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A large predawn explosion at a warehouse in Burma's biggest city Rangoon on Thursday killed at least 17 people and injured dozens but was not caused by a bomb, an official said. "It was not a bomb explosion," the official said, though

An Egyptian court ordered the Egyptian army on Tuesday to stop forced virginity tests on female detainees, months after the practice sparked a national outcry and stained the ruling military's reputation. The Cairo Administrative Court ruled in

Barely two weeks after the execution of an SA drug mule in China and the arrest of another in Thailand, three SA women have been arrested in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Nigeria for drug trafficking. The New Age newspaper reported on Wednesday issue

Residents of two southern Philippines' cities battered by a storm that left nearly 1 000 people dead and displaced hundreds of thousands have begun the hard work of reclaiming their lives as authorities buried dozens of bodies in concrete vaults on

Egypt is holding the latest round of its first democratic parliamentary election on Thursday in relative calm after five days of protests in Cairo that prompted a brutal response from security forces. The latest confrontations -- in which 15

Kim Jong-Il has remained somewhat of an enigma, here are some facts to solve some of the mystery: North Korea's future "Great Leader" was born in -- well -- no one seems exactly sure where or when. According to the legend his family

International scientists said on Tuesday they had found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary sub-atomic particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe after the Big Bang. Peter Higgs, the 82-year-old British

 A South African woman has been arrested at Bangkok's international airport after police said they found 1.5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks. Nobanda Nolubabalo (23) was searched yesterday when police noticed a white substance

Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July, still shows no sign of remorse, his lawyer said on Monday. "He says he does not regret these actions. That is of course a message that is