A top US Democrat said Sunday she would introduce a bill banning assault weapons as soon as the new Congress convenes in January in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Connecticut. "I'm going

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Asian countries have a unique opportunity to use their new-found prosperity to make progress on social issues and promote fairness, the head of the International Labour Organisation said Sunday. Director general Guy Ryder said Asian

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Worshippers filled Sunday services to mourn the victims of a gunman's elementary school rampage that killed 20 children and six adults with President Barack Obama due to appear later at an interfaith vigil to help

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Mali's interim prime minister, who was given the job by the military after his predecessor was arrested and forced to resign, has formed a new government, with some ministers being replaced by people with ties

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Bombs planted inside a car killed two Kurdish Peshmerga military recruits on Sunday in a disputed region of northern Iraq where Baghdad and autonomous Kurdistan are caught up in a military stand-off. Baghdad's Arab-led central

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The majority of eastern Germans regard their western compatriots as "arrogant" and mostly interested in money, according to a new survey that highlights distinct east-west identities. More than 22 years after the reunification of Germany

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China's sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp said it is "not optimistic" about the outlook for the debt crisis in the eurozone, but will consider investing more in the region if countries create a more

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China's sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp said it is "not optimistic" about the outlook for the debt crisis in the eurozone, but will consider investing more in the region if countries create a more

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A far-right Hungarian member of parliament was arrested for setting fire to an Israeli flag at an anti-Jewish demonstration reportedly involving around 100 people, police said. "Police arrested the independent MP Balazs Lenhardt for burning

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Bombings against two Shia places of worship in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk killed five people Sunday, while an attack on a Kurdish political office left two dead, police and doctors said. Two car

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