Joint South Korea-U.S. drills enter fourth day   -   No survivors in Pakistan air crash   -   US 'Fails To Account' for Iraq reconstruction billions   -   Japan carries out first executions in a year   -  
 
Last Updated: Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 11 : 56 AM GMT
 
 
Joint South Korea-U.S. drills enter fourth day
The United States and South Korea on Wednesday plan to end their joint military exercises aimed at warning North Korea to stop acts of aggression.
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No survivors in Pakistan air crash
All 152 people on board a Pakistani plane have been killed after the aircraft plunged into the Margalla Hills near the capital, Islamabad.
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010,  11 : 54 AM
US 'Fails To Account' for Iraq reconstruction
A US federal watchdog has criticised the US military for failing to account properly for billions of dollars it received to help rebuild Iraq.
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010,  11 : 48 AM
Japan carries out first executions in a year
Japan hanged two convicted killers on Wednesday -- the first execution in the country since the Democratic Party of Japan took power last September.
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010,  11 : 41 AM
US hunts Afghan war files leaker
The US defence department has launched an investigation to identify who leaked tens of thousands of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan to a whistleblower website.
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010,  11 : 39 AM
Catalonia bans bullfighting in landmark Spain
The parliament of Catalonia has voted to ban bullfighting - the first region of mainland Spain to do so.
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010,  11 : 35 AM
Khmer Rouger survivors angry over Duch jail
A man who ran a notorious Cambodian torture prison where more than 14,000 people died during the Khmer Rouge regime was found guilty of war crimes Monday and sentenced to 35 years in prison.
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Monday, 26 July 2010,  12 : 22 PM
Pakistani agents 'Aiding Taliban'
US officials believe that the intelligence agency of ally Pakistan, which receives billions of dollars in aid from Washington, has been secretly supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, leaked records say.
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Monday, 26 July 2010,  12 : 20 PM
Israel to limit use of white phosphorus in
Israel pledged to limit the use of munitions containing white phosphorus and make greater efforts to protect civilians during conflicts, in a report this week to the United Nations.
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Friday, 23 July 2010,  07 : 51 AM
Venezuela leader Hugo Chavez severs ties with Colombia
UN, North Korea meet again to discuss sinking of South Korean ship
Pakistan extends army chief's term
Former Kosovo PM faces new war crimes trial
US imposes new sanctions on N Korea
Afghanistan withdrawal possible from 2011, says Cameron
Israel plans to have Anti-Missile system operational in 4 months
Cuba ready to free more political prisoners
No progress in India-Pakistan talks
Release of Lockerbie bomber was a mistake, British government says