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Victims raped, beaten and burned by criminal gangs in Sinai Peninsula.

Two Gaza rockets strike open areas in Israel in response to Israeli aerial attack.

Kaesong industrial park, housing more than 100 factories, is last remaining economic link between two Koreas.

World Health Organisation says 57 percent of Samoans are obese.

Choopan's five-tonne frozen treat is chocolate flavoured and beats Baskin Robbins' title holder.

Historic arms trade control agreed in move to protect human rights.

Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh died of throat cancer in Israeli custody but Gaza's ruling party say he was martyred.

Nelson's city council orders every household to 'maintain a firearm with ammo' as Congress discusses anti-gun measures.

Controversial video shows father hitting teenage girls with electric cord after discovering 'twerking' clip online.

Pluto's Gate discovered during dig at Pamukkale - and cave's lethal gases remain as potent as ever.

Muslim suspicions raised over cause of fatal fire in Yangon - just days after fresh Buddhist-Muslim clashes erupt.

Gruesome eye-for-an-eye punishment handed down on Ali al-Khawahir unless he pays £175,000 compensation.

Saudi's religious police say women are now allowed to ride bikes and motorbikes.

Gerald Babin, participant on TV show Koh Lanta, died of heart attack in Cambodia.

Michael Sarris leaves post after only five weeks following the island's €10bn Torika-led bailout

Melbourne man Luke Wentholt accused of beating flatmate to death and injuring second man.

France's far-right leader wants to reunite all Eurosceptic forces in Europe.

An electricity plant in Peshawar’s southern Badh Bher suburb has been assaulted by dozens of militants.

Airline charges passengers for what they weigh, plus baggage.

Foreign tourist gang-raped and robbed on bus in World Cup and Olympics host city.

Mumbai restaurant owner says local men misinterpreting Western women's behaviour leads to sexual assault.

The Saudi Arabian government executes a man convicted of murder while arranging for deportation of Yemeni labourers

People's Liberation Army troops and tanks mobilised in border region with North Korea.

Activist group records 6,005 deaths and says real toll could be far higher.

The appointment of new Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio has prompted former Labour leadership contender David Miliband to resign his position as director at the club.

Floods paralyse transport system and bring normal life to standstill in capital Port Louis.

South Korea to test latest cyber security plan during military exercise with US in August as tensions in Korean Peninsula rise.

Dallas Wiens, one of the first patients to receive a full-face transplant, has married fellow burns patient Jamie Nash.

Two men die in Shanghai after contracting strain of avian influenza never passed to humans before.