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Heavy rains in China; 4 killed, 500,000 people affected


Four persons were killed in a rainstorm that has lashed south China for days and affected lives of nearly half a million residents.

Two simultaneous car bombs in Niger kill 26


The Mali jihadists have vowed to avenge a French-led military intervention that ousted them from Mali`s northern cities.

Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested


Sedition as defined by Malaysian law includes promoting hatred against the government.

Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest person to scale Everest


An 80-year-old Japanese national set a new world record by becoming the oldest climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Gunmen kill four Iraqi soldiers north of Baghdad


Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four soldiers at an Army checkpoint north of Baghdad.

US kidnap case hero gets burgers for life


The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani blasts Iran`s rulers


A website is reporting that former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has strongly criticised the policies of Iran`s ruling clerical establishment.

John Kerry to revive Israel-Palestine peace talks


Israel`s hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured the US that resuming peace talks with the Palestinians tops his agenda.

`Nude` UK man cuts off penis with kitchen knife


A naked man chopped off his own penis with a kitchen knife in front of horrified onlookers in Penryn, Cornwall.

China’s Ai Weiwei rages against state abuses in `Dumbass` song


Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has released an expletive-ridden heavy metal music video criticising abuses of state power in China.