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Miss Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 on Saturday at a tightly guarded ceremony in Bali, Indonesia, after the contest was plagued fears that extremist groups could try to disrupt the event.
At least 15 people were killed on Saturday when an aftershock hit a Pakistani province where hundreds were killed in an major earthquake earlier this week.
The death toll in the residential building collapse in Mumbai has reached 43 by Saturday, while 32 people were injured in the incident.
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit South and Southwest Pakistan on Saturday afternoon, local media quoted the country's meteorological officials as saying.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Friday that an early resumption of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue is in the interests of all sides.
A five-storey apartment block collapsed on Friday in the Indian financial centre of Mumbai, killing at least thirteen people.
India and Pakistan troops Friday fired at each other's positions on the line-of-control (LoC) in Kashmir, officials said.
Afghanistan expects China to take an active role in seeking peace and stability in the war-torn country, Afghan President told President Xi in Beijing.
At least one people was killed and six injured when a five-storey building came crashing down in south Mumbai on Friday morning.
Thai and US police arrested a former American Navy seaman and five accomplices in connection with drug trafficking and other offences, Thai News Agency reported on Friday.
A Japanese vessel capsized early Friday after collided with a Sierra Leone-registered cargo 11 km west off Japan's Izu Oshima, about 100 km south of Tokyo, according to local media.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that the death toll from the powerful earthquake could rise as some areas are still inaccessible due to lack of roads.
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