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\'Flash floods kill at least 65 in Afghanistan\'
Afghan Air Force personnel use a helicopter to evacuate residents from a flooded area
©  AFP
Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 families, the national disaster authority chief told AFP Saturday.  more
Thousands fight forest fires in Russia heatwave
A firefighter works to extinguish a peat fire in a forest near the village Ryazanovka
©  Artyom Korotayev
Hundreds of thousands of firefighters, including army troops, on Saturday battled forest fires raging across central Russia in the worst heatwave for decades, destroying houses and killing more than 30 people.  more
Syria, Saudi leaders urge Lebanon rivals to avoid violence
King Abdullah (L) shakes hands with Bashar al-Assad as Michel Sleiman watches
©  AFP
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday urged Lebanon\'s rival factions to avoid violence, on an unprecedented joint trip to Beirut aiming to defuse political tensions.  more
Berlusconi split with ally erodes once comfortable majority
Italy\'s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a Parliament session
©  Tiziana Fabi
Italy\'s Silvio Berlusconi saw the erosion of his once comfortable majority in parliament Friday as 33 lawmakers defected in support of the prime minister\'s estranged longtime ally.  more
Political detainee sues Saudi government
A legal case being staged by a Saudi detainee is set to test the government\'s avowal to improve its
©  Hassan Ammar
More than three years after he was arrested on vague allegations, Saudi political detainee Suliman al-Reshoudi who has yet to be tried or even charged with a crime is now taking on the system.  more
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