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MOSCOW (AP):Russia's civil aviation chief says the plane that crashed yesterday into a snowy field in Siberia, killing 31 people, appears to have been improperly de-iced, but he said there was no indication that negligence had caused the crash....

ISLAMABAD (AP):A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters to 45 days in prison, for illegally living in the country, ordering them deported when the sentence ends, their lawyer said.With credit for time...

Osama Bin Laden's three widows and two eldest daughters have been charged and sentenced for living in Pakistan illegally.

JERUSALEM (AP):Hundreds of Christian pilgrims marked Palm Sunday in the Holy Land yesterday, holding masses and processions retracing Jesus' triumphant return to Jerusalem.Palm Sunday marks the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem, where he was greeted by...

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (AP):A Lakota traditional healer is arguing that tobacco is an integral part of Native American religious ceremonies and denying its use is akin to taking away the Bible from a Christian....

ESFARAYEN, Iran (AP):Iranians flocked to parks and orchards to mark Sizdeh Bedar, an ancient festival that predates Islam and goes back thousands of years to the time when Zoroastrianism was the predominant religion of Persia.Iran's hard-line ruling...

Burma's Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has won a by-election for parliament, her after a landmark vote which saw 45 seats contested.

US injects millions into Caribbean Basin Security InitiativeBASSETERRE (CMC):A senior United States (US) official says Washington has ploughed a significant amount of funds to assist the Caribbean in its fight against the illegal drugs trade.Acting...

SANTIAGO (AP):Prosecutors in Chile asked for murder charges Wednesday in the death of a young gay man whose attackers brutally beat him and carved swastikas into his body.Daniel Zamudio died Tuesday night, 25 days after he was attacked.

Three death row inmates have been hanged in Japan in the country’s first executions since July 2010.

JAKARTA (AP): Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of rock-throwing Indonesians protesting plans to push up fuel prices by more than 30 per cent. Several people were injured and rushed to hospitals....