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UNICEF's Photo of the Year: Picture of 11-Year-Old Syrian Child Injured by Shrapnel Wins Award

A horrifying picture of an 11-year-old Syrian Child, Dania, who was injured by shrapnel while playing on the street, has won the UNICEF's photo of the year award.

Mar 5, 2014

Lok Sabha Elections 2014: EC to Announce Poll Schedule Today

Lok Sabha Elections 2014 - Chief Election Commissioner V. S Sampath is set to announce the election schedule for the 16th Lok Sabha Elections on 5 March at a media conference in Delhi.

Mar 5, 2014

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Mar 5, 2014

Obama unveils election year 'growth and jobs' budget

President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a budget for the coming fiscal year that had less to do with managing US finances than with stemming Democratic losses in congressional elections. Duration: 00:58

Mar 5, 2014

Geneva motor show set to make tracks out of crisis

The Geneva Motor Show will kick off next week on an optimistic note as the long-suffering European car market appears to finally have swerved out of the slow lane. Duration: 01:44

Mar 5, 2014

NATO: Russia continues to 'violate' Ukraine's sovereignty

NATO will hold a meeting with the Russian ambassador to the alliance on Wednesday, just one day after a second emergency gathering on the Ukraine crisis.

Mar 5, 2014

One year after Chavez, Maduro struggles to live up to his memory

A year after the death of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, some of his fervent supporters admit that his hand-picked successor, Nicolás Maduro, doesn't have the charisma to deal with current economic and social woes. Duration: 02:03

Mar 5, 2014

Arab-Israeli Islamist jailed for inciting violence

An Israeli court sentenced firebrand Islamic preacher Sheikh Raed Salah Tuesday to eight months in prison for inciting Muslims to violence over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque. Duration: 00:59

Mar 5, 2014

London exhibition shows Vikings not just violent warriors

Vikings were not just violent warriors but also craftsmen, traders and explorers, a new exhibition at the British Museum reveals. At the centre of the exhibition is a 37-metre long Viking warship, the longest ever discovered. Duration: 00:52

Mar 5, 2014

Kerry: Russia seeking 'pretext to invade' Ukraine

US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia on Tuesday of looking for a "pretext" to invade Ukraine after taking de-facto control of the ex-Soviet state's strategic Crimea peninsula. Duration: 00:56

Mar 5, 2014

Algeria: Bouteflika rival submits candidacy to run for president

Former prime minister Ali Benflis, who is seen as current Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's main rival in the presidential elections, submitted his dossier to run as a candidate on Tuesday. Duration: 01:38

Mar 5, 2014

Putin says Russian intervention in Ukraine is legitimate

Vladimir Putin on Tuesday denied that Russian troops were operating in the Ukrainian Black Sea region of Crimea, while insiting that sending Moscow's forces to Ukraine would be a legitimate move but also a last resort. Duration: 00:55

Mar 5, 2014

Hamas rejects Egypt court ban of Palestinian movement

A Cairo court banned Tuesday the Palestinian Hamas movement from operating in Egypt, tightening the noose around the militant rulers of the blockaded Gaza Strip amid a crackdown on Islamists. Duration: 00:43

Mar 5, 2014

John Kerry paid tribute to fallen Ukrainians in Kiev

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kiev Tuesday for talks with Ukraine's new interim government, and paid his respects to the victims killed during clashes in Independence Square. Duration: 00:47

Mar 5, 2014

Confidence remains after artificial heart patient dies

French Health Minister Marisol Touraine says she remains confident in all medical professionals, following news a man died two and a half months after receiving an artificial heart made by French firm Carmat. Duration: 00:58

Mar 5, 2014