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British banker charged over bloody killings at luxury Hong Kong apartment Hong Kong (CNN)-A British investment banker has been charged with murder in Hong Kong over the killings of two young Indonesian women at a high-rise apartment in the heart of the densely populated city. One of the victims was discovered stuffed inside a suitcase on the balcony of the 31st-floor...

Suicide bomber kills dozens at Pakistan border parade, police say (CNN)-At least 45 people were killed and 55 more injured in a Lahore, Pakistan, suicide blast near the country's border with India, police and hospital officials said Sunday. A suicide bomber detonated his vest after a daily parade at the Wagah border crossing, Inspector General Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera of the Punjab...

Republicans poised to ride Obama's unpopularity to gains in U.S. elections U.S. President Barack Obama campaigns for U.S. Representative Gary Peters (D-MI), candidate for U.S. Senate, and former U.S. Representative Mark Schauer (D-MI), candidate for governor of Michigan, at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan November 1, 2014. (Reuters) - Republicans are poised to pick up seats and could win control...

Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine' (Reuters) - Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called "a farce". Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko won over 81 percent of the vote, according to the exit polls of an election that has worsened a standoff between Russia and the West.     Read the...

Iraqi Kurds join fight against Islamic State in Kobani 4 OF 5. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters celebrate atop an army vehicle carrying a heavy machinegun as they move towards the Syrian town of Kobani, October 31, 2014. (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State militants in Kobani, hoping their support for fellow Kurds backed by U.S.-led...

Mohammad: ‘Khalifa’s impact beyond statistical measure’ Dubai: “We have lived through ten years of deep wisdom, ten years of clear vision, fast development and great achievement. Today we mark ten years of the presidency of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,” said His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE...

Saudi women’s rights activist ‘in prison’ Dubai: Saudi Arabia has arrested a prominent campaigner for women’s rights for insulting Islam, activists said on Saturday, accusing authorities of trying to crush all dissent. Squad Al Shammari, a co-founder of a liberal human rights group, is being held in prison, according to two activists who did not want to be named. Squad recently posted...

Qatar pares support for Islamists but careful to preserve ties Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz (right) meeting the Emir of Qatar, Shaikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in Jeddah recently. Though Qatar has backed US-led campaign against Daesh, Gulf states are concerned about its ambiguous stance on Islamists Doha: Qatar has joined the American-led coalition to fight Daesh, yet the...

In Liberian slum, Ebola quarantine magnifies misery MONROVIA, Liberia — Emily Abaleo, 38, sits on a narrow bench, squashed between her snoring son and two younger daughters who pass the time by elbowing one another in this city's West Point slum. She recalls better times there, before a deadly virus hit, before a quarantine to stop it and before it...

Merkel warns Cameron UK is reaching 'point of no return' German Chancellor Angela Merkel has remained firm on her country's positioning towards EU migration laws. She has warned British Prime Minister David Cameron over the UK's recent recalcitrance. A source told the weekly that Merkel warned Cameron on the sidelines of an EU summit last month that if he continued to...

Western Sydney Wanderers seek to upset Saudi powerhouse Al-Hilal Western Sydney Wanderers goalkeeper Ante Covic (R) reacts as Nassir Alshamrani of Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal touches him during their Asian Champions League final first-leg soccer match at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney Oct. 25, 2014. (Reuters) With a narrow one-goal advantage, the Western Sydney Wanderers are confident they can upset Saudi powerhouse al-Hilal...

RANKED: The Best Smartphones In The World The Sony Xperia Z3v can survive under water. Holiday shopping starts this month, and if you want to buy someone a smartphone, there are a ton of great devices to choose from. Here's our monthly list of the best smartphones you can buy. We update this list approximately once a month. Our rankings are...

(5 Best Work From Home Jobs ) Everyone loves the idea of working from home. Not having to battle the morning commute, wait in line all day for coffee, listen to bosses yell at you for doing exactly what they told you to do last week and then getting the same paycheck every single week. We want more, we...

Flaxseed Finding creative ways to add flaxseeds to your meals can be a challenge. One popular technique is to incorporate ground flaxseeds into your muffin, cookie, or bread recipes. But what about the impact of oven temperatures on omega-3 fatty acids in the flax? According to several recent studies, the answer to this question is—"No problem!" We've seen two recent...