Afghan intelligence chief injured in suicide bomb attack
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Asadullah Khalid, a controversial former governor and cabinet minister, was severely wounded.
Liu’s wife describes imprisonment
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s wife speaks in a covert interview, her first since 2010.
China’s Xi to party officials: Simplify
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More down-to-earth style, including avoidance of jargon, has been mandated in new rules.
Differing Afghan, U.S. priorities could sabotage proposed security agreement
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For U.S., key will be affirming Afghan sovereignty without giving up right to protect its forces.
Suicide bombers strike U.S.-Afghanair base; five killed
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Officials said all nine attackers died
in the Jalalabad assault, which also wounded three foreign troops.
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Pakistan’s Mr. Popular
Imran Khan hopes to replicate his success on the cricket pitch in the field of Pakistani politics.
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Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand’s new PM
The sister of the exiled prime minister won his old office.
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India election sees change
After 34 years, world’s longest-serving democratically elected communist party loses power.
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The art of Ai Weiwei
A collection of popular works of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was arrested by the Chinese police.
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Global nuclear debate heats up
Governments around the world are questioning the use of nuclear power.
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Powerful quake, aftershocks rattle Tokyo
A massive earthquake and tsunami struck the eastern coast of Japan.
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Quake in New Zealand kills scores
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Asia / Pacific
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Africa
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Middle East
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- Human rights group: Israel violated laws of war in fatal house bombing in Gaza conflict
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Europe
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The Americas
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- Mexican supreme court decision first step in possible path to national gay marriage
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National Security
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