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BY AGENCY REPORTER The one-year mandatory national service scheme for university and polytechnic graduates under 30 years age may soon witness an overhaul. The national conference has said the scheme...

The BBC's Paul Adams: ''It's clearly a difficult fight for the Iraqi military'' Iraqi government forces are continuing an offensive to retake the northern city of Tikrit from Sunni rebels....

By CHRIS BUCKLEY HONG KONG — An unofficial referendum on making the selection of Hong Kong’s chief executive more democratic has attracted votes equal to more than a fifth of the city’s...

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is to ask Congress for more than $2 billion to deal with the surge in unaccompanied children from Central America...