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Double bombing kills 37 in Iraq

BAGHDAD: A car packed with explosives and a roadside bomb went off back-to-back outside a municipal building north of Baghdad on Tuesday,killing 37 people and wounding 54,Iraqi police and a hospital doctor said. The twin blast in Taji,a town about 20 km from here,were the latest in a series of attacks across Iraq.

Papua New Guinea: Man hit with arrows

WELLINGTON: A young couple,from New Zealand,who took a dip in a river in Papua New Guinea are recovering from an attack by a tribesman,who shot the man Matt Scheurich with arrows twice before trying to sexually assault the woman,said local doctor Charlie Turharus.

Secret Service probes Obama death

WASHINGTON: The US Secret Service has launched a probe into the apparent hacking of an Twitter account operated by Fox News which announced that President Barack Obama was assassinated on Monday.

Srebrenica victims win lawsuit

THE HAGUE: The Netherlands was responsible for deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men slain by Serbs during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre,appeals judges ruled Tuesday,ordering the Dutch government to compensate the mens relatives. The ruling could open the path to other compensation claims.

Fresh quake hits New Zealand

WELLINGTON: A powerful earthquake struck New Zealands North Island on Tuesday but there are no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The US Geological Survey reported the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.3 and occurred at a depth of 161 km.