Ten cars and a motorised scooter were set ablaze in the German cities of Berlin and Cologne but police said Wednesday that it was unclear whether there was a connection with the riots sweeping France.

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Youths set fire to vehicles in several cities in Belgium for the third night on Tuesday in what officials say appeared to be an imitation of violence in France, although there were no riots and

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France imposed emergency measures on Wednesday in 38 suburbs, towns and cities including Paris and police said a wave of riots was waning despite a 13th straight night of firebombs and torched cars. Prime Minister

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered a sharp setback on Wednesday when his nominee for oil minister withdrew in the face of criticism from lawmakers about his wealth and lack of experience. The withdrawal of Sadeq

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One of Southeast Asia's most wanted Islamic militants, Malaysian Azahari bin Husin, was killed along with several other suspects in a fierce gunbattle with Indonesian police on Wednesday, officials said. National police chief General Sutanto

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Chinese police have warned that terrorists could be planning attacks on luxury hotels in China next week, the US embassy in Beijing said Wednesday, 10 days before a visit by US President George W. Bush.

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Former Indian president Kocheril Raman Narayanan died in an army hospital on Wednesday, after being admitted almost two weeks ago with acute pneumonia, the Press Trust of India news agency said. Narayanan, president for five

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Ministers from 51 Muslim nations have agreed at a conference here on children to do everything necessary to stamp out discrimination against girls. This includes measures against forced marriage and genital mutilation, they concluded in

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President George W. Bush's Republicans were left licking their wounds after losing two state elections and as the party's rising star Arnold Schwarzenegger failed to get key referendum measures passed. Only tycoon Michael Bloomberg kept

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Political activists on Wednesday protested against Nepal's King Gyanendra while jailers freed 194 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the 15th anniversary of the country's constitution. More than 500 people staged a sit-in protest on

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