Moscow rally held as adoption row flares

RUSSIA says it is concerned by a US ruling that the death of an adopted Russian boy in Texas was an accident, fuelling a diplomatic row as thousands marched in Moscow demanding an end to all foreign adoptions. Russia's foreign ministry said it...

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Kerry in Egypt to press for consensus

US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Cairo to push for a way out of Egypt's political impasse and its crippling economic crisis. As Kerry landed in Cairo from Turkey, protesters torched a police station in the canal city of Port Said,...

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Assad 'will take part' in 2014 Syria poll

BASHAR al-Assad will take part in Syria's next presidential election in 2014, Iran's foreign minister says. "In the next election, President Assad, like others, will take part, and the Syrian people will elect whomever they want," Ali Akbar Salehi...

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Kenya prepares to go to the polls

KENYA'S top two presidential candidates have held their final rallies before large and raucous crowds. However, it was an interview with a British newspaper that upended the campaign's final days, with the prime minister quoted as saying violence...

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Syria army captures key Aleppo road

THE Syrian army says it has seized control of a key road linking the central province of Hama to Aleppo international airport, scene of weeks of fierce battles with rebel fighters. The capture of the road will allow the army to deploy fresh...

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Bangladesh clashes over death sentence

DEMONSTRATORS protesting the death penalty given to an Islamic political party leader have clashed with Bangladeshi security forces for a third straight day, killing two people and injuring about a dozen. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top...

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Aust troops 'kill two Afghan children'

AUSTRALIAN soldiers in southern Afghanistan have shot dead two children tending cattle, officials say, in an incident likely to escalate tensions over the conduct of international troops. Civilian casualties caused by NATO-led forces have been...

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