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Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Police shot and killed a pit bull after it mauled an 84-year-old grandmother to death at her home in Maraval, Trinidad, on Monday.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:33 PM

A university official told the BBC that the students lacked enthusiasm and did not have a basic grasp of English.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 9:29 AM

India's lower house of parliament has passed a controversial Food Security Bill aimed at providing subsidised food to two-thirds of the population.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JAKARTA, (AP):One of Indonesia's most influential Islamic groups is urging the government to cancel the Miss World pageant scheduled for next month, saying the exposure of skin by women in a competition violates Muslim teachings, an official said...

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

DAMASCUS, (AP):Snipers opened fire yesterday and struck one of the vehicles in a United Nations (UN) convoy carrying a team investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons outside of Damascus, a UN spokesman said.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):When students go back to school this year, New York City will have a lesson for drivers who go too fast near schools.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

DAYTON, Ohio (AP):Relatives of an Ohio couple who died at a nursing home 11 hours apart on the same day said their love story's ending reflects their devotion over 65 years of marriage.

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):When 250,000 marchers converged on Washington in August 1963, the issues were jobs and freedom.

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 5:45 PM

The fire covers nearly 234 square miles and is threatening a major reservoir serving San Francisco.

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 10:17 AM

The group has urged the government to cancel the pageant, saying the exposure of skin by women in a competition violates Muslim teachings, an official said Monday.

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 9:21 AM

The biggest haul allegedly went to a former Social Security worker accused of taking US$2.5 million while directing claimants to doctors participating in the scam who would file false claims.

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 9:19 AM

Yannis Stournaras says Greece would need about €10 billion if the situation arises.

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 12:00 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):An early-morning fire yesterday claimed the lives of two children while their mother and brother have been admitted to hospital.

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The intensifying battle over gay marriage in the United States is energising religious groups that oppose same-sex relationships, but also dividing them.I

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BATON ROUGE, Louisana (AP):The University of Louisiana System has reached a deal to help its more than 92,000 students find jobs after graduation.

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW DELHI, India (AP):Police yesterday arrested the last of five men wanted in the gang rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai, and said charges would be filed soon in a case that has incensed the public and fueled debate over whether women can be safe in...

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CRESAPTOWN, Md (AP):Although a new seminary programme will officially start at the Western Correctional Institution in Cresaptown later this year, the Pilgrim Theological Seminary School actually got underway in April and it appears to be well received,...

Published:Monday | August 26, 2013 | 12:00 AM

GROVELAND,California (AP):Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to protect mountain communities in the path of a fire raging north of Yosemite National Park, as fierce winds gust on Sierra mountain ridges and flames jump from treetop to treetop.

Published:Sunday | August 25, 2013 | 11:58 AM

Egyptian courts on Sunday heard separate court cases against former President Hosni Mubarak and top leaders of his archrival, the Muslim Brotherhood, both over allegations of killing protesters.

Published:Sunday | August 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Tens of thousands of marchers kicked off the 50th anniversary commemorations of the march on Washington, honouring the civil-rights progress made since Martin Luther King Jr delivered his 'I have a Dream' speech, while lamenting what...

Published:Saturday | August 24, 2013 | 6:09 PM

The former South African President remains in a Pretoria hospital two-and-a-half months after he was admitted with a recurring lung infection.

Published:Saturday | August 24, 2013 | 8:44 AM

Park officials say the week-old Rim Fire grew to 164 square miles by yesterday morning, and had burned 17 square miles at the edge of the park by the afternoon.

Published:Friday | August 23, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The Obama administration has given up more of its surveillance secrets, acknowledging that it was ordered to stop scooping up thousands of Internet communications from Americans with no connection to terrorism, a practice it says was an...

Published:Friday | August 23, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK, BUFFALO, (AP):Calling higher education an "economic imperative", President Barack Obama is pushing for an ambitious new government rating system for colleges that would judge schools on affordability and performance and ultimately determine...

Published:Friday | August 23, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING (AP): Southern China was hit by fresh flooding yesterday as the second storm in a week lashed the region after killing 17 people in the Philippines.

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