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Quake survivors plead for help in Indian Kashmir
Sarwar Jan and her eight shivering children collect a handful of twigs to light a fire in their little tin shed as it snows heavily outside.

US, UK blamed for Iraq hostages
A peace group blamed the United States and Britain for the abduction of four activists shown in an insurgent video, saying the kidnapping was the direct result of the occupation of Iraq.

Saudi women score twice in first polls
Two Saudi businesswomen swept to an unprecedented victory in elections to the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the first polls in which women stood as candidates in the conservative

Uma Bharti suspended for anti-party activities
Barely four days after she was appointed BJP National General Secretary, the stormy petrel of saffron politics Uma Bharti was on Wednesday suspended from the primary membership of the party for "anti-party

Hurricane season finally ending
The victims of the busiest and costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record may be comforted now that it's finally ending Wednesday: No hurricane has been known to hit the United States between December

9 Iraqis shot to death in attack on minibus
Nine Iraqis from a Shiite village northeast of Baghdad were shot and killed Wednesday as they boarded a minibus to go to work on nearby farms, police said.

No 'date certain' for Iraq victory, withdrawal: US
The White House, in its most detailed public plan yet for success in Iraq, said Wednesday it expected to reduce US forces there in 2006 but warned that victory would not come by a "date certain.

8 reported dead in Pakistani quake zone
More than 700 people many suffering from pneumonia and hypothermia were treated at hospitals Wednesday as winter descends on Pakistani Kashmir and the millions who lost their homes in last month's

Bus crash kills 30 in Nepal
At least 30 people died and 15 others were injured when their bus veered off a road in Nepal and plunged 50 metres down a hill, police said Wednesday.

Clinton pledges continued help for tsunami-hit Aceh
The UN special envoy for tsunami recovery, former US president Bill Clinton, pledged Wednesday that the international community would not abandon Aceh even after it fades from world attention.