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Iran seeks to speed up nuclear activity: IAEA By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA | Thu May 23, 2013 6:42am EDT (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment program, a U.N. nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how...

North Korea says willing to take China's advice to start talks Reuters – 11 mins ago Reuters/Reuters - Choe Ryong-hae (C), director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army (KPA) of North Korea, walks with Chinese Ambassador Liu Hongcai (2nd R) before departing Pyongyang...

Everest: Japanese Man Oldest To Reach Summit Yuichiro Miura, who is 80, says he feels "totally exhausted" as he speaks to his team after reaching the highest place on earth. 7:25am Thursday 23 May 2013 Yuichiro Miura (R) and his son 8,000 metres below the summit An 80-year-old Japanese...

Desperate Chinese College Student Takes Doctor Hostage by Peter Barefoot on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 From QQ: Wuhan University Student Takes Hostage Over Damages After Traffic Accident May 18, a freshman of a certain college in Wuhan surnamed Chen accidentally hit an 80-something-year-old...

Son of Chinese Judge Hired Hit Men to Murder His Own Family by Fauna on Monday, May 20, 2013 From Sina Weibo: @头条新闻: In the Henan province Zhoukou city judge Gao Tianfeng and daughter murder case, on the list of names given to the hired killers, which included the parents and the older...

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People stand near the site of an explosion at a factory manufacturing industrial explosives in Zhangqiu, Shandong province, on Monday.

The explosion on Monday morning killed at least 12 people. Investigations on the cause of the blast are ongoing, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Rescuers work at the site where a blast ripped through an explosives manufacturing plant in Caofan Township of Zhangqiu City on Monday. At least 12 were killed and about 20 are missing after the accident.

China Factory Explosion: Blast Kills 12 At Plant 05/20/13 10:24 AM ET EDT BEIJING — A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in eastern China, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris, state media reported. Rescuers were taking care to...

Powerful tornadoes lash US states Oklahoma and Kansas battered as weather service issues warning over "complete destruction" of homes and businesses. Last Modified: 20 May 2013 09:36 Move your cursor over the video below to see the play button<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed...

Canada's top aide quits over expenses scandal Nigel Wright, the prime minister's chief of staff, resigns after secretly giving a $87,000 cheque to a Senate member. Last Modified: 20 May 2013 01:19 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he accepted Wright's resignation with great regret...

Dancer says showgirls dressed as Obama, nuns at Berlusconi party Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name ''Ruby the heartstealer'', gestures at Milan's court January 14, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Alessandro Garofalo By Sara Rossi MILAN | Fri May 17, 2013 11:55am EDT (Reuters) - The...

Indian police respond to sex-crimes criticism New Delhi police introduce reforms after being accused of mistreating or ignoring victims of sex crimes. Last Modified: 16 May 2013 11:49 Below is the video, move your cursor over it to see the play button.<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D...

Rohingya Muslim children attend class in a makeshift school at a camp for people displaced by violence near Sittwe April 27, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj A Rohingya Muslim man calls for the afternoon prayer in a makeshift mosque at the camp for people displaced by violence near Sittwe April...