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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 15:01

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 16:26

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

25 September 2013 15:26

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 14:42

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 23:00

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 21:37

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 10:22

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 17:21

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 10:40

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

18 September 2013 17:53

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 10:56

'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 17:16

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 13:01

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 15:43

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 20:30

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 12:50

Number of Syrian refugees passes 2 million mark: UN More than two million Syrians have now fled their war-ravaged country, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, lamenting the nearly 10-fold increase from a year ago.

03 September 2013 11:44

Thousands protest in Romania against shale gas, gold mine Thousands of people took to the streets of Romania on Sunday to protest against shale gas exploration and a controversial Canadian gold mine project using cyanide.

02 September 2013 18:40

Obama hails King but says 'dream' requires vigilance President Barack Obama challenged Americans to enshrine Martin Luther King Jr's victory over racial oppression with a new "dream" of economic equality.

29 August 2013 17:01

UN rights panel urges N. Korea to grant access The head of a UN inquiry into human rights in North Korea appealed on Tuesday for access to the country, even as Pyongyang condemned his commission's work as slanderous and provocative.

28 August 2013 10:55

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