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• India floods strand thousands; more than 100 dead
  Days after floods killed more than 100 people - possibly many more - Indian officials say rescuers are using helicopters and climbing through mountain paths to reach nearly 4,000 people trapped by landslides in a narrow valley near a Hindu shrine in
  June 20, 2013 2:31 am
• Singapore haze at worst yet, Malaysia schools shut
  Singapore urged people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution Thursday as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened dramatically. Nearby Malaysia closed 200 schools and banned open burning in some
  June 20, 2013 2:29 am
• In northern Iraqi city, al-Qaida gathers strength
  Al-Qaida's Iraq arm is gathering strength in the restive northern city of Mosul, ramping up its fundraising through gangland-style shakedowns and feeding off anti-government anger as it increasingly carries out attacks with impunity, according to
  June 20, 2013 2:23 am

• SKorea adopts tougher penalties for sex offenders
  June 20, 2013 2:16 am
• Iraqis vote in 2 Sunni-dominated provinces
  June 20, 2013 1:46 am
• Asian stocks down as Fed sees slower bond buys
  June 20, 2013 1:26 am
• China jails 11 for extremist crimes in Muslim west
  June 20, 2013 12:02 am
• China astronauts give students lecture from space
  June 19, 2013 11:55 pm
• Asian stocks down as Fed sees slower bond buys
  June 19, 2013 11:36 pm
• Children taken from Canadian Mennonite community
  June 19, 2013 11:24 pm