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Pakistan's leader returns home amid scandal

Pakistani President Zardari returns home after being told by doctors he could leave Dubai where he spent two weeks undergoing medical treatment

Thousands protest against rigged polls in Russia

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters take to the streets in Moscow against rigged parliamentary polls maintained PM Vladimir Putin's United Russia majority

Canada to evacuate nationals from Syria

As the Syrian conflict deteriorates and the death toll exceeds 5,000 people, the Canadian government orders the immediate evacuation of all its citizens out of the country

Iran offers medical help to Brazil's Lula

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offers medical assistance for ex-Brazilian president Lula da Silva as he battles throat cancer, admiring his contributions for 'global peace and justice'

Italian government puts austerity plan to confidence vote

The Italian parliament will hold a confidence vote concerning PM Mario Monti’s austerity measures based on the government’s request amid fears of ‘social explosion’ and unions’ calls for more protests

Japan's Noda to declare Fukushima shutdown Friday

Local media anticipate PM Yoshihiko Noda will use Friday press conference to announce shutdown of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

Thai activist jailed for 15 years for royal slur

Commentators accuse Thailand of increasing the use of its lese majesty legislation to suppress freedom of expression after a ‘Red Shirt’ activist was handed a 15-year prison sentence for insulting the country's monarchy

Putin to address Russians in phone-in after protests

Russian PM Vladimir Putin will address the nation during his customary phone-in session in the wake of wide-scale protests, as the opposition accuse his United Russia party of fixing parliamentary polls

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has died

Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, died of heart failure

N. Korea says progress made on uranium production

N. Korea threatens strike on South's presidency

S.Korea pledges revenge for any N. Korea attack

Panetta sceptical about talks with N. Korea

Japan preparing for unexpected after Kim's death

Japan's prime minister urges his ministers to strengthen information gathering efforts and boost security coordination after North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il dies

16 bodies found, 37 feared dead in Russian oil rig disaster

Investigation underway into sinking of ship off Sakhalin island, officials suspect safety rules violation a contributory factor

Philippines searches for hundreds after typhoon kills 650

An army official says local mortuaries are no longer able to accept bodies with people being asked to bury the dead straight away

Protests spread in troubled Kazakh oil region

Kazakhstan's President declares a 20-day state of emergency in the oil city of Zhanaozen after at least 11 people were killed in an outbreak of violence in the Central Asian state

Erdogan attacks France over Armenian "genocide" law

Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan slams France's passed legislation on criminalising the denial of the mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman reign as genocide, telling France to study its history rather than Turkey's

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