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Earthquake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan, scores killed
A powerful earthquake has killed scores of people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan and officials expect the number of deaths to increase.
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Pakistan: 12 dead as train plunges into canal
The train was carrying military personnel and their families when a bridge collapsed. The army claims it was sabotage, officials said.
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Pakistan: extreme heatwave kills over 800 people
Over 800 people die in Karachi as the worst heatwave for a decade sends temperatures in Pakistan’s Sindh province soaring to 45 degrees Celsius at the same time as many are fasting for Ramadan.
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Osama bin Laden’s death: claim and counter-claim
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is panned for trashing the official version of the Osama bin Laden assassination – so should we start believing other outlandish theories about the killing?
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Ten jailed for Pakistan Taliban attack on Malala Yousafzai
Ten men are jailed for 25 years each for their role in 2012 Pakistan Taliban shooting attack on education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai.
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Pakistan activist Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi
Sabeen Mahmud, one of Pakistan’s most outspoken human rights campaigners, has been killed by armed men after giving a talk in Karachi, writes Saira Jaffer.
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Death sentence: alarming global rise in capital punishment
A mentally-ill British grandfather is among more than 19,000 people on death row in Pakistan, according to human rights group Amnesty International.
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Bomb blasts kill 14 people at churches in Lahore
Fourteen people are killed and nearly 80 wounded after bombs explode outside two churches in Lahore, Pakistan. A Taliban splinter group has claimed responsibility.
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Meet the Justin Bibis: the Pakistani girls singing Bieber
Two teenage girls from Pakistan, who became internet sensations when their rendition of Justin Bieber’s song Baby was posted online, say they sounded out the lyrics before transcribing them into Urdu.
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At least 19 dead in Pakistan Taliban mosque attack
The Pakistan Taliban claim a suicide attack inside a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, which has killed 19 people and injured dozens more.
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Islamic State’s ‘exceedingly dangerous’ new tactics
The killing of at least 30 security personnel in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula could be more than just jihadist violence – but an indication of new and dangerous tactics from the Islamic State group.
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Scores killed in Pakistan bus collision
Distraught relatives await to receive news, after a crash between a passenger bus and a petrol tanker near Karachi, in southern Pakistan, killed at least 57 people.
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How 2014 unfolded – in tweets
In Britain, 2014 was the year of the floods, Ukraine saw a revolution, Scotland almost went indy and the deadly Ebola struck west Africa.
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Children: victims of war
The deliberate targeting of so many children has caused outrage across the world. And it’s part of an increasing – and horrifying – trend.
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Taliban threatens more attacks as Peshawar funerals begin
Pakistan lifts its moratorium on the death penalty for terrorists as the funerals of the 141 people killed in the Taliban’s attack on a Peshawar school begin.