Pakistan politician buried as re-polling held
Zahra Hussain, senior leader of Imran Khan's party, shot in Karachi hours before re-polling took place in port city.
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Afghan MPs block divisive women's rights law
Legislation was approved by President Karzai in 2009, but stalled by conservative MPs who deemed it un-Islamic.
18 May 2013
First Saudi woman climbs to top of Everest
Raha Moharrak, 25, says she wants to inspire other women to scale world's highest mountain.
18 May 2013
Two bombs strike complex housing Afghan elite
Blasts kill at least nine people and wound 70 in gated Kandahar community linked to family of President Hamid Karzai.
17 May 2013