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Published:Thursday | April 19, 2012 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP):When a 17-year-old girl said to have the mental capacity of a five-year-old was reported missing four weeks ago in the sprawling South African township of Soweto, police distributed her photo and asked neighbourhood...

Published:Thursday | April 19, 2012 | 12:00 AM

HANOI, Vietnam (AP):A Catholic priest in Vietnam was beaten unconscious by a group of thugs following the destruction of a house he intended to turn into an orphanage, the church said in a statement....

Published:Thursday | April 19, 2012 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW, Russia (AP):The head of Russia's top investigation agency has announced the creation of a task force that will investigate crimes committed by police officers.The move follows a perennial public outcry over cases of killings, beatings, torture...

Published:Wednesday | April 18, 2012 | 6:22 PM

One of America's best-known veteran television personalities, Dick Clark, has died at age 82.

Published:Wednesday | April 18, 2012 | 1:30 PM

King of Spain Juan Carlos has apologised for going on a hunting trip in Africa while his country was in the midst of an economic crisis.

Published:Wednesday | April 18, 2012 | 10:39 AM

The BBC is reporting that more than 100 schoolgirls in northeastern Afghanistan have been hospitalised in what has been theorised as a poison attack.

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2012 | 2:05 PM

Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner with her arms behind her back, after the girl threw a tantrum.

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2012 | 1:20 PM

The man who killed 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in Norway last July has boasted of his actions in a statement at his trial in Oslo.

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING (AP):Police have arrested 22 people in eastern China on suspicion of producing and selling capsules for medicines that contain excessive amounts of chromium, state media reported yesterday.The official Xinhua News Agency said police are...

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

CIUDAD JUAREZ (AP):Forensics tests have confirmed that 12 sets of skeletal remains found near the United States border are those of girls and women, authorities announced yesterday, fuelling fears that young women in the Ciudad Juarez area may once...

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

SKOPJE, (AP):Ethnic tensions stemming from the killings of five fishermen have erupted in Macedonia's capital as youth clashed with police.Hundreds of young ethnic Macedonians gathered yesterday in Skopje,...

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2012 | 12:00 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP):Inmates armed with guns and knives seized control of a prison in northeastern Brazil and local news media reported yesterday that the prisoners were holding about 80 visitors and two guards hostage.No deaths or injuries were reported...

Published:Monday | April 16, 2012 | 12:00 AM

MADRID (AP):Spain has become the latest country caught up in the government debt crisis crippling Europe, sparking fears that it will join Greece, Portugal and Ireland and go asking for an international bailout.Over the past week, investors have grown...

Published:Monday | April 16, 2012 | 12:00 AM

Taliban militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades battled their way into a prison in Northwest Pakistan yesterday freeing close to 400 prisoners, including at least 20 described by police as "very dangerous" insurgents...

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 11:10 AM

The Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks on as many as seven sites across the Afghan capital on Sunday, targeting NATO bases, the parliament and Western embassies. Militants also launched

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2012 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):"Mike Wallace is here to see you." The '60 Minutes' newsman had such a fearsome reputation that it was often said that those were the most dreaded words in the English language, capable of reducing an interview subject to a shaking,...

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 1:25 PM

UN resolution comes amid reports that ceasefire appears to be in danger of collapsing in some parts of Syria.

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:20 PM

The agency did not give details, but reports suggest the accusations involve prostitution in Cartagena.

Published:Saturday | April 14, 2012 | 12:00 PM

Health officials start work 18 months after cholera outbreak killed more than 7,000 people.

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 4:22 PM

The US and its allies have condemned North Korea for launching a satellite rocket which broke up over the sea shortly after take-off.

Published:Friday | April 13, 2012 | 9:39 AM

The Egyptian parliament has passed a law banning senior officials who served under ex-President Hosni Mubarak from running in May's presidential election.

Published:Thursday | April 12, 2012 | 4:56 PM

George Zimmerman, the Florida neighbourhood watchman accused following the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, is set to return to court on May 29 for a formal reading of the charges.

Published:Thursday | April 12, 2012 | 12:00 AM

MONTERREY (AP):Gunmen killed eight cab drivers on Tuesday in two attacks in the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico, officials said.

Published:Thursday | April 12, 2012 | 12:00 AM

BANJUL (AP):A court in Gambia has arrested 18 people and accused them of organising an 'indecent' dance ceremony for tourists.The 18 men each pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of 'indecent practice...

Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2012 | 12:00 AM

BOGOTA (AP)::Colombian authorities disclosed yesterday that they've been frustrated in their attempts to file criminal charges against the young father of a baby born two weeks ago to a 10-year-old ethnic Wayuu girl.That's because the Wayuu people have...

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