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Prayers In the Crossfire of Deadly Philippine Urban Battle
Muhamer Macayman cowered for four days as bullets tore through the shanty home he was hiding in, praying neither the...
Japan Court Strikes Down Ban On ‘mannequin Mob’ Protest
Japanese political dissenters chalked up a small victory Wednesday when a court struck down a city's move to ban a...
Indian State Flags Nation-First Pension For Widowers
Monthly cash handouts could be given to men whose wives have died in a groundbreaking new policy in the state of...
Indian State Flags Nation-First Pension For Widowers
An Indian state said Monday it was considering giving monthly cash handouts to men who lose their wives, a first for a...
Blast Kills At Least 11, Injures 60 In Pakistan’s Lahore
At least 11 people have been killed and 60 were wounded after a Taliban off-shoot attacked a demonstration in Lahore,...
Indian Water Minister Uma Bharti Says She Had Rapists Tortured
An Indian minister says she made rape suspects beg for their lives and ordered police to torture them. Uma Bharti, the...
Taliban ‘kill Woman Who Divorced Husband and Remarried’
Taliban militants in Afghanistan have shot dead a woman who divorced her husband and remarried, officials say. The...