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Chair of the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation Wolfgang Weiss

Somalis fleeing the insurgent-held town of Afgooye for Mogadishu.

The US senate has unanimously approved tougher economic sanctions against Iran to force Tehran to abandon its alleged military nuclear programme.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and two of his allies were Tuesday charged with breaking laws during a massive street rally in April to demand electoral fairness.

India and Pakistan have reportedly agreed to sign a 7.6 billion-dollar US-backed trans-Afghanistan gas pipeline project.

A day after a suicide bomber blew himself up during a military parade killing nearly 100 soldiers, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi vowed to continue the war on terror regardless of the "sacrifices".

A huge number of fake Chinese electronics parts are being used in US military equipments, a key senate committee report has concluded, after a more-than-year-long investigation.

Malian refugee women wait with their children to receive relief items from UNHCR in Gaoudel, Ayorou district, northern Niger.

Mali residents are expressing shock at an attack on the country's interim president by protesters unhappy with an agreement to let him stay in office for a year. West African leaders have condemned the attack and threatened sanctions on those it finds responsible for trying to block a return to civilian government, two months after a military coup.