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Thursday, February 21, 2013

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Deadly Bombings Hit Southern India City

A member of the bomb squad with a sniffer dog arrived at a blast site in Hyderabad on Thursday.
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A member of the bomb squad with a sniffer dog arrived at a blast site in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Two bombs planted on bicycles killed at least 11 people and wounded 50 in a busy shopping district in Hyderabad Thursday night in what officials said may have been a coordinated attack.

Chinese Plan to Kill Drug Lord With Drone Highlights Military Advances

China considered using a drone strike to kill a Myanmar drug lord wanted in the murders of 13 Chinese sailors, but decided instead to capture him alive, according to reports.

New Chinese Leader to Make Moscow His First Visit

The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has selected Moscow as his first foreign visit as president, to be followed immediately by a trip to South Africa.

Tibetan Teenagers Die in Double Self-Immolation

The two were among the youngest Tibetans to kill themselves in protest, and the act was a rare instance in which Tibetans committed self-immolation together.

Cameron Calls Colonial-Era Massacre in India ‘Shameful’

David Cameron is Britain’s first serving prime minister to voice regret about the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, where hundreds of Indians were killed.

After Disaster, Governor Faced with Challenge of Keeping Jakarta Dry

The recent flooding in Jakarta has exposed the city’s weak infrastructure and provided a test for its new leader, Joko Widodo.

Ensnared in the Trap of Memory

A storm of controversy has greeted Ping Fu's recent memoir, especially her recollections of the Cultural Revolution. But government constraints make either refuting or defending it hard to do.

Top Member of Taliban in Pakistan Is Captured

The capture of the long-sought Maulvi Faqir Muhammad is likely to further improve relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Pakistani Shiites End Protest After Authorities Vow to Take On Extremists

A deadly sectarian bombing in Quetta had prompted outrage at the government for not doing more to protect a vulnerable minority population.

Donald Richie, 88, American Expert on Japan, Is Dead

Mr. Richie is best known for introducing the English-speaking world to the golden age of Japanese cinema, including the director Akira Kurosawa.

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