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Suicide attackers target foreign compound in Kabul
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» Taliban militants launched a car bomb and suicide attack Wednesday on a compound in Kabul that houses many international contractors, but only the attackers died in the assault, Afghan officials said.
'Pick-up artist' Blanc banned from UK
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» LONDON - The British government on Wednesday banned controversial US-based "pick-up artist" Julien Blanc from entering the country after nearly 160,000 people signed a petition accusing him of encouraging "physical and emotional abuse".
Prost slams 'artificial' Abu Dhabi double points
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» SINGAPORE - French legend Alain Prost Wednesday hit out at the double points on offer at Abu Dhabi this week as the unpopular innovation threatened to cast a shadow over the climax to the Formula One season.
Le Mans race record-holder Kristensen retires
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» COPENHAGEN - Danish driver Tom Kristensen, who has won the Le Mans 24 Hours race a record nine times, is retiring at the age of 47, he announced on Wednesday.
'Marathon' Dakar route unveiled as Peugeot return
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» PARIS - The 2015 Dakar Rally starts in Buenos Aires on January 7, the gruelling three-week test of man and machine taking in Chile's Atacama desert and Bolivia's salt flats before a finish back in the Argentine capital.
Five Thai students detained for Hunger Games salute
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» BANGKOK - Five Thai students were detained Wednesday after flashing the three-finger salute from "The Hunger Games" films during a speech by the premier, officials said, in the latest crackdown on opposition to May's coup.
Myanmar army 'kills 22 Kachin'
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» YANGON - Ethnic minority Kachin rebels in the far north of Myanmar said 22 of their troops were killed in an army heavy artillery attack Wednesday, amid foundering efforts to reach a nationwide peace deal.
UN urges action to fix 'broken' world food system
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» ROME - The United Nations urged political leaders from around the world on Wednesday to up their game in the fight to wipe out malnutrition, a global scourge afflicting poor and rich alike.
Jihad lures teens from unsuspected corners of France
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» For the French public, the idea is deeply jarring: youngsters from everyday backgrounds with names like Maxime, Helene and David joining the jihad or turning up in brutal Islamic State execution videos.
Indian police arrest 'godman' after violent stand-off
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» Police on Wednesday arrested a guru after a violent stand-off with thousands of followers at his sprawling ashram in northern India, where the bodies of four women and a child have been found.