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July 22, 2013: 11 people died, 80 injured in China after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the northwest province of Gansu

Gansu, China: As many as 11 people died, 80 injured in China after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the northwest province of Gansu, reports Dispatch...

Myanmar lift emergency rule in Meiktila

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar on Saturday lifted a state of emergency imposed in a riot-hit area in March where deadly violence claimed dozens of lives. The emergency...

Obama urged to change location of G20 summit to press Putin to extradite Snowden

WASHINGTON: In an effort to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to extradite US whistleblower Edward Snowden, US President Barack Obama has been urged to...

Russian court releases opposition leader Alexei Navalny

KIROV, Russia: A Russian court on Friday released opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody, less than 24 hours after convicting him of embezzlement and...

Russian court jails opposition leader Alexei Navalny for embezzlement

MOSCOW: A Russian court has sentenced opposition leader Aleksey Navalny to five years in jail on embezzlement charges, Navalny has denied the charges‚ saying...

Obama may cancel tip to Moscow over Snowden row

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama considers cancelling his planned trip to Moscow for participating in the upcoming G20 summit over disagreements regarding former National...

Edward Snowden has no plans to leave Russia, might ask for citizenship: lawyer

MOSCOW: The US whistleblower Edwar Snowden has no plans to leave Russia yet, a lawyer who is assisting the former NSA contractor said on...

Snowden officially applies for temporary asylum in Russia: human rights lawyer

MOSCOW: The US whistleblower Edward Snowden has officially applied for political asylum in Russia, a Russian human rights lawyer revealed on Tuesday. "Snowden has handed...

US trapped NSA leaker Snowden in Russia: Putin

MOSCOW: The United States has trapped the former National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden on Russian territory by frightening other countries that might...

Snowden has not yet applied for political asylum in Russia

MOSCOW: US whistleblower Edward Snowden has not yet applied for asylum in Russia, Russian immigration authorities said on Monday. “The Federal Migration Service has not...

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