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Pope says Church should rid itself of 'worldliness' Pope Francis on Friday called for the Catholic Church and its faithful to rid themselves of earthly concerns like St Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage to the saint's Italian hometown.
07 October 2013
US set to be top oil, gas producer in 2013: EIA The United States could push past Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world's largest single producer of oil and of natural gas this year.
07 October 2013
Rwanda president slams US sanctions over child soldiers Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday angrily condemned a US decision to impose sanctions against his country for allegedly backing rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who recruit child soldiers.
07 October 2013
Chile group wants Pinochet 'dictatorship' in textbooks A Chilean education advisory group recommended Friday that schools use "dictatorship" rather than "military regime" in textbooks to describe General Augusto Pinochet's rule marred by rights abuses.
07 October 2013
Ireland votes on scrapping upper house of parliament Cash-strapped Ireland voted in a referendum on Friday on whether to back Prime Minister Enda Kenny's controversial proposals to abolish the upper house of parliament.
07 October 2013
Sotheby's sets poison pill against investor challenge Elite auction house Sotheby's on Friday adopted a poison-pill defense strategy to fend off a challenge by investor Dan Loeb's hedge fund Third Point.
06 October 2013
Brazil environment icon to decide on presidential bid The political future of former former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva was unclear Friday after she failed to gather enough signatures to register her new party for next year's elections.
06 October 2013
©Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi Israel: European rights resolution on circumcision 'racist' Israel labelled as "racist" and "anti-religious" Friday a resolution of the pan-European human rights body calling for regulation of circumcision practices.
06 October 2013
Mali arrests dozens after disgruntled soldiers' protest Around 30 Malian soldiers suspected of involvement in protests that left one wounded earlier this week have been arrested and turned over to paramilitary police.
06 October 2013
Madonna reveals rape at knifepoint when young US pop icon Madonna was raped at knifepoint when she was a young struggling artist in New York.
06 October 2013
Malala picks up another award as Nobel beckons Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' schooling, added another award to a growing list on Friday.
06 October 2013
Australia presses Russia over detained Greenpeace activist Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop expressed concern to Russia about an Australian crew member of a Greenpeace ship facing a "very serious" piracy charge over an Arctic oil exploration protest.
06 October 2013
Azamat Mukanov (C). ©Vesti.kz Judo: Kazakhstan judoka gets $81 thousand for silver at World Championship Kazakhstan judoka Azamat Mukanov has been awarded with 12.5 million tenge ($81 thousand) for winning the silver medal at the World Championship in Brazil.
06 October 2013
Shebab says foreign special forces attack its Somali base Foreign special forces in an attack helicopter staged a nighttime raid on a key base of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab.
06 October 2013
©Vesti.kz Football: Match between Shakhter and Maccabi ends in draw in Astana The match between Karaganda FC Shakhter and FC Maccabi of Haifa city ended in a draw.
05 October 2013
Pavlodar Oil Chemical Plant. Photo courtesy of pnhz.kz Over 240 billion tenge to be invested in petrochemical cluster in Pavlodar oblast Kazakhstan plans to attract over 240 billion tenge ($1.6 billion) in investments for the petrochemical cluster of Pavlodar oblast.
05 October 2013
Shutdown forces EU, US to cancel trade deal talks The second round of scheduled talks between top European Union and American officials to clinch the world's largest trade deal have been cancelled because of the US government shutdown.
05 October 2013
©Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad First-ever global deal struck on airline CO2 emissions A first-ever global deal on curbing the airline industry's rising carbon emissions was agreed Friday.
05 October 2013
©<a href="http://nv.kz"target="_blank">nv.kz</a> Karaganda archaeologists discover Saka-era granite sculpture Karaganda archaeologists have discovered an unusual sculpture resembling the Scythian monuments of the Black Sea region.
05 October 2013
Flights cancelled as typhoon nears Japan's Okinawa Powerful Typhoon Fitow is expected to hit Japan's southern island chain of Okinawa on Saturday, with domestic and international flights to and from the islands cancelled.
05 October 2013

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