
At least 21 people who were among a group of more than 40 people abducted in the southern Philippines have been killed.
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Shimon Peres, Israel's president, has said there has been "progress" in efforts to free Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Hamas three years ago.
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Saudi Arabian forces have carried out an incursion into Yemeni territory using tanks, artillery and aircraft, the Houthi rebel group has said.
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From a translucent giant octopus to a fish bearing barbed fangs, a team of international scientists say they have discovered hundreds of new species living in total darkness at least 5km beneath the surface of the world's oceans.
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Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers at an Australian detention centre on Christmas Island have been separated after riots broke out over the weekend.
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Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, has arrived in Washington for a four-day visit aimed at bettering ties with the US.
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Several Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip have denied Hamas claims that an agreement has been brokered among them to stop firing rockets across the border into Israel.
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