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The $20,000 pet lion that lives on a Kabul rooftop For Kabul's wealthy elite some things are de rigueur: armed guards, a marble-clad mansion, a blacked-out SUV. But one man has taken the flamboyant lifestyle a step further and bought a lion.

08 June 2013 13:43

Turkey PM urges end to protests, tells supporters to 'go home' Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an immediate end to mass protests against his rule Friday, but urged supporters to "go home" after they staged a major show of strength welcoming him back from an overseas trip.

08 June 2013 11:31

Highway plan sparks fear for Beirut heritage A new highway touted as a way to ease Beirut's notorious traffic has angered residents and activists who say it will destroy rare old houses that survived Lebanon's 15-year civil war.

08 June 2013 11:05

New health threats for China as it grows richer: Lancet The Chinese are increasingly facing diseases of affluence such as cancer, according to a study to be published Saturday in a leading medical journal, with threats to health including diet, pollution and city living.

08 June 2013 10:45

Turkey defends democratic credentials as tear gas flies Turkey's embattled government insisted on Wednesday it was "not a second-class democracy" even as police tear-gassed protesters massed in the streets calling for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to quit.

06 June 2013 17:52

Toll from US tornadoes climbs to 20: officials At least 20 people were killed by a series of tornadoes that swept through the Midwestern US state of Oklahoma last week, including seven children.

06 June 2013 14:30

Online, at a price: Cubans get public Internet spots Cubans barred from logging onto the Internet at home on Tuesday flocked to newly opened public access spots to surf an uncensored World Wide Web -- if they could afford the high prices.

05 June 2013 16:20

Homelessness rising in Australia: study Homelessness in Australia has surged 17 percent since 2006 mainly due to a spike in migrant numbers, though fewer people are sleeping rough on the streets.

05 June 2013 12:40

One-third of US marriages start online: study More than one third of US marriages begin with online dating, and those couples may be slightly happier than couples who meet through other means.

04 June 2013 16:39

Jolie 'moved' by public support following surgery Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie said Sunday she had been "moved" by public support after she revealed she had had a double mastectomy to reduce her high risk of breast cancer.

04 June 2013 10:22

Four dead, many missing in central Europe floods Four people have died and at least eight more were missing Sunday as torrential rains lashed central Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes after floods and landslides.

03 June 2013 18:56

Skirt-clad Romanian women promote 'stylish' cycling More than 1,500 Romanian women in colourful skirts and high heels cycled through the country's main cities to promote urban biking as a "stylish and fun" way of transport.

03 June 2013 16:14

Fresh street clashes pressure Turkey government Turkey's Islamist-rooted government faced growing pressure on Monday after angry demonstrators clashed for a third night with police in a nationwide wave of protests.

03 June 2013 11:10

Bosnia youth honour victims of Prijedor camps Hundreds of youth gathered Friday to mark the 1992 ethnic cleansing against non-Serbs in Prijedor, one of the deadliest episodes of the Bosnian war.

03 June 2013 10:01

New law reignites debate over Germany's 'baby hatch' Germany's "baby hatches", where women can safely leave their unwanted newborn, have come under fire as the government pushes a new law to guarantee a child the right to eventually know its mother's identity.

01 June 2013 14:03

Thousands of workers protest in Sarajevo Several thousand workers protested in Sarajevo against the government's economic policies, demanding their back pay.

31 May 2013 18:50

Iraq attacks push May death toll past 600 Attacks in Iraq, the deadliest of which struck Baghdad, killed 32 people on Thursday, pushing the death toll for this month above 600 and sparking fears of all-out sectarian conflict.

31 May 2013 18:25

Syria's Assad to seek third term if people want: FM Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is facing a two-year rebellion against his rule, will run for a third term in 2014 if the people want him to.

30 May 2013 19:29

Think twice about surgery on the weekend: study People who undergo weekend non-emergency surgery in English public hospitals have an 82 percent higher chance of dying within a month than those treated on a Monday.

29 May 2013 16:14

170,000 living in subdivided flats in Hong Kong: study More than 170,000 people in Hong Kong are living in cramped subdivided flats, a government-commissioned study has found, underlining the scale of the city's housing crisis.

28 May 2013 18:32

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