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Morsi’s trial for inciting murder to begin on Nov 4: state media

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CAIRO: The trial of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi and 14 other defendants will start on November 4, the state news agency reported on...

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STOCKHOLM: Israeli scientists including Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel have won the 2013 Nobel Prize for chemistry "for the development of multiscale models...

Pakistan

Senior Bangladeshi opposition leader awarded life sentence

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DHAKA: A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a senior member of the opposition for his involvement in the killing...

North America

Obama ready to negotiate with Republicans on budget

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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has expressed his willingness to negotiate with Republicans on budget; however, he said that it will only be possible...

Central Asia and Eastern Europe

Azerbaijanis ready to go to presidential polls

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BAKU: The Azerbaijani people will go to the polls tomorrow (Wednesday) to elect their president while President Ilham Aliyev is likely to win a...

Afghanistan

US-Afghan security deal may not be finalized as Karzai shows reluctance

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KABUL: A US-Afghan security deal over the role of US forces in Afghanistan after 2014 may not be finalized as Afghan President Hamid Karzai...

Social

Francois Englert, Peter Higgs win Nobel physics prize

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STOCKHOLM: Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for predicting the existence...

Pakistan

Pakistan wants end to US drone strikes: UN told

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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Masood Khan has said that Pakistan wants an end to US drone strikes on its soil...

Asia

China urges US to take decisive steps to avoid bankruptcy, ensure safety of Chinese investments

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BEIJING: China has urged the United States to take decisive steps to avoid bankruptcy and ensure safety of Chinese investments as the US government...

Asia

Saudi Arab behind Syria chemical attack: Russian diplomatic source

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MOSCOW: A Saudi Arabian black operations team carried out the August chemical weapons attack in suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus, a Russian diplomatic...

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