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Muslim clerics back Saudi king's interfaith efforts
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has won backing from Muslim clerics from around the world for an interfaith dialogue with Christians and Jews, state media reported on Saturday.
Bangladesh court clears ex-PM Hasina to go abroad
A Bangladesh court said on Monday the trial of detained former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on graft charges could continue in her absence, paving the way for her to go abroad for medical treatment.
Two miners rescued from stricken Ukrainian mine
Rescuers tunnelling through a blocked shaft on Monday retrieved alive two of 37 miners missing after a gas explosion at a pit in Ukraine's Donbass coalfield, officials said.
Vietnamese Christians starved, beaten for their faith
Former Christian prisoners in Vietnam have told Release International of the brutality they faced whilst behind bars.
Church bodies seek 'daily bread' for world's poor
Church bodies have affirmed their commitment to feeding the world's hungry after world government's agreed at the Rome food crisis summit last week that overcoming the current shortages would require a united effort.
Rogue bullet sends U.N. envoys to Rwanda by bus
Top U.N. ambassadors were forced to hitch a bus ride from Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda on Sunday after a security guard accidentally shot a hole in their plane.
Filipino mothers search for their disappeared children
A group of men, widely thought to be an army "black squad", abducted Edita Burgos's son while he ate lunch in a Manila shopping mall last year.
British Afghanistan death toll hits 100
Three British paratroopers were killed in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack, bringing total British military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 to 100.
Manchester traffic charging decision due
Manchester will discover this week if it has won government backing to become the first city outside London to charge drivers for entering and leaving its borders.
Iraq seeks to allay Iran's concern over U.S. bases
Iraq's prime minister used a visit to Tehran on Sunday to soothe Iranian concerns that negotiations between Baghdad and Washington on a new military agreement will lead to permanent U.S. bases across its border.
Man stabs shoppers in Tokyo street
A man who said he was tired of life went on a stabbing rampage on Sunday in a crowded Tokyo shopping street, killing seven people and wounding a dozen others.
Myanmar denies evictions from cyclone relief camps
Myanmar's military government denied on Sunday it was evicting victims of Cyclone Nargis from relief camps, saying it was working on a voluntary resettlement programme more than a month after the disaster.
Zimbabwe court orders release of opposition MP
Zimbabwe's High Court on Sunday ordered police to release an opposition member of parliament who was arrested on Saturday for the second time in a week amid mounting tensions before this month's presidential run-off.
Tibetans protest in Nepal
Nepali police detained 185 Tibetan exiles as they tried to storm a Chinese visa office on Sunday, demanding freedom for their Himalayan homeland, witnesses and police said.
China says 'quake lake' rising despite drainage
A lake created by the Chinese earthquake which threatens to unleash a devastating flood is still rising despite desperate efforts to drain the waters off safely, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
Two dead after quake rocks south Greece
An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck southern Greece on Sunday, killing two villagers, injuring another 50 people and damaging homes and a military base, authorities said.