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Afghan leader to allow foreign election monitors

KABUL (AP) — The Afghan president has reversed an earlier decision and agreed to allow two foreigners on a commission monitoring…

Anti-government protesters head for Thai capital

BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of red-shirted anti-government protesters converged on the Thai capital Saturday, giving the government an…

Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13

SAIDU SHARIF, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern…

Kazakhstan flooding death toll rises to 35

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — The death toll from a massive flood that devastated a village in southern Kazakhstan has soared to 35, the…

Myanmar refugees face grim future in Bangladesh

KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AP) — Dildar Begum has no country, no job, no food and is fast running out of hope.

Report: NKorea to rejoin nuclear talks in April

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea plans to head back to the bargaining table early next month for talks aimed at ending its nuclear…

Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers

BEIJING (AP) — Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory…

NGOs in China say threatened by new donor rules

BEIJING (AP) — China has surprised thousands of aid groups by stepping in to regulate overseas donations for the first time,…

25 people killed in Kazakhstan flooding

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Heavy rain and melting snow have caused severe floods across a region of Kazakhstan neighboring China,…

India's Fortis to buy stake in Parkway hospitals

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Shares of Indian hospitals company Fortis Healthcare touched an all-time high Friday, after the company said it is…

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