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Egypt seizes assets of Brotherhood leaders

Cairo: A senior Egyptian Justice Ministry official said the assets of more than 500 leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which

the country’s ousted President hails, have been ordered confiscated. A ministerial inventory committee ordered ‘movable and immovable properties’ of 572 Muslim Brotherhood leaders seized.

‘Children beheaded in C Africa fighting’

Bangui: At least two children have been beheaded in the fighting which has gripped the Central African Republic, the UN agency for children said adding "unprecedented" levels of violence were being committed against youngsters.

war crime charges on Jamaat leader

Dhaka: A top Jamaat-e-Islami leader was on Tuesday charged by a special Bangladeshi court with war crimes during country’s 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Abdus Subhan has been accused of ‘murder, genocide, loot, abduction, confinement, arson and torture.’

Suicide bomb kills 3 Yemeni soldiers

Aden: A suicide car bombing at the security headquarters in Yemen’s southern city of Aden killed at least three soldiers on Tuesday in what appeared to be an Al-Qaeda attack, police said.

N-Ireland talks end without deal

london: All-night talks have failed to produce an accord in Northern Ireland on key issues including the use of flags and parades which are causes of continuing disputes between Protestants and Catholics.

Missile hits bus in Syria killing over 10

Beirut: Syrian activists said a missile has struck a bus in a rebel-held area of the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 10 people. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that another missile landed nearby as medics were evacuating the wounded.