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Litvinenko inquest may examine lack of British protection The inquest into the radioactive poisoning of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko will look at the possible culpability of the British state in failing to protect him.

04 November 2012

New York axes marathon, but some electricity returns Bowing to mounting pressure, Mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled New York's annual marathon set for Sunday.

03 November 2012

Comedian grilled again in UK sex abuse probe British comedian Freddie Starr was bailed Friday after a second round of questioning by police investigating sexual abuse allegations surrounding the late television personality Jimmy Savile.

03 November 2012

US model plane bomb plotter gets 17-year term An American supporter of Al-Qaeda was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for plotting to bomb the Pentagon and US Capitol using remote-controlled model planes laden with explosives.

03 November 2012

Judge Teare refused to recuse himself from Ablyazov's case Addleshaw Goddard law firm representing former head of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov applied for London High Court’s judge Nigel Teare to recuse himself but failed.

02 November 2012

Colombia bomb blast kills two, injures more than 30 A bomb exploded near a town square in southwestern Colombia packed with dozens of children celebrating Halloween, killing two suspects and injuring more than 30.

02 November 2012

Sandy death toll mounts as New York subway rolls again The toll of death and suffering from superstorm Sandy mounted on Thursday even as New York struggled back to life, with the first subway trains rolling in four days.

02 November 2012

Storm-ravaged New Jersey Shore vows to rebuild As she climbed past a tree that collapsed just by her front stoop, Joanne Tunbridge thought back to her father who built the house two blocks from the beach in the 1950s.

02 November 2012

Tunisia extends state of emergency after attacks Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday extended the country's state of emergency through January, continuing special intervention powers for the police and army after a recent series of Islamist attacks.

01 November 2012

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Asia drug boom fuels surge in opium cultivation: UN Opium cultivation in Southeast Asia has doubled over the last six years as growing demand for heroin in China and the rest of Asia lures more farmers to grow poppies.

01 November 2012

Envoy urges China to play 'active role' in Syria crisis UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday he hoped China would play an active role in helping end the violence in Syria as he met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi for talks in Beijing.

01 November 2012

Vietnam sentences Filipina drug mule to death Vietnam has sentenced a 61-year-old Filipina to death after she was caught smuggling the illegal drug methamphetamine into the country.

01 November 2012

Hurricane forces three US reactors shut Three US nuclear power reactors remained shut down and a fourth on alert Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc with transmission networks and high waters threatened cooling systems.

31 October 2012

Mexican pleads guilty in 'Fast and Furious' killing A Mexican man pleaded guilty Tuesday over the killing of a US border agent that threw a spotlight on the United States' controversial "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation, prosecutors.

31 October 2012

There are no Kazakhstan citizens among victims of Sandy Hurricane in U.S. All necessary aid will be rendered to Kazakhstan citizens if any applies to Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry.

31 October 2012

Walking rainy streets becomes New York pleasure It is meant to be the city that never sleeps, where you can shop 'til you drop and eat the best food.

31 October 2012

Syrian rebels 'buying arms from the regime' The Syrian regime may be their sworn enemy, but rebels fighting to bring down President Bashar al-Assad say they pay hard cash to government agents for guns and bullets.

31 October 2012

Hurricane can't stop the party at US gambling city Hurricane Sandy plowed into Atlantic City, knocking down trees and smashing windows, but the superstorm failed to crash the party at the seaside casino town's only open bar.

30 October 2012

Libya army has 'no control' in Bani Walid: defence minister Libya's defence minister said Monday that the army has no control over Bani Walid, one of the last bastions of Moamer Kadhafi's regime, and that armed groups there prevent families from returning home.

30 October 2012