Clashes intensifies in Tehran as police fire tear gas, water cannons at thousands of protesters

Iran Election protestsFierce Tehran clashes between police, protesters

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi demands presidential vote annulled

TEHRAN, Iran — Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is repeating his demand that Iran’s presidential vote must be annulled.

Algerian militants kill 2 teachers, 8 police in ambush after exams near the capital

ALGIERS, Algeria — Al-Qaida-linked militants killed two teachers and eight police escorts as they brought copies of tests back from an examination center near the Algerian capital, a local official and Algerian media said Wednesday.

High security but low polling in West Bengal’s Maoist belt

LALGARH - Indian Air Force helicopters roared in the sky, the thumps of the heavy boots of security personnel pierced the uneasy calm, but voters were only a handful in most areas of the state’s Maoist belt Thursday.

Shoot at sight orders in Bihar against troublemakers

PATNA - The Bihar government Wednesday issued shoot at sight orders against trouble makers and sealed the state’s borders with Nepal to ensure violence free polls in the first phase Thursday, an official said here.

Iraq police station attack kills 30

BAGHDAD - At least 30 people were killed and 48 others injured Sunday when a man driving a motorcycle detonated explosives strapped to his body outside a police recruitment centre in the Iraqi capital, the police, witnesses and medics said.

14 killed in Chile helicopter crash

SANTIAGO - Fourteen firefighters and other emergency personnel died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed in Chile’s Chanco area, the local media reported Monday.

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