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Afghan schoolgirls poisoned

More than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months in Afghanistan blamed on conservative radicals in the country's north, Afghan police and education officials have said.

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Deaths in renewed Karachi violence

Gunmen have opened fire on a political rally in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least nine people and sparking a riot.

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US ambassador to step down from Kabul post

Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Afghanistan, is set to step down from his post, according to the embassy in Kabul.

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Pakistan sentences doctor over bin Laden hunt

Afridi had worked for years in the Khyber tribal region, a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda fightersA Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason, officials say.

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Study finds one-third of malaria drugs 'fake'

More than one-third of malaria drugs used around the world, particularly in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, are either fake or bad quality, a new study has claimed.

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India train collision leaves many dead

At least 15 people have been killed and about 30 injured after a passenger train collided with a stationary goods train in southern India, a local railway official said.

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Everest expeditions claim lives

Four climbers - from Germany, South Korea, China and Canada - have died returning from the summit of Mount Everest, tour agents and officials say, with one other mountaineer also missing.

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Pakistan lifts Twitter 'blasphemy' ban

Pakistani media said there was no indication as to how long the site would be downPakistan had blocked the micro-blogging website Twitter because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.

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Bangladesh announces first oil discovery

Bangladesh has struck its first oil, in two gas fields in the northeastern Sylhet region, the chairman of the state-run Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) has said.

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Sri Lanka releases former army chief

Fonseka leads the Democratic National Alliance, which has seven seats in the 225-member parliament [EPA] Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka's former army chief, has has been released from prison after President Mahinda Rajapaksa granted him a pardon to coincide with the third anniversary of the government's victory over Tamil separatists.

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Deadly floods strike north Afghanistan

At least 21 people have died and scores of others have gone missing after flash floods triggered by torrential rains destroyed thousands of homes in two provinces in northern Afghanistan, officials have said.

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