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South Korea's new president demands North drop nuclear ambitions
South Korea's new president Park Geun-hye urged North Korea on Monday to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and to stop wasting its scarce resources on arms, less than two weeks after the country carried out its third nuclear test.
Chadian army kills 65 Islamic rebels in Mali
The Chadian army says that its troops killed 65 Islamic extremist rebels and destroyed five vehicles in fierce fighting northern Mali....SA Police charge Oscar Pistorius brother for culpable homicide
The family lawyer of Oscar Pistoriussays the brother of the Olympic paraplegic athlete is facing culpable homicide charge in a 2010 road death....
Obama urges US Supreme Court to permit gay marriages
The Obama administration outlined its argument on Friday why the U.S. Supreme Court should strike down a federal law that defines marriage as between a man and woman....
Syria: Russia accuses US of double standards
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Friday of having double standards on Syria, saying it had blocked a U.N. Security Council statement condemning a car bomb attack in Damascus....
12,000 troops to stay in Afghanistan
The U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely American forces tasked with hunting down remnants of al-Qaida and helping Afghan forces with their own security....
Oscar Pistorious granted bail: Facts & Figures of court proceedings
Oscar Pistorius was released from custody after winning the right to avoid imprisonment until his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a South African court decided on Friday....Rape and killing of 3 young sisters shocks India
Police were searching villages in western India on Friday for suspects in the rape and killing of three young sisters, as Indians still angry over the fatal gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus in December face another heinous sexual attack....