VIDEO: British kidnap victim killed Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT A British man has been murdered in Pakistan as he prepared to give evidence against a gang accused of kidnapping him last year.  
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Climate change 'may shrink fish' Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT Fish species are expected to shrink in size by up to 24% because of global warming, say scientists.  
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South Korean rapper tops UK chart Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT Rapper Psy becomes the first South Korean pop star to make it to the top of the UK singles chart with his song Gangnam Style.  
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Clinical India hammer Pakistan Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:15 AM PDT India reignite their World Twenty20 campaign with an eight-wicket Super Eights victory over their arch rivals Pakistan.  
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VIDEO: Afghan war: 2,000 US troops killled Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT A checkpoint shooting in eastern Afghanistan has taken the US military's death toll in the war past 2,000.  
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Son of China's Bo Xilai defends his father Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - The Harvard-educated son of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai defended his father against charges of taking bribes and having improper sexual relationships, saying he believed in his father's good character.  
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Marriage Seen Through a Contract Lens Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:41 AM PDT It may be time to acknowledge the harsh truth that nearly half of marriages in the United States end in divorce and many others are miserable, and consider something like a 20-year marriage contract.  
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South Korean rapper tops UK chart Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT Rapper Psy becomes the first South Korean pop star to make it to the top of the UK singles chart with his song Gangnam Style.  
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Suicide bombing rocks Syria's Kurdish city Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:50 PM PDT State TV reports four killed near police barracks in Qamishli, as fierce fighting continues in Aleppo.  
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VIDEO: Afghan war: 2,000 US troops killled Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT A checkpoint shooting in eastern Afghanistan has taken the US military's death toll in the war past 2,000.  
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Son Defends Ousted Chinese Official Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT Bo Guagua spoke out in defense of his father, the ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai who was expelled from the Communist Party.  
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U.S. and Afghan Killings Reflect War's Trust Gap Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT U.S. and Afghan troops turned their guns on each other this weekend, leaving two Americans and three Afghan soldiers dead in an incident that highlighted the breakdown of trust following a recent spate of insider attacks.  
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Syrian Fighting Sets Market Ablaze Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:19 PM PDT Fires sparked by clashes between government troops and rebels in Aleppo raged through a medieval marketplace that is a world heritage site, activists said.  
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Canada says it took Guantanamo detainee early after U.S. pressure Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, which allowed Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to be transferred to a prison in his homeland months earlier than expected, did so after pressure from the United States, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Sunday.  
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Bo Xilai’s Son Defends Him as Upright and Devoted Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT |
Cyberattacks on 6 American Banks Frustrate Customers Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT |
Rampage over Facebook Koran image Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT Hundreds of Muslim protesters attack Buddhist villages in Bangladesh, after an image of a burned Koran was posted online.  
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Nearly half of Yemenis go hungry post-revolt, says WFP Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:27 AM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Nearly half of Yemenis go to bed hungry every night as political instability compounds a global food and fuel price surge, giving the Arabian Peninsula state the world's third-highest rate of child malnutrition, the World Food Programme said on Sunday.  
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Egypt signs $1 billion Turkish loan deal Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:23 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt signed a deal on Sunday to loan $1 billion from Turkey, half of the aid package Ankara promised Cairo earlier this month, Egypt's state news agency reported.  
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Two Kenyan police shot dead near Somalia border Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Two police officers were shot dead in Kenya on Sunday in the northern town of Garissa close to the border with Somalia, police said, hours after a child was killed in a grenade attack on a church in Nairobi.  
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