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Gandhi’s ‘blood sample’ fails to sell

Dozens of Mohandas Gandhi's personal items have been sold at an auction, but a sample of blood purportedly from him didn't draw high enough bids.

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Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is seen arriving back at his home after being released on bail, in London in this November 13, 2012 file photograph.

No bail for cleric facing deportation
May 20 2013 at 18:27

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada was denied bail to prevent him absconding to escape deportation from Britain.

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Syrian President Bashar Assad. File photo: AP

No options off table’ over Syria - Hague
May 20 2013 at 18:25

Bashar al-Assad must realise that “no option is off table” if Syria fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in Geneva, Britain's Foreign Secretary said.

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An Afghan policeman stands guard in central Kabul on April 6, 2013.

Afghan suicide bomber kills 14
May 20 2013 at 18:15

A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent Afghan provincial council chief.

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Cambodian students re-enact torture executed by the Khmer Rouge during their reign of terror in the 1970s to mark the annual

Khmer Rouge victims remembered
May 20 2013 at 17:37

Black-clad students wielding branches and bamboo sticks mimed the abuse and murder of Khmer Rouge victims on Cambodia's annual "Day of Anger".

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Voice of America staff set up a microphone and clean the suit of Myanmar President Thein Sein (C) before a town hall event at the Voice of America in Washington May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Myanmar leader in historic US visit
May 20 2013 at 17:34

Myanmar's President Thein Sein will become the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century.

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Consuls visit SA drug mule in India
May 20 2013 at 17:13

South African consular officials have visited a South African woman arrested in Mumbai with 26 kilograms of drugs.

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir (right) welcomes his Sudan counterpart, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, outside his office in Juba on April 12, 2013. File photo: Reuters

South Sudan army recaptures Boma town
May 20 2013 at 15:41

South Sudan's army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels, in a conflict that has uprooted thousands of people.

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Peggy Cidor, a leading member of the Women of the Wall organization, stands in the hallway of her building in Jerusalem.

Vandals target Israeli women’s prayer group
May 20 2013 at 15:40

Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group.

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File photo: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on May 14, 2013, has extended former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's house arrest over the murder of Benazir Bhutto for 14 days, a prosecutor said.

Musharraf granted bail
May 20 2013 at 15:16

A Pakistani court has granted bail to former dictator Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest.

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Vendor dies after setting self on fire
May 20 2013 at 14:54

A street vendor in Saudi Arabia has ended his life in protest at having his goods confiscated by police.

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No bail for cleric facing deportation May 20 2013 at 18:27

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Afghan suicide bomber kills 14 May 20 2013 at 18:15

Khmer Rouge victims remembered May 20 2013 at 17:37

Myanmar leader in historic US visit May 20 2013 at 17:34

Consuls visit SA drug mule in India May 20 2013 at 17:13

South Sudan army recaptures Boma town May 20 2013 at 15:41

Vandals target Israeli women’s prayer group May 20 2013 at 15:40

Musharraf granted bail May 20 2013 at 15:16

Vendor dies after setting self on fire May 20 2013 at 14:54

No bail for cleric facing deportation
May 20 2013 at 18:27

No options off table’ over Syria - Hague
May 20 2013 at 18:25

Afghan suicide bomber kills 14
May 20 2013 at 18:15

Khmer Rouge victims remembered
May 20 2013 at 17:37

Myanmar leader in historic US visit
May 20 2013 at 17:34

Consuls visit SA drug mule in India
May 20 2013 at 17:13

South Sudan army recaptures Boma town
May 20 2013 at 15:41

Vandals target Israeli women’s prayer group
May 20 2013 at 15:40

Musharraf granted bail
May 20 2013 at 15:16

Vendor dies after setting self on fire
May 20 2013 at 14:54