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Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to announce formal entry into active politics.

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital in Pretoria and is recovering at home.

US President Barack Obama had cut short his Christmas holiday in Hawaii to resume talks in Washington over how to avoid the 'fiscal cliff'.

US president during first Iraq war, 88-year-old Bush suffering from persistent fever.

Muslim Brotherhood president talks of economic development as opposition questions legitimacy of vote.

The former US president George H W Bush has been in intensive care since Sunday with what a spokesman has called a 'stubborn fever'.

Venezuelan officials tell Turkish daily about Assad's letter seeking asylum.

Abe says he will form stable government with seasoned hands in his cabinet.

Blast at entrance to CIA office in Khost kills three civilians.

Pope Benedict XVI calls for ending bloodshed in Syria.

Stage now shifts to parliamentary elections in about two months where another confrontation between Muslim hardliners and liberals is on cards.

Gunman lures firefighters by setting ablaze a house and then opens fire at them.

Top Roman Catholic cleric in Palestine, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, says occasion marks both birth of Jesus and Palestinian State.

Unofficial tally of referendum votes gives 64 percent Yes vote for draft constitution but opposition cries foul.

Woman and funeral parlour owner arrested for creating fake identity for corpse.

Father Christmas celebrated in very different ways

Militants accused of war crimes in firing rockets into civilian areas in Israel during recent conflict.

Overloaded van 15 children hits parked vehicle and plunges into roadside pond in Guizi city.

Alleged use of deadly sarin gas on rebel areas in Homs raise spectre of Syrian regime resorting to chemical weapons.

Petition on White House website hits 25,000 signatures in three days after Morgan attacks 'right to bear arms' amendment.

Former Italian prime minister says current prime minister 'has never been in the trenches of work' and has 'already made too many mistakes'.

Buildup of deadly gases in poorly ventilated workings leads to underground blast.

Deputy police chief says investigation under way but identity of victim remains unknown.

Singh says government will make 'all possible efforts to ensure safety of women'.

Bombardment on bakery where people lined up for bread, kills at least 90 so far and causes massive destruction.

Rising demand and disappearing arable land could lead China to import more food and produce a spike in global prices.

As condition of victim worsens, authorities ban protests in New Delhi.

Royal couple to celebrate Christmas with the Middleton family in Berkshire.

If deported to home country Pakistan, Firasat could face death penalty.