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  • Karzai announces peace talks with Taliban in Qatar
    19 June 2013

    AFGHANISTAN will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzaihas said, as the US-led Nato coalition launched the final phase of the 12-year war with the last round of security transfers to Afghan forces.

  • Nazi-hunters' most wanted charged
    19 June 2013

    Hungarian prosecutors have charged a 98-year-old man who tops the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center's wanted list with war crimes, saying he had helped to deport Jews to Auschwitz in the Second World War.

  • Police detain dozens after protests
    19 June 2013

    Police raided addresses across Turkey yesterday and detained dozens of people after nearly three weeks of anti-government protests, local media reported.

  • Early Greek poll averted after ruling on broadcaster
    19 June 2013

    GREECE has avoided the uncertainty of an early election but the stand-off over the state broadcaster's closure has weakened the prime minister and deepened mistrust in his fractious coalition.

  • Lasers uncover 'lost' Cambodian temple city
    19 June 2013

    Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex.

  • Protesters faced by riot police at march
    18 June 2013

    TURKISH riot police backed by water cannon have confronted around 1000 trade union workers in the capital Ankara, after a weekend of some of the worst clashes since anti-government protests erupted late last month.

  • President-elect hints at a more transparent Iran
    18 June 2013

    IRAN'S newly-elected president has promised to follow a "path of moderation" and bring more openness over the country's nuclear programme, but sided with the hard-line Islamic establishment that refuses to consider halting uranium enrichment.

  • US 'open to North Korea talks'
    18 June 2013

    THE US is open to talks with North Korea – but only if it complies with UN Security Council resolutions, senior officials have said.