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Death toll at 37 as Iran wraps up quake rescue Rescuers Wednesday wound up operations after pulling 20 people from the rubble of an earthquake that struck near the port city of Bushehr.

10 April 2013

Most conflict-zone sex crimes are against children: charity Save the Children on Wednesday urged action after releasing a report claiming that most rape and sexual abuse victims in many of the world's conflict zones were children.

10 April 2013

Execution-free world getting closer: Amnesty The use of the death penalty is broadly diminishing around the world although a handful of countries that had not used capital punishment for several years resumed executions in 2012.

10 April 2013

Parcel bomb sent to Italian newspaper office A parcel bomb was sent to the offices of Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday but failed to detonate when opened, prompting an evacuation of the building as bomb disposal teams were deployed.

10 April 2013

US budget cuts could delay Bin Laden kin's trial The highly anticipated New York trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law could be delayed because his court-appointed lawyers have been hit by US budget cuts.

09 April 2013

Ban says W. Sahara risks being drawn into Mali war UN leader Ban Ki-Moon called Monday for urgent international efforts to end the Western Sahara conflict because of fears the Mali war will spill over into the Moroccan-occupied territory.

09 April 2013

Fake Rockefeller faces murder charge verdict A German man who posed as a member of the famed Rockefeller family after allegedly killing his landlord in California likely killed the man's wife too.

09 April 2013

France launches major offensive on Mali Islamists A French force of 1,000 soldiers in a major offensive has swept a valley thought to be a logistics base for Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists near the Malian city of Gao.

09 April 2013

Argentina floods caused $5 billion in damage Damage from last week's record rains and flooding in Argentina exceeded five billion dollars, according to officials, who said on Sunday that more than 350,000 people suffered losses in property.

09 April 2013

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NATO strike kills 11 children in Afghanistan: officials A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 11 children, officials said Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country.

08 April 2013

Rakhat Aliyev to be tried in Vienna Superior Land Court of Vienna has started an investigation into activities of the former Kazakhstan ambassador to Austria Rakhat Aliyev.

08 April 2013

Five dead, 53 hurt in Thai bus cliff plunge Five people died, including a seven-month-old baby and a Belgian woman, and 53 were injured when a Thai tour bus plummeted off a hillside in northern Thailand after its brakes failed.

08 April 2013

Hong Kong airbridge collapse rips off plane door Hong Kong authorities said Monday they had launched an investigation after an airbridge collapsed at the city's airport, ripping the door off a Cathay Pacific plane and injuring a technician.

08 April 2013

Meltwater washes out tombs at Semei old cemetery Meltwater has washed out old tombs in Kholodnyi Lkyuch village in the suburbs of Semei.

08 April 2013

Bridge keeps deteriorating near Semei The bridge in Kholodnyi Klyuch village in the suburbs of Semei is still in the emergency state.

08 April 2013

Spanish youth protest around the world against unemployment Spanish youths demonstrated Sunday in cities across Spain and near the country's embassies abroad against sky-high unemployment and poor working conditions.

08 April 2013

Ablyazov among disclosed offshore account owners Former chairman of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov is among the disclosed owners of offshore accounts.

08 April 2013

Death toll hits 72 in Mumbai building collapse The number of people killed when a partly built apartment block collapsed on the outskirts of Mumbai has risen to 72.

07 April 2013

Assad warns of instability, Obama to host Syria talks Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned that the fall of his regime would destabilise the region "for many years", as US President Barack Obama announced talks with Middle East allies over the crisis.

07 April 2013