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      <title>Senior Pakistani politician killed in Karachi</title>
      <description>Zahra Shahid Hussain, senior leader of Imran Khan's party, shot just hours before re-polling took place in port city.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:48:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Afghan MPs block divisive women's rights law</title>
      <description>Legislation was approved by President Karzai in 2009, but stalled by conservative MPs who deemed it un-Islamic.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:27:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>First Saudi woman climbs to top of Everest</title>
      <description>Raha Moharrak, 25, says she wants to inspire other women to scale world's highest mountain.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:09:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Two bombs strike complex housing Afghan elite</title>
      <description>Blasts kill at least nine people and wound 70 in  gated Kandahar community linked to family of President Hamid Karzai.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:19:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Deadly blasts hit mosques in Pakistan</title>
      <description>Twin bombings strike mosques in Malakand district of northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killing at least 12.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:42:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Convicted Bollywood star surrenders to court</title>
      <description>Actor Sanjay Dutt, charged with links to 1993 attack on Indian city of Mumbai, surrenders to serve five year jail term. </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:29:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>India gang rape suspect attacked in prison</title>
      <description>Authorities deny mistreatment of Vinya Sharma, who is recovering in hospital after being beaten and poisoned by inmates.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Weakening Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh</title>
      <description>Thousands evacuated in Bangladesh and Myanmar, with six people reported dead, as storm moves into northeastern India.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Video suggests higher Bangladesh protest toll</title>
      <description>Video footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to contradict official death toll from May 6 violence in Dhaka.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:47:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Georgian troops killed in Afghanistan blast</title>
      <description>Attack on base in Helmand province kills three soldiers, after 10 civilians died in roadside bomb near Kandahar city.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:04:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sharif assembling new Pakistan government</title>
      <description>Apparent winner of election picks new finance minister, as congratulations roll in from India and the US.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:10:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Court approves contested India nuclear plant</title>
      <description>Supreme Court gives greenlight for Russian-built Kudankulam plant in state of Tamil Nadu despite widespread protests.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 07:33:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US military plane 'crashes' in Kyrgyzstan</title>
      <description>At least two US pilots died when a plane carrying fuel belonging to the US has crashed near the border in Kyrgyzstan.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 07:19:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Indian 'spy' attacked in Pakistan jail dies</title>
      <description>Prisoners used bricks to attack Sarabjit Singh, whose family is demanding his body is returned to India.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:29:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>May Day marked by global workers' protests</title>
      <description>Hundreds of thousands march in Cuba in support of workers' rights, and in honor of late Venezuelan ally Hugo Chavez.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:35:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nepal investigates reports of Everest brawl</title>
      <description>Scuffle between Himalayan Sherpa guides and European climbers raises temperatures near world's highest peak.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>India's Bollywood celebrates 100th birthday</title>
      <description>Milestone for India's vibrant film-industry is marked with a commemorative short film titled "Bombay Talkies". </description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:19:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Protests against UK's use of armed drones</title>
      <description>More than 200 gather outside UK airbase after remote control of Reaper aircraft in Afghanistan moved from US to Britain.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Blast targets India opposition party office</title>
      <description>Powerful explosion at Bharatiya Janata Party office in southern city of Bangaluru leaves at least 16 wounded.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bollywood star gets more time to surrender</title>
      <description>Top court gives actor Sanjay Dutt four weeks to finish films before he goes to prison for 1993 weapons conviction.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:20:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Anger over public apathy after India accident</title>
      <description>Man's plea ignored as he cries for help after road accident that killed his wife and daughter near city of Jaipur.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:45:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Drought threatens livelihood of India farmers</title>
      <description>Southern Kerala state awaiting monsoon as lack of adequate rainfall over past two decades destroying crops.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:57:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Unemployment fuels Afghanistan insecurity</title>
      <description>Government says 500,000 jobs needed as foreign aid tapers off, with unemployment cited as cause for insurgency.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:27:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gunmen torch Sri Lankan newspaper equipment</title>
      <description>Attack on media outlet critical of government in country's north follows UN resolution to improve human rights.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:36:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Deaths in renewed Bangladesh clashes</title>
      <description>Three killed as overall death toll from violence prompted by ongoing war crimes tribunal rises to 101 since January.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:24:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sri Lanka to set up inquiry into mass grave</title>
      <description>Grave discovered last December at state-run hospital in the central region contained more than 150 skulls and bones.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:56:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dozens crushed in India building collapse </title>
      <description>More than 60 people, mostly labourers, killed and more than 50 injured when section of seven-storey building came down.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:52:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DMK party withdraws from India coalition</title>
      <description>Second-largest party announces move over government failure to condemn Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes against Tamils.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:34:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>India arrests suspects in Swiss rape case</title>
      <description>Police say six detained suspects have confessed to gang-raping a Swiss woman and attacking her husband.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:46:41 GMT</pubDate>
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