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Muslim suspicions raised over cause of fatal fire in Yangon - just days after fresh Buddhist-Muslim clashes erupt.

Gruesome eye-for-an-eye punishment handed down on Ali al-Khawahir unless he pays £175,000 compensation.

Saudi's religious police say women are now allowed to ride bikes and motorbikes.

Gerald Babin, participant on TV show Koh Lanta, died of heart attack in Cambodia.

Michael Sarris leaves post after only five weeks following the island's €10bn Torika-led bailout

Melbourne man Luke Wentholt accused of beating flatmate to death and injuring second man.

France's far-right leader wants to reunite all Eurosceptic forces in Europe.

An electricity plant in Peshawar’s southern Badh Bher suburb has been assaulted by dozens of militants.

Airline charges passengers for what they weigh, plus baggage.

Foreign tourist gang-raped and robbed on bus in World Cup and Olympics host city.

Mumbai restaurant owner says local men misinterpreting Western women's behaviour leads to sexual assault.

The Saudi Arabian government executes a man convicted of murder while arranging for deportation of Yemeni labourers

People's Liberation Army troops and tanks mobilised in border region with North Korea.

Activist group records 6,005 deaths and says real toll could be far higher.

The appointment of new Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio has prompted former Labour leadership contender David Miliband to resign his position as director at the club.

Floods paralyse transport system and bring normal life to standstill in capital Port Louis.

South Korea to test latest cyber security plan during military exercise with US in August as tensions in Korean Peninsula rise.

Dallas Wiens, one of the first patients to receive a full-face transplant, has married fellow burns patient Jamie Nash.

Two men die in Shanghai after contracting strain of avian influenza never passed to humans before.

A man from Bradenton Florida was forced to shoot his pet dog when the animal bit off the little finger of his 11-year-old son.

Italian TV broadcasts dedicated programme focusing on shroud's authenticity.

Lingerie will give molester a high-voltage shock and alert police and family.

American millionaire Forrest Fenn claims to have hidden over $1m in gold and jewellery somewhere in the United States.

The Princess of Wales was once taken to a gay drinking club by Freddie Mercury, and dressed up as a man.

Paris police evacuate area and launch combing operation before declaring area safe.

Defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga accepts supreme court's verdict, but vows to continue fight.

'He is responding to treatment and able to breathe without difficulty,' says South African President Jacob Zuma.

The Duke of Cambridge may hang up his flying suit as he prepares for the arrival of his first child with Kate Middleton.

Justin Bieber was devastated after his pet monkey was taken by customs official after the teen heartthrob brought Mally along on a flight to Germany.