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    Queen’s head to go from British stamps?

    Queen Elizabeth II’s head could soon banish from all future British postage stamps, if the UK government goes ahead with its controversial plan to privatise Royal Mail, a media report said. According to Postal Affairs Minister Ed Davey, the proposed sell-off rules will let future private owners to stop using a representation of the English […]

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    Parliament session to elect Nepal PM adjourned amid deadlock

    Nepal’s special session of parliament to elect a new prime minister was adjourned on Sunday after a brief meeting, amid a political deadlock among the ruling alliance and the main Opposition Maoists. The Special Session of the Parliament, which just lasted for less than 10 minutes, was adjourned after Speaker Subash Nemwang announced the next […]

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    15 dead, 12 injured in Philippine hotel fire

    A fire tore through a budget hotel, rousing some guests and trapping others in upper floor bathrooms on Sunday in the northern Philippines. Many of the 15 dead and 12 injured were nursing students in town to take a licensing exam, police said. Some firefighters wept and prayed as they retrieved badly burned bodies. Grieving […]

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    Israeli airstrike kills 5 Gaza militants

    An Israeli airstrike has killed five Gaza militants in the deadliest attack against the coastal strip in months. The Israeli military says the men were about to launch a rocket attack against southern Israeli communities when they were struck. Palestinian officials confirmed the five dead were militants. There were no further details immediately available about […]

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    UNSC to hold emergency consultations today on Korean tensions

    The UN Security Council has called an emergency meeting on Sunday on the increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, amid serious concerns expressed by Russia on the situation in the region. The decision to hold the meeting later in the day came after Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, noted that the Korean situation directly […]

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    Wikileaks: Assange fears US is may indict him

    WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange says he fears the United States is getting ready to indict him, but insists the secret-spilling website will continue its work, despite what he has called a ”dirty tricks campaign”. Mr Assange spoke on Friday from snowbound Ellingham Hall, a supporter’s 10-bedroom country mansion close to the city of Norwich, about […]

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    Iraq PM to name Cabinet on Monday

    Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will present his cabinet on Monday, an aide said on Saturday, potentially bringing an end to nine months of political impasse after inconclusive March elections. The announcement came as parliament voted to overturn controversial bans placed earlier this year on three members of a Sunni-backed political bloc for their alleged […]

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    Nine killed in fireworks explosion in China

    At least nine people were killed and nine others injured when a truck loaded with 600 boxes of fireworks material hit an electricity pole and blew up in central China. The blast occurred at 9:30 pm(local time) on Friday when a truck loaded with fireworks fuses hit the pole in provincial capital of Ningxiang county. The sparks […]

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    China says national defense policy not a threat to anyone

    Responding to Japan’s newly adopted defense policy,China has denied that the country’s national defense policy is a threat to any countries and slammedTokyo’s views over China’s development as “irresponsible.” Japan had in a new defense policy outline adopted on Friday expressed increased concerns about China’s military rise. It introduced a new defense posture enabling more flexible responses to threats including […]

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    US preparing to indict me on espionage charges: Assange

    Fearing that his freedom may be “short lived”, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that the US was preparing to indict him on espionage charges and it was likely that he may be extradited. Assange, who had an emotional reunion with his mother at the 600-acre Suffolk estate where he is currently under house arrest after being […]

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