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KARACHI: They came after dusk and chanted into the night sky “Kill the Hindus, kill the children of the Hindus,” as they smashed religious icons, ripped golden bangles off women’s arms and flashed pistols.

WASHINGTON: Colorado and Washington have become the first US states to legalize possession and use of marijuana for recreational purposes, media reports said after voters there approved the measure.

WELLINGTON: The world's rarest whale species - the spade-toothed beaked whale has been spotted for the first time by scientists of New Zealand in the Pacific Ocean.

WASHINGTON: Mr Barack Obama on Wednesday clinched a resounding victory over Republican challenger, Mr Mitt Romney to earn a second term as the US President braving economic woes and straightaway promised bi-partisan politics after a deeply polarised election.

NEW YORK: The people gathered around the side of a building on Third Avenue looked like refugees huddled around a campfire. But instead of crackling flames, their warmth came from more advanced technology: a power strip that had been offered to charge cellphones.

WASHINGTON: US on Thursday dismissed as "hollow" the offer of humanitarian aid for superstorm Sandy victims from Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and for whom the US has offered a bounty of $10 million.

IWAKI: The operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that went into a tsunami-triggered meltdown knew the risks from highly radioactive water at the site but sent in crews without adequate protection or warnings, a worker said in a legal complaint.

BEIRUT: Syria’s state-run news agency says a fresh wave of bombings has hit Damascus and its outskirts.  SANA says “terrorists detonated” three bombs in Al-azzeh district of Damascus late Wednesday night, targeting a mosque, a sports club and a shop.

NEW YORK:  Megastorm Sandy hit the US east coast with fierce force on Tuesday, claiming at least 33 lives across seven states, plunging millions of homes into darkness and leaving the New York Stock Exchange shut for two straight days for the first time since 1888.

NEW YORK:  At least 7.3 million homes and businesses on the US East Coast were without power on Tuesday after hurricane Sandy tore down power lines, flooded networks and sparked an explosion at a Consolidated Edison substation on Manhattan’s East River.