Sri Lankan speaker defies president to call parliament

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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's speaker on Friday defied the president's order to suspend parliament and called a meeting of lawmakers next week to discuss a worsening constitutional crisis.  ...

Qatar Airways plane damaged after hitting water tanker

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Kolkata ,West Bengal – More than 100 passengers on board a Qatar Airways flight had a narrow escape at the Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport after the plane hit...

Swine Flu death toll in Maharashtra touches 302

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Pune ,Maharashtra,India –As many as 302 people have died due to swine flu so far this year in the state, according to the state Health Surveillance officer.  Health...

Sri Lanka president lifts suspension of parliament

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COLOMBO –Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena lifted the suspension of parliament and convened a meeting of the legislature for Monday to resolve a power struggle between two rival prime ministers,...

Kabul control slips, Afghan force losses at record: US watchdog

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WASHINGTON –Kabul's control of Afghanistan slipped in recent months as local security forces suffered record-level casualties while making minimal or no progress against the Taliban, a US government watchdog said...

One 'black box' recovered from crashed Indonesia jet: official

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JAKARTA –One black box from a crashed Lion Air jet has been recovered, the head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said Thursday, which could be critical to establishing why...

Merkel nemesis gears up in succession battle

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BERLIN –Angela Merkel faces strong headwinds in her bid to see out her fourth and final term as Germany's chancellor as a long-time nemesis emerges in the race to...

AP Investigation: Hospitals imprison patients in Kenya

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NAIROBI, Kenya – The Kenyatta National Hospital is east Africa's biggest medical institution, home to more than a dozen donor-funded projects with international partners - a "Center of Excellence," says...

Desmond Tiro in Nairobi and Paola Flores in La Paz, Bolivia contributed to this report.

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KABUL – A suicide bomber targeting a bus carrying employees of Afghanistan's biggest prison killed at least seven people on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest militant attack in the...

25 killed in Afghan army helicopter crash: officials

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HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct. 31 (AFP) - An Afghan army helicopter carrying 25 people crashed in western Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing all those on board, officials said.  The aircraft...

India deploys huge security for inauguration of world's biggest statue

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SARDAR SAROVAR DAM, India – Thousands of police guarded the world's biggest statue ahead of its inauguration by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday with local people threatening protests...

Italian Prime Minister arrives in India

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New Delhi  – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrived here today. During his one-day visit, Conte will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hold one-to-one meeting in the afternoon.  ...

Quake rattles New Zealand as Harry and Meghan visit

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WELLINGTON – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rattled parts of central New Zealand Tuesday, where British royals Meghan and Harry are on tour, but officials said it caused no major damage.  ...

Bangladesh court doubles jail term for opposition leader

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DHAKA –A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal.  The decision came...

Newly appointed Sri Lankan cabinet sworn in

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Colombo ,Sri Lanka – Newly-appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's cabinet was on Monday sworn in amid increasing pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to convene an early session of the...