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US unable to crack San Bernardino attacker's phone
Consumers, worried by cyber crime and government snooping, are increasingly drawn to protected products
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In crucial vote, Hillary Clinton fails to rally women to her history-making bid
With women over 45, Clinton prevailed with 56 percent of the vote
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Tourism: a tenth of the world economy
Tourism accounts for 10 percent of gross domestic product and accounts for one in 11 jobs, according to the UNWTO
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China confirms first case of Zika virus: Xinhua
The virus was detected in a 34-year-old man from Ganxian county in the eastern province of Jiangxi
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Olympic fencer, a Muslim, settled on a ‘sport without alteration’
She is believed to be the first American Olympian in any sport to compete while wearing a hijab
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Twitter looks to outside help in fighting abuse
Over 40 organisations are joining as inaugural members of Twitter's freshly-created Trust and Safety Council
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US, India consider joint patrols in South China Sea: US official
India and US have ramped up military ties in recent years, holding naval exercises in the Indian Ocean that last year
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Trump, Sanders win big in New Hampshire
On the Republican side, Ohio Governor John Kasich staked an early claim to second place
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Kuwait backs alliances against Islamic State, but no troops
Several Gulf Arab states including Kuwait also provide varying kinds of support to a US-led coalition
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US Air Force veteran accused of Islamic State support faces trial
A co-worker told FBI that Pugh "sympathized with Osama bin Laden, felt 1998 bombings of US embassies were justified
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FBI confirms Clinton email investigation
Clinton has repeatedly denied doing anything wrong
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Obama launches cybersecurity 'action plan'
Announcement responds to epidemic of data breaches & cyber attacks on both govt & private networks in recent years
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Abdul Basit meets Hurriyat leader Geelani in Delhi
High commissioner to India assures Pakistan will continue moral, political support of Kashmiris
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Homegrown extremists biggest extremist threat to US: spy chief
Director National Intelligence James Clapper says US-based extremists pose "most significant Sunni terrorist threat"
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US to send reinforcements to aid Afghans in embattled province
The new mission would focus on training and buttressing the 215th Corps of the Afghan army based in the province
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Lawyers of Indian state back Muslim women's demand to use Mumbai mosque
Lawyers for the state said on Tuesday the government could not deny the women equal rights
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Indian police arrest goat for damaging senior bureaucrat’s garden
Police registered a case against the man and his animal for chewing up the district magistrate's garden
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Prominent reformists back in Iran election: official
The new approvals raise the potential for a change in the balance of power in Iran's parliament
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NATO to take refugee crisis aid requests 'very seriously'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Turkey and Germany would ask NATO to help police the Turkish coast
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Israel takes first step to pass contentious NGO law
Bill has sparked international criticism with US and EU ambassadors to Israel expressing concern over its implications
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Man sets himself on fire outside London palace of Prince William
Police found the man, in his 40s, ablaze and was declared dead not long afterwards
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Pakistani 'drug dealer' escapes prison in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia police have started searching the man who also has a severe contagious disease
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UK child rapist 'flees to Pakistan' during trial
Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain, 38, was convicted of rape, sexual activity with child and conspiracy to rape
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UK school called 'Isis Academy' forced to change name
The academy in Oxford has rebranded itself to avoid confusion with terrorist organisation Islamic State
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Indian avalanche soldier 'stable' after six-day ordeal
An estimated 8,000 soldiers have died on the glacier since 1984
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Swedish prosecutor preparing new application to interview Assange
Assange, 44, took refuge at the embassy in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden
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'Made in Europe': Plight of garment workers under scrutiny
Workers, who are overwhelmingly women, are often hired on the legal minimum wage of less than 200 euros a month
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Why we have to open window shades during take off and landing
Take off and landing are considered to be critical times in aviation when most accidents happen
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Do you want fries with that? Man charged with throwing alligator into fast food restaurant
Joshua James, 23, had wanted to play a practical joke on a friend
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Mother jailed for advertising online to rape six-year-old daughter
The woman, who is also convicted on numerous counts of dealing in child pornography, was awarded 26 years jail term
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Troops will stay in Siachen, says Indian defence minister
Manohar Parrikar's statement comes after last week's avalanche which claimed the lives of nine soldiers
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'Dead' Chinese baby awakes just before cremation
He was declared dead on February 4 after a doctor decided his heart had stopped beating
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Camps full as tens of thousands flee regime in Syria's Aleppo
The United Nations says up to 31,000 people have fled Aleppo city and surrounding areas in recent days
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Eight killed in German train crash, 150 injured: police
The accident took place in Bad Aibling, in the southeastern corner of Germany
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UAE tries 'Hezbollah', 'Qaeda' cell members: media
One of the men is a Canadian citizen and representatives of his country's consulate attended the hearing
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UAE to create ‘Minister for Happiness’ post
Emir of Dubai says position is being created to ensure satisfaction of citizens
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US troop reinforcements head for embattled southern Afghan province
Security forces in the southern province have been plagued by high desertion and casualty rates
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Heroic Pakistani refugee saves drowning man at German carnival
Police says 21-year-old Pakistani migrant selflessly jumped into River Rhine and pulled the man out
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Google CEO Pichai receives stock grant worth about $199 million
Pichai, who took over in August, has received grant for 273,328 Class C Google stock units
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Sanders sneaks ahead as first votes cast in New Hampshire
On the Republican side, John Kasich won three votes to two for Donald Trump
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Former Nepal PM Sushil Koirala dies at 77
Koirala headed the country's biggest political party, the Nepali Congress
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Laptop bomb may have blown hole in Somali plane: US officials
Daallo's chief executive says suspected suicide bomber was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight
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Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg says eyeing 2016 run for president: FT
Billionaire has told aides to draw up plans for independent campaign for US presidency
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Record number of shark attacks in 2015, researchers find
Sharks attacked people 98 times in 2015, a spike in unprovoked attacks that set a new record
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Replace female genital mutilation with new rites of passage, says UN chief
The country with the highest rate of FGM remains Somalia where figures show 98 percent of girls have been cut
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Snug as a bug: the hated cockroach inspires a helpful robot
The robots are designed to navigate through rubble to find survivors after natural disasters or bombings
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India introduces net neutrality rules barring Facebook's free Internet
The new rules came after Facebook launching an advertising campaign in support of its Free Basics program
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Earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude felt in New Zealand capital
Earthquakes are common in New Zealand, whose two islands lie along the Australia-Pacific tectonic plate boundary
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Australian woman freed by al Qaeda says her husband is still alive
The couple were seized on January 15 from the town of Djibo near Burkina Faso's border with Mali
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Libyan warplane crashes after attacking Islamic State militants
Before crashing, the aircraft conducted raids on Islamic State militants positions some nine miles from Derna