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Several dozen political prisoners have been freed in Myanmar, opposition groups said Tuesday, deepening a reform drive as democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi...

Pro-regime militiamen armed with guns and knives swept through a village in central Syria slaughtering dozens including women and children, a watchdog said Thursday...

Over a dozen militants were killed and 14 others were injured during a military offensive backed by gunship helicopters on Wednesday in Kurram Agency....

Dozens of political activists of Jamshoro district joined the Awami Jamhoori Party (AJP), at a crowded press conference at the Kotri Press Club on...

Libyan state media said on Tuesday dozens of civilians had been killed in a NATO strike on a village about 150 km (90 miles)...

Syrian forces rounded up dozens of people in Hama on Wednesday after shooting dead up to 22 people, activists said, and Amnesty International said...

Syrian troops stormed houses in Hama on Monday as thousands of people took to the streets shouting "God is greatest", in the city which...

SANAA - At least one anti-regime protester was killed and dozens shot in the cities of Taez and Sanaa, as Yemen's worried Gulf neighbours prepared to meet in Riyadh on Sunday to work out a transition plan.
Three other people were killed, including an intelligence officer and a soldier, in Abyan province, an Al-Qaeda stronghold in southern Yemen. The protester died of a gunshot wound after security forces using live fire hit dozens of demonstrators in overnight clashes in Sanaa

BEIJING - Beijing police arrested dozens of Christian worshippers Sunday from a "house church" -- one not formally recognised by the government -- when they tried to pray outdoors, a rights group said.
They sang hymns and said prayers as police loaded them onto waiting buses in Beijing's western Haidian district, the US-based Christian rights group China Aid said in a statement, citing witnesses. "The Beijing authorities have again demonstrated their total disregard of their

BEIJING - Beijing police arrested dozens of Christian worshippers Sunday from a "house church" -- one not formally recognised by the government -- when they tried to pray outdoors, a rights group said.
They sang hymns and said prayers as police loaded them onto waiting buses in Beijing's western Haidian district, the US-based Christian rights group China Aid said in a statement, citing witnesses.
"The Beijing authorities have again demonstrated their total disregard of

KABUL/KANDAHAR - Two policemen were killed and more than 30 people were wounded in Kandahar during the third day of violent protests across Afghanistan against the burning of the Holy Quran by an American pastor as US President Barack Obama condemned the pastor's action.
"The information I have is that two policemen have been killed and 20 others, including police, protesters and citizens, have been wounded," Ahmad Wali Karzai, head of the Kandahar provincial council, said. "The

SANAA - Two Yemenis died and dozens were wounded on Sunday when police used live rounds, tear gas and batons to try to break up protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who called for an end to weeks of unrest.
The two dead were among around 10 people hit by bullets in the violence in Taiz, south of the capital, where many were suffering from the effects of tear gas, a doctor said. He put the number of wounded at over 100. "Armoured vehicles and tanks are surrounding us.

KARACHI - Dozens of shops burned to ashes as the fire broke out in Empress Market, police said.
The conflagration broke out overnight, it gulped down several shops with flames billowing out in tall plumes, gutting goods housed at the dry fruits shops worth million of rupees.
The blaze was so intense that fire tenders from across the city had to be called in with police and the Rangers in large number cordoned the entire affected site.
Fire brigade crew said it was dry

JERUSALEM - A bomb exploded near a bus in a Jewish neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Wednesday, injuring dozens, police said.
Scores of ambulances converged on the area, near the central bus station and a city conference hall in downtown Jerusalem. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it appeared no one had been killed.
Police said an explosive device blew up near a bus and there were more than 20 people hurt. Live television showed a bus with broken windows and

NEW YORK - British rock legend Eric Clapton parted with 70 of his guitars in a charity auction on Wednesday that drew hundreds of fans and aficionados, and broke sale estimates. Clapton's 1948 Gibson hollow body guitar brought in $83,000, making it the most expensive item in the auction. Its estimated value stood at $30,000.
Most items sold for much higher than estimated by Bonhams auction house. The auction included numerous Fender Stratocaster guitars, which the legendary

ISLAMABAD - The ongoing investigation into the killing of two Pakistanis by American Raymond Davis has led to a startling disclosure that there is no consolidated list of dozens of other such "dubious diplomatic characters" currently in Pakistan on various assignments.
Pakistan Today has reliably learnt that neither the Foreign Office nor the Interior Ministry has any record of foreigners coming to Pakistan on diplomatic passport on visit or business visas. US authorities have