World

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  Europe's cold mayhem: People freeze to death on streets as airports shut

  260 dead; Ferry disaster averted; Rail and road traffic hit hard

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  Muslim scholars move to ban 'triple talaq'

  Minimum age for brides will be made 18 and that for boys 21

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  Angry activists attack Syrian embassy in London

  [video] UNITED KINGDOM, London: Protesters attacked the Syriam embassy in London on Saturday as Syrian opposition

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  Emirates, Etihad flights to London’s Heathrow cancelled

  BA flights to the UAE also hit

• Iranian warships dock at Saudi port

  Iranian naval ships docked on Saturday in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on a mission to project the Islamic republic's

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  Expel Syrian envoys, says Arab League official

  The Arab League's parliaments chief on Saturday called on member states to expel pro-regime Syrian ambassadors, saying

• 6.0-magnitude quake hits off Philippines

  A 6.0-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but

• Iran mass producing anti-ship cruise missile

  Iran has begun mass production of an anti-ship cruise missile, state television's website said on Saturday. The Zafar

• Iran asks OPEC states not to raise oil output

  Iran has asked OPEC members not to raise oil production to compensate for a European Union embargo against the Islamic

• Pakistan PM to discuss Afghan peace in Qatar

  Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will discuss peace efforts for war-torn Afghanistan with Qatar's leadership

• Russia warns of 'scandal' if UN vote on Syria text

  Russia said Saturday the Western-backed text of a UN Security Council resolution on the violence in Syria did not suit

• 'Blow away' competition text lands businessman in Canada jail

  A Muslim businessman in Canada became a terror suspect for telling his sales staff in a text message to "blow away" the

• Canadian firm boss met Gaddafi son escape plotter

  A Canadian engineering firm, which oversaw billions of dollars worth of projects in Libya, was loosely linked on Friday

• Pakistan serves up first-class rail luxury

  A security guard pointing a gun at your chest may not be a perk of first-class travel in the West, but it's all part of

• More than 220 dead as big freeze grips Europe

  Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives as

• Police say 90,000 at Moscow pro-Putin rally

  Russian police on Saturday said up to 90,000 people were attending a rally in support of Vladimir Putin in Moscow while

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  Syria army assault on protest hub 'kills over 200'

  Syrian forces bombarded the protest city of Homs on Saturday, killing more than 200 civilians in a "horrific massacre",

• Record civilian death toll in Afghan war last year: UN

  A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan's decade-long war in 2011 -- the fifth straight year the death

• UN Security Council to vote Saturday on Syria: diplomat

  Members of the UN Security Council will meet early Saturday in a bid to pass a resolution condemning the violent

• India court rejects home minister prosecution bid

  An Indian court on Saturday threw out a petition to prosecute the country's powerful home minister in a massive