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Diplomatic inaction fuelling Syria crackdown - U.N.
AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. human rights chief blamed disagreement in the Security Council on Monday for encouraging the Syrian government to step up attacks on opposition strongholds in its campaign to crush an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's 11-year rule. | Video
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A year on, only brief home visits for Japan nuclear evacuees
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Pakistan Supreme Court takes centre stage as political player
ISLAMABAD - By indicting Pakistan's embattled prime minister for contempt of court on Monday, the Supreme Court may have cemented its role as a political player alongside the military and the civilian government, complicating an already Byzantine political scene.
Clashes in Bahrain, king warns against disunity
MANAMA - Bahraini riot police waged pitched battles with petrol-bomb throwing youths on Sunday as violence escalated before the February 14 anniversary of an uprising last year, while King Hamad suggested protesters calling for his overthrow was a "problem for national unity".
Turkmen president wins 97 percent of vote in election
ASHGABAT - Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov won 97 percent of votes in an election that cemented his absolute rule of a Central Asian state holding 4 percent of the world's natural gas reserves, election officials said on Monday.
NATO says found Afghan children dead after air strike
KABUL - NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said on Monday they found the bodies of dead children after a coalition air strike that has enraged the Afghan government, and said their deaths may have been linked to an anti-insurgent operations in the area.
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks gain on Greek vote; euro dips on skepticism
* Caution about Greek bailout prospects drives euro down
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