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US presidential contender calls Obama's daughter 'Malala'
This is not the first time Jeb Bush has mispronounced Obama's daughter Malia's name
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Indian regulator slams Facebook in row over free Internet
Facebook has met a fierce backlash after letting poor people access selected websites for free via mobile phone
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Singapore says it deported 26 Bangladeshis for terror links
Home affairs ministry says workers were being groomed to return to their home country to wage holy war
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UK boy quizzed over 'terrorist house' spelling mistake
Police interviewed the boy at his home in Lancashire on December 7 & examined family computer following his mistake
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Vietnam's beloved sacred turtle dies: state media
Reptile, critically endangered swinhoe softshell turtle, occupies key mythological role in Vietnam
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Taliban search for man who cuts off wife's nose: officials
Khan is believed to have fled to an area near the border with Turkmenistan
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Apple wins US ban on older model Samsung smartphones
Samsung found to have infringed Apple patents; older models of smartphones banned in US
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Khamenei condemns attack on Saudi embassy in Tehran
Khamenei thanks Revolutionary Guards for detaining a group of US sailors in the Gulf last week
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Netflix membership climbs with global growth
Netflix says its total membership eclipsed 75 million just hours after the end of the official close of the quarter
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IMF urges EU to open jobs market quickly to refugees
IMF said bringing refugees into the workforce can lessen the chance that they will become a burden on states
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Two dead in clashes with police in Indian-held Kashmir
Angry protesters chant "We want freedom", "Go India, go back", torch armoured police vehicle
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TTP, Mullah Fazlullah not behind Bacha Khan University attack: Khorasani
TTP spokesperson contradicts APS attack mastermind Umar Mansoor who claimed TTP was responsible for the attack
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India launches satellite, moves closer to its own GPS
The satellite IRNSS-1E was launched into orbit by a locally developed spacecraft from the Sriharikota space centre
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Indian millionaire convicted of security guard murder
Muhammad Nisham, 39, was arrested last January after he pinned the guard against a wall with his Hummer
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Activists skeptical as India's Kerala becomes first in primary education goal
Several universities are denying admission to students from Kerala as they feel that they got inflated marks
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Shell expects huge profits decline on oil price plunge
Shell is slashing thousands of jobs, selling assets worth billions and exiting projects as oil prices plunge
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Sarah Palin endorses 'master' dealmaker Trump for US president
Trump said he was honored to receive Palin's endorsement
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Sarah Palin's son arrested for domestic violence: court documents
During the fight, Track Palin allegedly brandished a rifle and threatened to shoot himself
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French hate crimes on rise: minister
Overall, 2014 had seen 133 attacks on Muslims and 851 of an anti-Semitic nature based on complaints logged with police
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Danish town makes pork mandatory in public institutions
Town council says its aim is not to force anybody to eat anything that goes against one's belief or religion
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New Jersey schools briefly evacuated over bomb threats
Police in the town of Clifton said "numerous school districts in the area" received a bomb threat by voice mail
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Saudi accuses Iran of sowing 'sedition, unrest, chaos'
'Saudi Arabia is driven by fear that its contrived Iranophobia was crumbling' Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
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US Navy SEAL had photo of Osama bin Laden's corpse
US has never released images of bin Laden's body and says the al Qaeda leader was buried at sea shortly after the...
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Islamic State confirms death of 'Jihadi John' in Syria drone strike
The US military had said at the time that it was "reasonably certain" he had been killed in the strike
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Israeli travel agents arrested for Nazi camp tour price-fixing
About 30,000 Israeli high-school students go on organized week-long trips to Poland every year
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$9m lawsuit filed against airline that asked Sikh, Muslims to get off
Shah Anand, along with his Muslim friends, was asked to exit the plane "because of their appearance"
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Password hacks as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6
Report compiled from more than two million leaked passwords during the year shows little change in patterns
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Green court raps government over corpses in India's sacred river
Last week, more than 80 dead bodies, mostly decomposed skeletons and half burnt corpses, surfaced in the river
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First flower blooms on international space station
First flower even grown in space makes debut, US astronaut Scott Kelly wrote on Twitter, with a photo of the flower
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Nawaz in Iran with sweet and sour memories
Less known for shuttle diplomacy, the premier has committed himself to easing out tension between two historic rivals
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Minister says Austria will make itself "less attractive" to migrants
Roughly 90,000 people applied for asylum last year, more than 1 per cent of the population
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Charities warn of 'desperate' plight of refugees in snow
There's an increasing risk of hypothermia, pneumonia, and other life-threatening illnesses
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Google asked Indians to capture how technology is changing lives and the result is amazing
The feature-length film, screened during Sundar Pichai's keynote at Google For India, will be released this year
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'Islamic State letter threatens to kill Modi, Parrikar for banning beef in India'
Report says IS in a letter threatened the Indian premier and defence minister
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German police urge calm as teen rape claim sparks online storm
The incident has been likened to initial police silence over a spate of sex assaults during New Year's festivities
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More than 1,200 flee as Indonesia volcano spews ash, gas
Authorities said they were prepared to issue a wide-scale evacuation order if the situation deteriorates further
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UK website targets parents who fear children may join Islamic State
The Educate Against Hate site will warn parents and teachers to watch out for signs of radicalisation among youngsters
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Iran's Khamenei welcomes sanctions lift, warns of US 'deceit'
Iran's highest authority made clear that Washington should still be treated with suspicion
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Afghans revolted as husband cuts off wife's nose
Enraged husband cuts off his wife's nose in Afghanistan
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Cambodia appeals to Interpol over Facebook 'slur' on PM's wife
The photo showed a holidaying Hun Sen in casual clothes posing with his grandchildren and wife Bun Rany
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Twitter suffers widespread outage
We are aware of the issue and are working towards a resolution," the site said
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French carmaker Renault to recall 15,000 vehicles to check engines: minister
Renault promised Monday to come up with a "technical plan" over coming weeks to bring down harmful emissions
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'Major fire' at Paris' famed Ritz hotel, no casualties
Firefighters were called at 6:00am to the blaze at the hotel, in the heart of Paris' luxury quarter
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Ineligible: PHC seeks data of KMC student in admissions case
Pupil applied for seat allocated to his district’s quota
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Warmer Indian Ocean could be 'ecological desert', scientists warn
Over six decades, rising water temperatures appear to have been reducing the amount of food for fish
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New aid enters besieged Syria towns
There have been reports particularly from Madaya that civilians have starved to death under siege.
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Fascinating photos capture life before Taliban in Afghanistan
Photos show short skirts, flash cars and no burkas before Afghanistan plunged into hell
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World's oldest man dies at 112 in Japan
Koide, born just months before the Wright brothers made their first successful flight, died in hospital in Nagoya
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Canada signals openness to restoring Iran diplomatic ties
Trudeau said Iran had made 'significant movement towards respecting international expectations'
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Demand for women-only motorcycle taxis soars in Indonesian capital
The company employs about 2,400 drivers, mostly housewives or students, and hopes to soon expand outside the capital