India’s anti-corruption activists return
An India Against Corruption (IAC) activist is detained during a protest against alleged embezzlement of government funds meant for the welfare of the disabled, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The activist alleged financial irregularities in a trust run by Indian Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise Khurshid and demanded the resignation of Khurshid and a case be registered against him, according to a news agency. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Fresh allegations target relatives of senior politicians, breaking an unwritten taboo.
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Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia’s leader through decades of upheaval, dies
The revered former king was a towering figure in politics.
Azerbaijan relishes its anti-Iran role
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In China, lessons in cronyism
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Now and then in Japan
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- India’s anti-corruption activists return
- Cambodians carry flowers to Royal Palace to mourn former king as body is returned from China
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Global nuclear debate heats up
Governments around the world are questioning the use of nuclear power.
Powerful quake, aftershocks rattle Tokyo
A massive earthquake and tsunami struck the eastern coast of Japan.
Quake in New Zealand kills scores
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Asia / Pacific
- As territorial dispute simmers, Japan monitors China warships near southern island
- Suicide car bomber strikes US-Afghan base in east of country; debris injures 10 Afghan troops
- India’s anti-corruption activists return
- Cambodians carry flowers to Royal Palace to mourn former king as body is returned from China
Africa
- Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary, visits Nigeria as part of health mission
- Gang of masked men set fire to Muslim saint's shrine in Tunisia, hardline Islamists suspected
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Middle East
- Israel prosecutor to appeal ex-PM Olmert acquittals, potentially scrapping any comeback plan
- Rights group accuses Libyan militias of carrying out 'mass executions' of Gadhafi loyalists
- In aiding Syrian rebels, Sunni Muslim town in Lebanon deepens rift with Shiite neighbors
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National Security
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