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South Korea has risen from the economic ashes, but its old are increasingly poor.
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Scores of supporters sneak into courthouse complex to offer cautious, careful support.
Fleeing Sunnis seek refuge among Shiites in divided Iraq
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Syrian diplomat rejects notion that President Bashar al-Assad will cede power.
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Putin has deployed up to 60,000 police personnel, troops and special forces in Sochi.
Pakistan bombs militant areas to retaliate for attacks
At least 40 people are killed in targeted air strikes in North Waziristan.
Afghan land-mine removal workers kidnapped, released
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India’s capital roiled by its own chief minister
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World’s elite converge on Davos
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Days after hundreds of opposition supporters tried to storm parliament, Russia urges Europe not to interfere in Kiev.
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Heat and high winds fan dozens of bushfires across Australia. One person is dead, and officials are warning others to flee.
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