Pakistan Assembly elects first woman Speaker

Pakistan's National Assembly elected its first woman speaker on Wednesday, a member of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party which won elections last month.

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17 rebels killed in Indian anti-Maoist crackdown

Police killed 17 Maoist rebels in a shootout in dense forest in central India, the latest in a string of bloody battles with the leftist insurgents, police said on Wednesday.

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US-led raid kills six civilians, Afghan official says

An operation by US-led forces in Afghanistan Wednesday left six civilians dead, a provincial official said, but the force confirmed only that two civilians and several rebels were killed.

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