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20 May 2013 Last updated at 00:27 ET Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Delhi on Sunday afternoon China's Premier Li Keqiang is due to hold talks with Indian leaders in an attempt to rebuild trust after a recent flare-up in border tensions. Mr Li...

20 May 2013 Last updated at 09:35 ET Some critics of the law say it is a step towards fascism The head of Russia's only independent polling agency, Levada Centre, has said it could be forced to close after a warning from officials that it had to obey...

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20 May 2013 Last updated at 06:12 ET The UN says its peacekeepers are spread thinly over a vast and tricky terrain Continue reading the main story End of the 'Terminator'? Weapon of war Rebel kaleidoscope UN under fire Rwandan President Paul Kagame s...

20 May 2013 Last updated at 15:12 ET In 2012, waves of religious violence engulfed parts of Burma, leaving 190 dead and thousands displaced Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to an annual US Department...

20 May 2013 Last updated at 11:29 ET Russian counter-terrorism agents have carried out a raid on a group planning a terrorist act in Moscow killing two suspects, officials say.

20 May 2013 Last updated at 02:53 ET The US wants to encourage Burma to continue implementing reforms Continue reading the main story Q&A: Communal violence EU lifts sanctions against Burma What's behind violence? Will opposition adapt?

19 May 2013 Last updated at 04:55 ET Ban Ki-moon said the UN was willing help North Korea get back to the negotiation table Continue reading the main story No talks What is China's role? Key figures Missile defences UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon h...

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19 May 2013 Last updated at 07:13 ET Tunisian police have clashed with hundreds of hardline Islamists defying attempts to stop a meeting. Some 500 supporters of the Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia descended on a suburb of the capital Tunis on Sunda...

19 May 2013 Last updated at 06:06 ET Iran has hanged two men convicted of spying for Israel and the US, the authorities there have said. Mohammad Heydari was found guilty of passing intelligence on "security issues and national secrets" to Israeli Mo...

19 May 2013 Last updated at 21:14 ET President Morsi said his government would "not succumb to blackmail" The Egyptian president has ruled out negotiating with the abductors of seven members of the security forces seized last week in the Sinai penins...

19 May 2013 Last updated at 19:42 ET Continue reading the main story Marwa's story: 10 years on Balancing act Exploiting fragility Iraq's dilemma At least three police officers have been killed after gunmen attacked their station in northern Iraq, lo...

19 May 2013 Last updated at 21:50 ET At least one person is reported dead and several others injured by a series of tornadoes that have torn through the US state of Oklahoma. The worst damage was caused by a tornado near the town of Shawnee, 35 miles...

18 May 2013 Last updated at 07:34 ET It took a lot of persuading before Raha Moharrak's Saudi family agreed to let her climb A Saudi woman has made history by reaching the summit of the world's highest mountain. Raha Moharrak, 25, not only became the...

18 May 2013 Last updated at 05:35 ET Earlier this year, North Korea threatened nuclear strikes and attacks on targets in the US and South Korea Continue reading the main story Why talks are out of reach Kaesong: focus of frustration What is China's r...

18 May 2013 Last updated at 23:57 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Nigerian troops have been trying to flush out militants from their strongholds Continue reading the main story Nigeria under attack Tough battle ahead...

18 May 2013 Last updated at 17:51 ET Up to 60 people were hurt when a car hit a crowd during a parade in the US state of Virginia, officials say. They say more than 10 people have been taken to hospital by helicopter in a serious condition from the s...

17 May 2013 Last updated at 13:19 ET A car bomb has exploded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar killing at least seven people, officials say. More than 50 people were wounded in the blast, most of them civilians, police said...

17 May 2013 Last updated at 23:18 ET Afghan MPs are to debate a law to prevent violence against women, amid a fierce argument between leading Afghan women over tactics. A law banning violence against women, child marriages and forced marriages was pa...