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- Iran wants to be attacked, says Hillary
- S.Korea, US conduct largest joint live-fire drill
- Bangladeshi female conquerors of Mount Qomolangma hailed
- Roman jewellery found in ancient Japan tomb
- Taliban storm lakeside hotel in Kabul, 4 dead
- Insight - Children of Mao's wrath vie for power in China
- Suu Kyi makes history with UK Parliament address
- US files bias suit against towns home to polygamist sect
- Search resumes for 100 missing in Indian Ocean
- WikiLeaks’ Assange says ready for life in Ecuador
- Afghan police free 18 civilians, hotel siege continues
- VIDEO: Mexico arrests son of top drug lord
- VIDEO: Mother guilty of child murders in Spain
- Afghan Taliban gunmen take hostages in Kabul hotel attack
- Afghan forces need reading lessons before security transfer
- Pentagon chief all but rules out apology for Pakistan
- Night-time Mogadishu emerges from the shadows
- Asian reality stars go overseas in search of fame
- Egyptian media demonising Muslim Brotherhood
- Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan, gets asylum
| Iran wants to be attacked, says Hillary Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:46 AM PDT  WASHINGTON, Jun 22: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed on Wednesday the top priorities of US diplomacy around the world, saying that Iran wants to be attacked by somebody because it would unify the Iranian public and legitimize the Islamic regime.
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| S.Korea, US conduct largest joint live-fire drill Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:38 AM PDT South Korean and US troops Friday held their biggest single-day joint live-fire exercise to test responses to any North Korean attack, amid high tensions on the peninsula.
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| Bangladeshi female conquerors of Mount Qomolangma hailed Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:30 AM PDT The success of Wasfia Nazreen to reach the summit of Mount Qomolangma (also known as Everest), the world's highest mountain, last month just about a week after Nishat Majumder made the same feat, has brought great pride to Bangladesh, particularly to the Bangladeshi women.
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| Roman jewellery found in ancient Japan tomb Posted: 22 Jun 2012 12:12 AM PDT Glass jewellery believed to have been made by Roman craftsmen has been found in an ancient tomb in Japan, researchers said Friday, in a sign the empire's influence may have reached the edge of Asia.
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| Taliban storm lakeside hotel in Kabul, 4 dead Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:57 PM PDT Taliban militants armed with guns and rockets attacked a lakeside hotel near Kabul overnight, seizing dozens of hostages including women and children and killing four people.
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| Insight - Children of Mao's wrath vie for power in China Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:18 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Forty five years before ambitious Chinese politician Bo Xilai fell from power accused of flirting with Cultural Revolution extremism, he stood as a teenager in front of a baying crowd that accused him of defying Mao Zedong's campaign. 
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| Suu Kyi makes history with UK Parliament address Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT LONDON, June 22 — Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi became the first non-head of state to address both houses of Britain's Parliament yesterday in a rare honour she used to ask for help in bringing democracy to the former British colony. Cutting a tiny figure in Parliament's cavernous and historic Westminster Hall, the 67-year-old Nobel ... 
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| US files bias suit against towns home to polygamist sect Posted: 21 Jun 2012 08:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON, June 22 — The US Justice Department yesterday sued two polygamist-dominated towns on the Utah-Arizona border, citing religious discrimination and saying they had operated for two decades as an arm of a breakaway Mormon sect. The complaint accuses the cities of carrying out the "will and dictates" of now-imprisoned sect leader Warren ... 
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| Search resumes for 100 missing in Indian Ocean Posted: 21 Jun 2012 07:33 PM PDT SYDNEY, June 22 — Merchant and navy ships and five aircraft resumed the search for almost 100 people missing in the Indian Ocean a day after a crowded refugee boat capsized between Indonesia and Australia's Christmas Island territory. Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said 110 people had been rescued, including a 13-year-old boy, with ... 
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| WikiLeaks’ Assange says ready for life in Ecuador Posted: 21 Jun 2012 07:15 PM PDT CANBERRA, June 22 — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today said he was ready for a life in Ecuador and said the country had been "quite supportive" of his bid for asylum. Assange is holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London, where he has sought asylum in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden where he is wanted for questioning on sexual assault ... 
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| Afghan police free 18 civilians, hotel siege continues Posted: 21 Jun 2012 06:29 PM PDT KABUL, June 22 Afghan security forces have freed 18 civilians and killed two militants after a Taliban attack on a popular lakeside hotel on the outskirts of the capital Kabul, but a siege was still ongoing and more hostages may be held, the city police chief said today. "Two terrorists have been killed and we have cleared the second floor of the ... 
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| VIDEO: Mexico arrests son of top drug lord Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:46 PM PDT Mexican troops have arrested the son of the country's most-wanted drug suspect, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
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| VIDEO: Mother guilty of child murders in Spain Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:52 PM PDT A British woman has been found guilty of murdering her two children in a hotel room in Spain.
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| Afghan Taliban gunmen take hostages in Kabul hotel attack Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:29 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen took scores of hostages at a popular lakeside hotel on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, police said on Friday, during a deadly attack lasting several hours that underscored the Taliban's potency despite more than a decade of war. 
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| Afghan forces need reading lessons before security transfer Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:52 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - A third of Afghan national security forces are taking basic lessons in reading and counting as NATO commanders accelerate their training ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign troops in 2014, the coalition has said. 
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| Pentagon chief all but rules out apology for Pakistan Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta all but ruled out an apology over an air strike last year that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and badly set back efforts to improve U.S.-Pakistani ties, saying it was "time to move on." 
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| Night-time Mogadishu emerges from the shadows Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:11 PM PDT As darkness engulfs Mogadishu, all but one of the Somali capital's streets empty rapidly. Residents flock to Maka Al-Mukarama road to admire the new attraction: solar-powered street lamps.
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| Asian reality stars go overseas in search of fame Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:06 PM PDT Like many Chinese girls her age, Qi Ji enjoys singing and dancing and dreams of becoming a star. But rather than trying to make a start in vast and crowded China, she is pinning her hopes on Taiwan.
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| Egyptian media demonising Muslim Brotherhood Posted: 21 Jun 2012 08:36 PM PDT  CAIRO, Jun 22: Egypt's media are demonizing the Muslim Brotherhood as the state's worst enemy, claiming the fundamentalist group plans to plunge the country into chaos if its candidate does not emerge as the winner from the presidential runoff.
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| Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan, gets asylum Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:07 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - A Syrian air force pilot flew his MiG-21 fighter plane over the border to Jordan and was granted political asylum on Thursday, the first defection with a military aircraft since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. 
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