Bodies of 23 Bangladeshi plane crash victims flown home

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DHAKA - The bodies of the 23 Bangladeshis killed in a plane crash in Nepal returned home Monday, as mourners prepared a massive funeral.  A Bangladesh Air Force cargo plane, bearing...

Sri Lankan president lifts nation wide state of emergency

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COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday signed a gazette notification to lift a nation wide state of emergency which was imposed on March 6 following communal riots...

Russia's post-Soviet tsar

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MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin, who is set to extend his long rule to 2024 in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, has stamped his total authority in Russia, silencing opposition and...

France 'does not recognise' Russian vote in Crimea

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PARIS - France said Sunday it would not recognise Russia's election in the Crimea peninsula, four years to the day after Russia formally annexed the territory from Ukraine in a...

Blair tells Dubai forum Brexit weakens Britain's position globally

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DUBAI - British exit from the European Union (EU) weakens Britain's position economically and politically in the world, said Tony Blair at a forum held in Dubai on Sunday.  ...

Wang Qishan elected vice president of China

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BEIJING - Wang Qishan was elected vice president of China on Saturday at the annual session of the country's top legislature.  Wang was elected at the fifth plenary meeting of...

Russia expels 23 British diplomats in spy poisoning crisis

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MOSCOW  - Russia said Saturday it would expel 23 British diplomats and close a British consulate following London's "provocative" measures over the poisoning of a double agent that has triggered a...

Turkish air strike kills 11 civilians in Syria's Afrin: monitor

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BEIRUT - A Turkish air strike killed 11 civilians trying to flee Afrin in northern Syria on Saturday, a monitor said, as Turkey-led forces pressed an assault on the outskirts of...

14 killed in refugee boat tragedy in Aegean Sea: Greek media

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ATHENS - Fourteen people, among them at least four children, drowned on Saturday after a wooden boat carrying refugees and migrants from Turkey to Greece sank off the coast of...

China has 1,800 Confucius schools: foundation

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JINAN - A total of 1,800 Confucius schools have been built in China, according to the China Confucius Foundation, including 123 in the rural areas.  The foundation began building Confucius...

Turkey buries women killed in plane crash over Iran

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ISTANBUL - Grieving families on Thursday bade farewell to the young women killed in a plane crash over Iran while returning from a pre-wedding celebration for a Turkish businessman's daughter,...

Turkey journalists stand up for jailed colleague after 500 days

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ISTANBUL - A group of Turkish journalists on Thursday staged a protest urging freedom for all jailed colleagues, after the chairman of an opposition daily marked spending 500 days in prison.  ...

White House says Russia responsible for poison attack on former double agent

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WASHINGTON -  The White House said on Wednesday that the United States believed that Russia was responsible for the high-profile poison attack against a former Russian spy and his daughter in...

Afghan forces detain 4 militants including Taliban key commander in northern Baghlan province

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PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan - Afghan forces in crackdown against militants have arrested four Taliban fighters including key commander Qari Bakhtiar outside Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, army spokesman Nasratullah...

2 policemen killed in S. Afghan car bombing

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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - At least two Afghan police personnel were killed and two others injured after a suicide car bombing struck a border police outpost in southern Helmand province...