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Police horse attacked by BJP, dies after a month struggle
If I’m found guilty, then cut my leg, says BJP lawmaker, who was accused in evoking the violence during the protest
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David Cameron links London mayor hopeful to 'IS supporter'
British PM's comments were aimed at Sadiq Khan, a Muslim who is leading opinion polls for the May 5 mayoral election
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'Hijab Day' at Paris university divides opinion
Students urge women to participate if they too think all women should have right to dress as they wish
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Chandigarh to ban 'short skirts' in night clubs
Local restaurateurs, lawyers and others have opposed the policy
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Two fisherman fight off shark in French Polynesia
Fisherman manage to fight off a shark with their bare hands
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No new malaria cases in Europe, Caucasus or Central Asia in 2015
Until the end of World War II, it was common in southern Europe, including Portugal, Italy, the Balkans and Greece
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German top court strikes down core planks of anti-terror law
Legislation gives investigators sweeping powers to use secret cameras and bugging devices in private homes
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Indian father chops off alleged rapist's hands
Police say the 25-year-old Singh lured the teenager away from the court in Bathinda district
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Saudi executed for murder taking total for year to 85
Hussain al-Magaafi had been found guilty of fatally stabbing a fellow Saudi following an argument
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GCC, US agree joint patrols to block Iran arms to Yemen
Iran denies accusations by Gulf states that it is smuggling weapons to Yemen
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off Ecuador coast: USGS
No tsunami warning has been issued
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Germany asks Belgium to shut two old nuclear plants
Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks requested that reactors be turned off
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Rouhani clashes with Iranian police over undercover hijab agents
Some 7,000 men and women officers report violations in Tehran
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India says 330 million people suffering from drought
Reports of families and farmers in remote villages walking long distances to find water have dominated local media
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Death toll from blast in Afghan capital Kabul rises to 64
With 347 wounded, casualty has risen with more than double the total previously estimated by police
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Turkish police detain 20 people over links to cleric Gulen: Anadolu
Arrests made in an operation carried out in the southern provinces of Turkey
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Watchdog says press freedom in decline, warns of 'new era of propaganda'
World press freedom deteriorated in 2015, especially in the Americas
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This tragic India-Pakistan love story will move you to tears
Javed was tortured and branded a terrorist by the Indian authorities after he fell in love with a Pakistani girl
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Israeli forces destroy home of Palestinian attacker
It was the latest such demolition carried out by Israel as a deterrent
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Automaker Mitsubishi dives 15% on faulty emission tests
Mitsubishi sold over one million vehicles in its last fiscal year
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China air pollution shifts west in first quarter: Greenpeace
China's cities often hit by heavy pollution, blamed on coal-burning by power stations, heavy industry and vehicle use
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Apple to launch an ‘all glass’ iPhone in 2017, claims analyst
According to the report, iPhone 7 will look largely like the iPhone 6/iPhone 6S
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Utah calls pornography public health crisis, in US first
A major adult entertainment trade group dismissed the move as "noxious" and an "old-fashioned morals bill"
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Yemen rebels say to join delayed peace talks in Kuwait
Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies agree to join delayed UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait
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Koh-e-Noor belongs to Pakistan, says Indian-born British politician
India backtracks, says it will make all possible efforts to get back Koh-e-Noor diamond from Britain
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Anger erupts as 1,700 still missing in Ecuador quake
In a zone popular with tourists, 480 people are known to have died, the government said Tuesday
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Senior US lawmakers want India PM Modi to address US Congress
Invitation would be sharp turnaround for a leader who was once barred from US over massacres of Muslims
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EU citizens fear Brexit more than the Brits: survey
78 percent of Germans, over two-thirds of Spaniards and almost six out of 10 French want Britain to stay in the EU
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Yemen's guerrilla war tests military ambitions of big-spending Saudis
Riyadh launched an Arab military intervention last year to confront perceived Iranian expansionism in Yemen
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Terror or tobacco? French school smoking lights up debate
Shortly after the November 13 attacks in Paris, Islamic State group issued threats against French schools
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Torture-praising politician seizes limelight in Brazil
It is the latest sign of Brazil slipping into unpredictable political territory
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South Sudan peace deal 'at risk' after Machar no show: monitors
South Sudan's best hope to end over two years of war risks collapse after rebel chief Riek Machar fails to return
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China planning chief warns his officials to step up graft fight
Xu Shaoshi says there are weak risk controls to prevent corruption from happening
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Obama dives into Brexit debate on London trip
US president's four-day trip comes ahead of a June 23 referendum
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Obama visits Saudi Arabia amid tensions with historic ally
Obama is to hold talks with King Salman, attend a summit with the six Gulf Cooperation Council monarchies
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NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation
Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will be the first since Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014
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Venezuela opposition seeks president's ouster
Thousands gather in Caracas and across the country seeking a referendum on cutting his term short
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Climate change: Is the 1.5C target a mirage?
UN's climate science panel announce it will deliver a "special report" in 2018
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Islamic State fighters from 70 countries, analysis shows
The treasure trove comes from an IS defector who hands over 11,000 personnel files to US television network
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Trump, Clinton score huge wins in New York primary
It is the most decisive New York primary in decades, leaves Bernie Sanders with a tough decision on how to proceed
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21 die in boat capsize off Myanmar: UN
"The boat sank because of a heavy wave in the sea," the official said
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Chinese consortium to buy 1% of Australian land
The farming estate includes 10 cattle stations, stretching across southern and western Australia, and Queensland
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Pakistan hands over body of death row prisoner to India
Kirpal Singh, 50, died under mysterious circumstances in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail
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Switzerland halts citizenship process for Muslim students' family
The brothers had informed officials that physical contact with women who are not family members violated their faith
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Trump, poised for win in New York, vows to rewrite political map
The Queens native could find his home state a political graveyard like many Republican contenders before him
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Texas floods kill at least five
Rain came down at rates as high as four inches an hour on Monday, Weather Channel reports
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Egyptian policeman kills a man, wounds another, over cup of tea
Witnesses says the argument was over the price of a cup of tea
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India is working to curb trafficking of women, children: minister
South Asia, with India at its centre, is fastest-growing and second-largest region for human trafficking in the world
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Uganda's only cancer treatment machine breaks, patients left waiting
The device, bought in 1995 and sited at the main Mulago referral hospital, stopped working early in April
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Panama president seeks global efforts to handle tax haven row
Panama is scrambling to avert redesignation as a tax haven after the disclosure of the offshore dealings