BEIJING (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper came under increased pressure on Sunday as the son of a Canadian couple detained in China said he was not sure Canada was doing enough to help his parents.
Mysterious killings in east Congo prompt anger at U.N. and army
BENI Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebecca Masika lives within a kilometre of two army bases and a U.N. peacekeepers' camp yet assailants crept into her town under cover of darkness last month and hacked to death two dozen people before melting away into the hills of eastern Congo.
Explosion strikes police headquarters in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion struck police headquarters in the Afghan capital on Sunday and it was feared there were casualties, police said.
'I've had enough', says Mexico Attorney General in massacre gaffe
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - After weeks fielding questions about the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers by corrupt police in league with drug gang members, Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo has had enough.
Yemen kidnappers free U.N. water engineer, says world body
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Nations said a Sierra Leonean water engineer working in Yemen on a sanitation project had been freed more than a year after being kidnapped by unidentified armed men.
Japan PM Abe considers sales tax hike delay, snap election: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering dissolving the lower house of parliament and calling a snap election if he decides to delay a plan to raise the sales tax next year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.
India's defense minister says needs 440 helicopters for armed forces
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India needs a total of 440 new helicopters for its armed forces, Defense Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday, adding that some will be brought from abroad and some will be manufactured domestically.
Ukraine Ceasefire Is Crumbling As Fighting Flares Throughtout The Region
Ceasefire Is Crumbling As Fighting Flares In Ukraine -- Independent.ie
War 'is not over yet' says rebel chief after sniper and shell attacks
"The war is not over yet," Igor Plotniskiy, the newly- elected head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic said in video statement televised and posted on the LPR website. The LPR wants "maximal integration with Russia," he said.
Ukraine said yesterday its forces killed the rebels at Donetsk Airport in the biggest separatist loss since a September 5 truce. Russia sent tanks and military vehicles across the border into rebel areas, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said. The US State Department and Pentagon, while saying Russia is massing troops and armour on its side of the border, said they couldn't confirm a Russian tank incursion.
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More News On The Ukraine Civil War
Intense fighting in Ukraine rebel bastion Donetsk -- AFP
Fighting erupts in Ukraine's rebel bastion -- Al Jazeera
More than 80 military vehicles on the move in eastern Ukraine -- AP
Ukrainian Artillery Opens Fire at Donetsk, Militias Fighting Back -- RIA Novosti
Ukraine rebels moving military convoys in hint of possible renewed hostilities -- Global News
OSCE Monitors Concerned About Convoys in E. Ukraine -- VOA
80 unmarked military vehicles spotted in rebel-held Ukraine as hostilities flare -- Independent.ie
OSCE 'very concerned' by tanks, convoys in Ukraine -- AFP
Hong Kong's post-handover leader says China won't change mind on democracy: paper
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's first leader after its return to Chinese rule says Communist Party leaders in Beijing will not give in to students' demands for democracy, a newspaper said on Sunday, an apparent response to their suggestion he could act as intermediary.
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