The Syrian troops clashed with the rebels near the Turkey border giving a first blow to the already fragile ceasefire.
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North Korea confirms rocket explodes just after lift-off but West and neighbours still angry at breach of missile test agreements .
Pakistan rescue teams are digging tunnels to search for the trapped soldiers in the Siachen Glacier avalanche.
Auditory hallucinations in children suggest serious mental illness in future, according to a study.
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Fragile ceasefire starts to crumble amid reports of deaths and lethal road bomb in Aleppo.
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Copper and gold nano particles can turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy, according to a new report.
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Millionaire's death sentence mulled by judges in China's top court.
A Pakistani woman was doused with petrol while watching television in a dispute with her husband's family, police said.
Court told professional footballers raped drunk woman while 'associate' filmed them on mobile phone.
Claims of setting up council to prevent 'colour revolutions' denied by russian parliament.
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North Korea may not launch its so called weather satellite on Thursday due to poor weather conditions.
Zimbabwe president reported fit as he returns home from Singapore health scare.
Britain is planning to tap energy from Iceland's volcanoes to meet the growing energy needs of the country.
The implications of Greece's tough austerity measures, which underpin the country's 130 billion Euro bailout, are provoking yet more national strikes. This time it's bus drivers whose backs are up. So much so they've staged a 24-hour walkout.
No major attacks reported since the ceasefire came into effect but army violations taking place, claim activists.
Residents of Aceh province, Indonesia, are recovering from prospect of tsunami after 8.7 and 8.2 quakes off coast.
Collective legal action is first of its kind in racial profiling case in France.
Second earthquake in 24 hours hits Mexico but no casualties or damage reported.
President Robert Mugabe returned home from Singapore looking fit and defying reports that he was seriously ill.
The world breathed a sigh of relief after the tsunami warning that was issued in the wake of an 8.7 magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday evening was lifted.
Soldiers, tanks and snipers still in position in major cities around Syria but no violence reported.
Astronomers have discovered sandstorms in space, according to a report.
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As Syria said it has agreed to end all military operation by 0300GMT on Thursday April 12, activists reported two new massacres committed by the security forces.
China’s main broadcast building finally opened after fire damage caused three-year delay.
