A woman poet well-known in literary circles in Afghanistan's western city of Herat has died after being severely beaten by her husband, who has been arrested, police said Monday. Nadia Anjuman, 25, died late Friday,

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The party of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, officials said Monday after nearly all ballots had been counted. With 96.11 percent of ballots counted, the Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party

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The United States said on Monday its relations with oil producing ally Azerbaijan may cool after a parliamentary election that Western monitors said fell short of democratic standards. The opposition announced plans for street protests

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Cave-ins at three illegal gypsum mines in north China have killed at least 27 people, including 10 who lived on top of the shafts and were crushed when their homes collapsed on them, officials and

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Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Moscow and Saint Petersburg on Monday to mark the anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 and protest against the abolition of the traditional Soviet holiday. "This is our holiday,"

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US President George W. Bush said on Monday "we do not torture" and defended his administration's efforts to stop the US Congress from imposing rules on the handling of terrorism suspects. Bush would not confirm

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The euro bonds of General Motors fell after its finance arm made an acquisition on Monday, while the credit protection cost of ABB fell after Standard & Poor's said it could lift the engineering firm's

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The euro bonds of General Motors fell after its finance arm made an acquisition on Monday, while the credit protection cost of ABB fell after Standard & Poor's said it could lift the engineering firm's

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US stocks rose on Monday as oil prices fell below $60 a barrel, easing concerns about higher energy costs and prompting investors to snap up shares on hopes for a year-end rally. Still, declines in

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Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday. EUROPE STOCK EXCHANGE: A fresh flurry of merger and acquisition talk around firms such as Scottish Power boosted European shares, outweighing a

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