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Saving Face: The struggle and survival of Afghan women

Published Date : 2012-05-19

Published By: Surgar5

Kabul (CNN) -- When 18-year-old Mumtaz walks into a room, the first thing you notice about her is the patchwork of painful puffy red scars that stretch across her face. "I feel so bad, I do not look at myself in the mirror anymore," Mumtaz said.  She is the victim of a scorned man who decided that if he couldn't marry her, he'd make sure no one else would want to. The man had asked for her hand in marriage, but Mumtaz's family declined the offer. One night, she says, several men showed up at their home.They beat up her family, and finally two armed men held her, pulled her head back and let the man who had wanted to marry her pour acid all over her face.   "I was in ..... read

Attack on Afghan government compound kills 7

published : 2012-05-17

KABUL, Afghanistan –  A group of suicide bombers armed with explosive-laden vests, automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades stormed ..... read

G8 and NATO-athon, with a possible surprise guest

published : 2012-05-16

."(CNN) -- It's the diplomatic equivalent of hosting both the World Cup and the World Series in the same country on the same weekend. On ..... read

Member says ma

published : 2012-05-14

KABUL, Afghanistan –  One of the most powerful men on the Taliban council, Agha Jan Motasim, nearly lost his life in a hail of bullets for ..... read

Afghan peace negotiator Arsala Rahmani shot dead

published : 2012-05-13

A senior Afghan peace negotiator has been shot dead in Kabul, officials say.Arsala Rahmani was a former Taliban minister and a key member of ..... read

Groups: Explosion heard near Baath Party office in Syrian city of Aleppo

published : 2012-05-12

(CNN) -- A powerful explosion rocked Aleppo, Syria's most populous city, late Friday, killing a guard at an office of President Bashar ..... read

Syria unrest: Damascus hit by two deadly blasts

published : 2012-05-10

Two explosions have hit the Syrian capital, Damascus, with state TV saying dozens have been killed or wounded in "terrorist bombings".State TV said ..... read

U.N. leader condemns Syrian bomb blast

published : 2012-05-10

United Nations (CNN) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned a bomb blast Wednesday near a convoy of U.N. observers that was entering ..... read

Al-Qaeda underwear bomber 'was double agent'

published : 2012-05-09

Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent.US officials are quoted as saying ..... read

Clinton presses Pakistan to do more on militancy

published : 2012-05-08

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Pakistan to do more to crack down on militancy, as she ends a two-day trip to neighbouring ..... read

Ahmadinejad's support in parliament wanes

published : 2012-05-07

Final results for parliamentary runoff election show Iran's president losing seats to conservative rMahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, has ..... read

Tomari shutdown leaves Japan without nuclear power

published : 2012-05-06

Japan is switching off its last working nuclear reactor, as part of the safety drive since the March 2011 tsunami triggered a meltdown at the ..... read

Tomari shutdown leaves Japan without nuclear power

published : 2012-05-06

Japan is switching off its last working nuclear reactor, as part of the safety drive since the March 2011 tsunami triggered a meltdown at the ..... read

At least 20 killed as attackers target Cairo protest

published : 2012-05-03

At least 20 people have been killed in Cairo in an attack on a protest near the Egyptian Ministry of Defence.The unknown attackers used rocks, clubs, ..... read

Official: 3 Afghan children killed in insurgent attack

published : 2012-05-02

(CNN) -- Three Afghan children were killed when insurgents attacked police and troops who were visiting villagers in Zabul province, the deputy ..... read

At least four killed in bombing in southeastern Nepal

published : 2012-05-01

Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) -- At least four people were killed in a bomb explosion near a political rally in southeastern Nepal on Monday, ..... read

Lightning in India's West Bengal kills nine

published : 2012-04-30

Nine people have been killed and 15 others injured from lightning striking a temple in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, police say.The ..... read

Towering inferno in Sharjah

published : 2012-04-29

When the fire alarm rang uncontrollably at 2.20am on Saturday, Owais thought it routine, shifted uneasily in his bed and hoped it would go ..... read

Syria has accused the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of bias and encouraging terrorism, after he blamed government forces for violating a ceasefire it agreed to earlier this month. An editorial in the state-run Tishreen newspaper said on Saturday that Ban had avoided discussing violence by opposition fighters in favour of "outrageous" statements against the Syrian government. "He encourages these groups to continue to commit more crimes and terrorist acts, which at the end of the day, the Syrian citizen pays for with his life, blood and security," the editorial said. The comments came a day after state media reported that nine people were killed by a suicide bomber in the Damascus neighbourhood of al-Midan. A number of smaller blasts also occurred in the capital. The main opposition bloc blamed government forces for the bombing and demanded an international inquiry. "The Syrian National Council condemns this criminal act, which is aimed at further undermining the security and stability of our country and at terrorising our people," it said in a statement. Both the government and the opposition were required to cease hostilities by April 12, under a six-point peace plan drafted by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Opposition activists say more than 360 people have been killed since the ceasefire deadline and state media have reported dozens of deaths in roadside bombings and shooting ambushes targeting security forces. 'Blood and terror' Tishreen asserted that Friday's blasts proved that "armed terrorist groups" are continuing their aggression in violation of the UN-backed ceasefire and in spite of the arrival of international observers. State newspaper al-Thawra ran similar comments, saying "groups and individuals were quick to declare [the plan's] failure ... with the alternatives being blood and terror and systematic killing and assassination." In the latest reports of violence, government forces killed at least 10 opposition fighters in the Damascus region, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Troops also bombarded the Damascus suburb of Bakhaa with tank shells after a group of army defectors fled to the area from a nearby region, according to local activist Omar Hamza and the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC). The shelling killed at least 10 people, the activists said. LCC reported 34 more deaths, including five people killed in the city of Hama "as a result of the regime's gunfire to disperse evening protesters". Reports of violence cannot be verified as most foreign media have been barred from entering Syria. The UN estimates that more than 9,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule began in March last year. The government says more than 2,500 members of the security forces have been killed. Arms intercepted The UN has so far deployed 15 observers to monitor the ceasefire, and the mission is to be expanded to 300 in the coming months. The leader of the mission, Norwegian Major General Robert Mood, "is on his way to Damascus and arrives there tomorrow," Sunday, Annan's spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told the AFP news agency. Lebanese army released pictures of seized ammunitions [AP] Meanwhile, the Lebanese navy intercepted a ship loaded with three containers of weapons reportedly destined for Syrian opposition forces on Saturday. Pictures released by the army showed dozens of crates inside the containers, some of them filled with belts of heavy ammunition and rocket-propelled grenades. Military prosecutor Saqr Saqr said an investigation was under way, adding that the 11 crew members of the cargo vessel, which originated from Libya, were being questioned by Lebanese military police. A security official said the Sierre Leone-flagged Lutfallah II was bound for members of the Free Syrian Army, an umbrella group of fighters trying to overthrow Assad's government. Syrian authorities have repeatedly charged that weapons are being smuggled from Lebanon to rebels fighting to overthrow Assad.

published : 2012-04-29

When the fire alarm rang uncontrollably at 2.20am on Saturday, Owais thought it routine, shifted uneasily in his bed and hoped it would go ..... read

Explosions hit Syrian capital

published : 2012-04-28

(CNN) -- A suicide bombing in a Damascus neighborhood killed nine people Friday -- most of them government forces -- and further unraveled an ..... read

Pakistan test fires medium-range missile

published : 2012-04-26

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan said Wednesday that it had conducted a test launch of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying ..... read

Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile

published : 2012-04-25

Pakistan has test fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, military officials say, less than a week after India also test-launched a long-range ..... read
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