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The tsunami, triggered by a massive 9.1 magnitude quake, also hit at least six other countries along the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing more than 230,000 people. Indonesia was hit hardest, with more than 168,000 killed.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had warned Pakistan in October that Islamabad would be put on the Black List if it did not comply with the remaining 22 points in a list of 27 questions.

Under the deal, the United States would agree to reduce some tariffs in exchange for a big jump in Chinese purchases of American farm products.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the triple attack but Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said sleeper cells of the Islamic State group were probably responsible.

The CST-100 Starliner astronaut capsule was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, but an automated timer error, which Boeing could not immediately explain, prevented the spacecraft from attaining the orbit.

The doctors are also urging Pakistan's government to do more to understand how the virus went from high-risk groups such as drug users and sex workers to the general population.

The House passed legislation to implement the US-Mexico Canada Agreement 385-41, with 38 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent member voting no.

The verdict is another setback for the firm after it lost its licence to carry paying passengers in London last month, with the city's regulator claiming it had put passenger safety at risk.

Weather forecasts predict freezing temperatures in the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso area through the weekend.

The boy pulled out the gun and shot the classmate outside a classroom at the school. He then changed clothes to try to get away from the school campus but was apprehended by teachers and older students.

The assailants managed to flee from the scene after the incident, police said, adding that a search is on to nab them.

The court said that the credibility of the accuser's account, in which she said she was forced to have sex while unconscious and despite resisting after she regained consciousness, was relatively high.

The energy giant was listed on Tadawul on December 11 following the world's largest initial public offering and continued to rise since then, before edging down slightly at close on Tuesday.

Although the country is deeply religious and conservative, same-sex marriage is legal and gay couples have the right to adopt children -- whether or not they are the biological children of one of the partners.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque released the list at a press briefing in Dhaka and said the initiative has been taken to introduce the anti-liberation forces to the new generation.

It is now believed the two may be in the sea, although divers searching the contaminated waters around the island on Saturday failed to locate one body seen floating in the area several days ago.