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• Pakistani politician is shot dead

  Sunday 19 May 2013

  Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party, is shot dead in the…

• Afghan MPs halt women's law debate

  Saturday 18 May 2013

  The Afghan parliament interrupts debate on a law to prevent violence against women, with conservatives calling for it to…

• Warner in Twitter row investigation

  Saturday 18 May 2013

  Opening batsman David Warner is asked by Cricket Australia to explain why abusive messages to journalists are on his Twitter…

• Deadly floods sweep southern China

  Saturday 18 May 2013

  Flooding and landslides across nine southern Chinese provinces leave more than 50 people dead and 14 missing, officials say…

• Saudi woman reaches Everest summit

  Saturday 18 May 2013

  A 25-year-old Saudi woman makes history by reaching the summit of the world's highest mountain.

• N Korea 'fires short-range missiles'

  Saturday 18 May 2013

  North Korea has fired three short-range missiles as part of an apparent routine test-launch, South Korea says.

• Thein Sein set for landmark US visit

  Friday 17 May 2013

  Burma's President Thein Sein heads to the US to meet President Obama - in the first US state visit by Burmese leader since…