attack

More than two months after the US envoy to Libya was killed in a terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, the FBI has launched a global appeal for help in identifying and locating those involved.

BSF personnel nab Pakistani in Gujarat

A Pakistani national, who illegally entered India, has been apprehended by the BSF personnel here, officials said.

Military plane crash in Yemen kills 10

The Russian-made Antonov aircraft plunged from the sky and crashed into an empty market in al-Hassaba district destroying several shops.

India rejects OIC foreign ministers' resolution on J&K

The OIC resolution said it is "noting with regret the Indian attempt to malign the legitimate Kashmiri freedom struggle by denigrating it as terrorism".

Iran to give Pakistan $500 million for bilateral gas pipeline project

Iran plans to extend financial and technical assistance for laying the Pakistan section of the proposed gas pipeline, official sources said.

India asks Pakistan to defer Rehman Malik's visit

Operationalisation of the landmark Indo-Pak visa agreement will be delayed as India has asked Pakistan to postpone Interior Minister Rehman Malik's proposed visit here on 22-23 November.

Snoring in the cockpit! One-in-three pilots sleeps on duty

More than 6,000 European pilots were surveyed for the study, between 2010 and 2012.

Obama promises support to Myanmar if it keeps making 'true' reforms

In a historic trip to a long shunned land, President Barack Obama today showered praise and promises of more US help to Myanmar if the Asian nation keeps building its new democracy.

SKorean presidential candidate all for freer Internet

He said companies will be free to choose what online security technology they use if he wins the December election.

WWII bomb found in Japan airport, defused

The team defused the rusty bomb on Wednesday and then transported it away from Sendai Airport

China gears up for snowstorm

The storm will hit the Inner Mongolia region and Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces of China.

'BBC doomed unless radical changes are made'

The British Broadcasting Corporation could be doomed unless it makes radical changes, the head of its governing trust said, after its director general quit to take the blame for the airing of false child sex abuse allegations against a former politician.