Monday, 05 August 2013
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People wade through flooded road caused by heavy rains on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013.
Voa News Sharon Behn ISLAMABAD — Rescue and relief efforts are underway in Pakistan and Afghanistan after flash floods caused by heavy monsoon rains inundated parts the region. More than 100 people were killed...
In this Wednesday, June 12, 2013 photo, a construction worker walks beside the underground water tank and water tanks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture, Japan.
BBC News Japan's nuclear watchdog has said the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is facing a new "emergency" caused by a build-up of radioactive groundwater. A barrier built to...
A man, holding a national flag with a poster of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk, watches as thousands of Turks clash with security as they try to break through barricades mounted around the prison and courthouse complex in Silivri, in the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April 8, 2013.
Orange News 5 August 2013, 12:25 Turkey: 21 Suspects Acquitted In Coup Trial Tweet A Turkish court has acquitted 21 suspects in the trial of 275 people accused of plotting to overthrow the country's...
 Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at a press conference in Cairo Monday, Oct. 2, 2000. Assad, in his first press conference since assuming the Syrian presidency in July, said Syria is ready to negotiate peace with Israel whenever Israelis are "tr
Al Jazeera Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has described the main opposition National Coalition as a "failure", adding that it can have no role in ending the country's war. Syria's crisis will only be solved...