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Britain demands jobless work for state hand-outs Britons who are out of work for several years will be required to work full-time on community projects to receive state unemployment payments.

30 September 2013

Malaysian protesters rail against security proposal Around 30 people protested Monday against a Malaysian parliamentary proposal that critics say allows detention without trial, denouncing it as a broken promise by the government to scrap oppressive laws.

30 September 2013

Dominican army deports 47,700 Haitians in 13 months The Dominican army deported some 47,700 Haitians since August 2012 who entered the country illegally.

29 September 2013

Indonesia to host Miss World final despite Muslim anger The Miss World final takes place on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday after weeks of protests from Muslim hardliners and warnings that extremists could attack the pageant.

26 September 2013

Pakistan quake death toll nears 350 The death toll from a huge earthquake in southwest Pakistan this week has soared to around 350 people with more than 500 injured, officials said Thursday, among fears the toll could still rise.

26 September 2013

Naked protest as Spanish king undergoes hip operation Spain's King Juan Carlos underwent a hip-replacement operation Tuesday, his eighth operation in just three years, but this time with the spectacle of a naked protester outside his Madrid hospital.

25 September 2013

55% in Kazakhstan are overweight More than a half of the Kazakhstan population have excess weight.

25 September 2013

Americans spent $2.6 bn gambling online in 2012: study Americans spent $2.6 billion on gambling websites in 2012, according to a study released Tuesday by the casino industry as it renewed a push for Congress to regulate online betting.

25 September 2013

Emergency warning loudspeakers to be installed in Astana and Almaty in 2015 Residents of Astana and Almaty cities will be warned about emergency situation through loudspeakers that will be installed in the streets in 2015.

24 September 2013

Adoptive parents to receive $850 lump in Kazakhstan The one-time payment for child adoption in Kazakhstan will make $850 starting from 2015.

24 September 2013

Thousands of Romanians in fresh protest against mine project Thousands of Romanians took to the streets on Sunday in a fourth week of protests against a Canadian company's plan to open Europe's largest gold mine in a picturesque Transylvanian village.

24 September 2013

S. Korea urges N. Korea to resume family reunions South Korea on Monday urged North Korea to review its decision to postpone a reunion for families separated by the Korean War, saying it had "deeply wounded" those chosen to participate.

23 September 2013

Mudslide buries village, new hurricane lashes Mexico A resurgent hurricane lashed Mexico's northwest coast Wednesday after twin storms killed at least 80 people nationwide and buried a village under a mudslide, leaving dozens more missing.

19 September 2013

Not just for talking, smartphones are hubs: survey For US smartphone users, talking is old hat.

18 September 2013

Rain hinders search in Colorado floods Torrential rain grounded rescue helicopters in Colorado for much of Sunday, slowing the search for hundreds of people unaccounted for after massive flooding in the western US state killed six.

16 September 2013

'Italy is not racist,' Africa-born minister says Italy's first black minister defended her adopted homeland Friday, insisting it is not racist even though she endured a series of racially-charged threats and taunts since assuming her post.

14 September 2013

Thousands flee on third day of Philippine rebel siege Thousands of residents fled as fresh fighting broke out Wednesday between Philippine security forces and Muslim rebels, on the third day of a deadly siege in a key southern city, officials said.

11 September 2013

Hard-hitting ads get credit in US push against smoking Hard-hitting ads featuring first-person stories from former smokers prompted more than 200,000 Americans to immediately give up tobacco.

10 September 2013

Chile's top court acknowledges Pinochet-era failures Chile's Supreme Court took for the first time Friday recognized its "omissions" during Augusto Pinochet's brutal 1973 to 1990 dictatorship, but it declined to apologize to victims and their relatives.

08 September 2013

Diabetes rises in China, reaching 'alert' level Almost 12 percent of adults in China had diabetes in 2010, with economic prosperity driving the disease to slightly higher proportions than in the United States.

04 September 2013

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