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NEW YORK: More than 100 years after researchers first explored the potential to harness the body's immune system to fight cancer, the field's leading doctors see the concept finally proving itself on a large scale in the next year or two.

PARIS: France handed the presidency to the leftist, Mr Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programmes who says the state should protect the downtrodden -- a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years.

PARIS: French voters went to the polls today to give their final verdict in the hard-fought presidential battle between the right-wing incumbent, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist challenger, Mr Francois Hollande.

KATHMANDU: A glacial lake burst today in the high Himalayan region in northwestern Nepal sweeping away houses, farms, cattles near the tourist resort of Pokhara, killing 13 people and leaving 60 missing, including three foreign trekkers.

ATHENS: Greeks Sunday voted in crucial parliamentary elections that is expected to decide the country's future in the euro zone, and according to trends no single party is likely to gain a majority.

KATHMANDU: The Nepal's Premier, Mr Baburam Bhattarai has formed a new national unity government, inducting 12 ministers -- most of them from main opposition parties -- as part of a negotiated effort to quell political tumult and steer the constitution drafting process ahead.

MELBOURNE: Adolf Hitler had a “Messiah complex” and became increasingly obsessed with the perceived Jewish “enemy within” as World War II turned against Germany, a newly-discovered report has revealed.

UNITED NATIONS: Highlighting the need for reform of the UN Security Council, India has said it is important that the top body concentrate its time and efforts in dealing with issues of global peace and security rather than encroach upon the mandate of the General Assembly.

MANILA: Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee was Saturday elected as Chair of the ADB’s Board of Governors and the country will host the 46th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank in New Delhi next year.

ISLAMABAD: A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan Saturday, killing 10 suspected militants in the second such attack in a week.