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ASIA-PACIFIC 6:48pm

New data reveal scale of China abortions

A lone child at a kindergarten in Wuhan

532m terminations and sterilisations performed since 1971

US & CANADA 10:14pm

US to ramp up Pacific missile defences

Direct response to growing North Korean threats

North Korea blames South for cyber attacks
In depth Cyberwarfare

ASIA-PACIFIC 7:24pm

UN envoy shoots down drone attacks

CIA raids violate Pakistan’s sovereignty, says Emmerson

Blast in Pakistan’s tribal region kills 18
Editorial Pakistan’s turmoil

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 6:53pm

Logic of sacrifice grinds on in Syria

Alawites fuse ideas of country, regime and community,

AFRICA 6:02pm

Odinga challenges Kenya election result

Outgoing premier says polls were too shambolic to be valid

The 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion

A man walks with his son in Kadhamia, a Shia district in Baghdad

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A decade on from the invasion, the country is still struggling to find its future

Customers shop for clothes at a clothing store in Baghdad's Karrada district August 14, 2012. Iraq

Fortune favours the brave when it comes to making a success of business

US & CANADA 10:26pm

Obama lobbies for alternative energy

President under pressure over Keystone XL oil pipeline

Editorial A least-worst tax
Climate change threatens Neolithic art

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 3:50pm

Netanyahu partners sign coalition deal

Lapid and Bennett’s last-minute objections overcome

In this image made from video provided by CTV, Pope Francis celebrates his inaugural Mass with cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel

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‘New way’ pope faces old forces

Fear Francis may not last the course

Philip Stephens An end to self-righteous Vatican rule
’Slum pope’ is sharp political operator

EUROPE 7:32pm

Italian parliament remains in deadlock

Opening session ends without the election of speakers

Italy hit by downgrade and weak data
Wolfgang Munchau Italy must seek generational change

ASIA-PACIFIC 2:25pm

North Korea blames South for cyber attacks

Pyongyang also points finger at US after websites shut down

In depth Cyberwarfare
US urges China to crack down on hacking

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