A new round of talks aimed at defusing the North Korean nuclear crisis made some progress on the opening day on Wednesday with all parties committed to making further steps forward in the coming weeks,

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Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Baku to protest against the government of Azerbaijan on Wednesday after weekend elections described by Western observers as fraudulent. "We are protesting the total fraud of the election and

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At least six people were killed and 25 injured Wednesday when a passenger train collided with a goods train in eastern India, police said. The toll could rise as two of four derailed passenger coaches

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A fugitive Afghan guerrilla leader said war in his country would not end until US-led forces left and urged Islamic groups to unite to expel them as they drove out Soviet forces in the 1980s,

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The CIA has asked the Justice Department to review a possible leak of classified information to The Washington Post for an article on a secret CIA global prison system, a US official said on Tuesday.

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Britain's Tony Blair suffered his first major parliamentary defeat as prime minister on Wednesday, over plans to let police hold terrorist suspects for up to 90 days without charge. The elected House of Commons voted

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Philippines share prices rose 2.46 percent on Wednesday to their best finish in nearly eight months, extending gains on the back of strong foreign investor support for the blue chips, led by Philippine Long Distance

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Malaysian share prices closed 0.28 percent lower in thin trade on Wednesday with overnight declines on Wall Street and concerns over inflation weighing on sentiment, dealers said. Although figures on Tuesday showed the industrial production

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Hong Kong stocks posted their biggest one-day gain in over a month on Wednesday, climbing 1.35 percent, with recent laggards gaining ground and newly-listed China Construction Bank surging above its IPO price for the first

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US stocks declined on Tuesday after a disappointing outlook from luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc pointed to weakness in the housing sector and raised concern about the health of the US consumer. Stocks ended

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