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$2bn cost for Catholic Church abuse scandals: Experts
A wave of clerical sex abuse scandals have cost the Catholic Church over two billion dollars (1.5 billion euros) but the real price is the blow to its reputation, two US experts said on Wednesday.
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Eurofighter not out of contest, says David Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said in the House of Commons that Eurofighter was not out of contention for the Indian Air Force fighter deal.
“I am very disappointed by what has ha
US first lady Michelle Obama wins sack race in anti-obesity drive
US First Lady Michelle Obama triumphed at dodgeball, a potato sack race, and tug-of-war, in a television appearance marking the second anniversary of her ‘Let's Move’ childhood fitness initiative.
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Ex-president, other MPs injured in Maldives clashes
The Maldives' ex-president Mohammed Nasheed was injured on Wednesday and briefly hospitalised after he was beaten by police during a rally of his supporters in the capital, his cousin has revealed.
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Nasheed supporters clash with police in Maldives
Several thousand supporters of former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed clashed with police and troops in riot gear on Wednesday, a day after his resignation which he blamed on a coup d'etat.
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7,000 kg whale shark docks in Karachi Fish Harbour
In what is believed to be one of the biggest catch in the high seas, Pakistani fishermen have caught a giant whale shark - about 36 foot long and weighing over 7,000 kg.
The fishermen bought the gian
Egypt names Americans facing trial, ties strained
Egypt on Tuesday released the names of 19 Americans who face trial over foreign funding of activities of their nonprofit groups in Egypt, a case that has soured US-Egypt relations.
One of the 19 is t
Pak govt, military heading for fresh confrontation?
Days after the partial easing of their tensions over a mysterious memo, Pakistan's government and army could be engaged in a fresh standoff over the issue of handing over control of all cantonment boa
Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work
Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
But he also ca
Mortar fire kills scores in Homs, Syria: Rights group
Mortar fire killed 105 people and left hundreds more injured in a ‘massacre’ in the central Syrian city of Homs late on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The group said the mortar
