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Modi pledges big measures to boost India's entrepreneurs
Indian president said, "We have a million problems but at the same time we have over a billion minds."
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Qatar provides 1,000 new homes for Gazans displaced by war
Some 100,000 people remain displaced after the fighting with economic growth stifled by Israeli and Egyptian blockades
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US woman faces jail time for tagging sister-in-law on Facebook
Maria Gonzalez was barred from contacting her sister-in-law under a protection order
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Iran says four 'dual-nationals' freed in prisoner exchange
Jason Rezaian, Washington Post's Tehran correspondent, is thought to be included in list of dual nationals released
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High winds force Turkish Airlines to cancel 95 flights
Domestic and international flights in and out of Istanbul's Ataturk Airport were affected, says statement
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Man accused of financing Jakarta attacks with IS funds arrested
12 suspects have been detained in nationwide raids since Thursday's attacks
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Remains of German victims of Istanbul attack flown home
Seven suspects have been detained in connection with the attacks, according to Interior Minister Efkan Ala
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Rampaging elephants force Myanmar villagers to tree-top refuge
The elephants have trampled crops, destroyed homes and even, villagers say, killed people in their path
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Kerry arrives in Vienna as world powers prepare to lift sanctions against Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN body, is set to issue a report triggering the lifting of sanctions
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Tsai Ing-wen becomes Taiwan president in landslide victory
She will become the island's first female president in a landslide victory over the ruling Kuomintang
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Kuwait Airways drops flights to avoid Israeli passengers
Lawyers for Kuwait Airways said in a petition filed in November that the airline’s policy was based on Kuwaiti law
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600 British militants stopped from entering Syria: Hammond
'The number of Britons stopped in Turkey has gone up in the past eight months' Philip Hammond
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Five people killed by suspected gas blast in Italian town
Five bodies were recovered from the rubble of a residential building in Arnasco
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Turkish soldier dies after clashes with Kurdish militants
The soldiers had been in a firefight on Friday in the Sur district of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir
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Indonesia blocks radical websites after deadly militant attack in capital
Authorities say several accounts had been found on Facebook expressing support for the attack in Jakarta
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Malaysian officials nab four suspected IS-linked militants: police
Security forces have been on high alert in wake of deadly attacks in neighbouring Indonesia that were claimed by IS
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Indonesia identifies convicted militant in Jakarta attacks
All five attackers died in the coordinated suicide bombings and shootings in central Jakarta
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Facebook outsources fight against racist posts in Germany
Critics say Facebook does not do enough to enforce its stated procedures
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SpaceX to launch ocean satellite, try water return Sunday
The satellite aims to offer a closer look at how global warming and sea level rise affect wind speeds and currents
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UN report on Iran deal compliance likely Saturday
A "snapback" mechanism ensures that many of the sanctions can be swiftly reimposed
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UN demands aid access to Syria's besieged towns
A convoy of 44 aid trucks loaded with food and medicine on Thursday entered Madaya
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Chapo's lawyers condemn treatment in Mexico jail
Lawyers not allowed to access to their client or bring him fluffy slippers and a toothbrush
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Drug-trial in France leaves one brain-dead, five hospitalised
The volunteers were given varying doses and but the six men were in the group who were taking the drug 'regularly'
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Queen Rania responds to controversial Hebdo cartoon with sketch of her own
Aylan could’ve been a doctor, a teacher, a loving parent, Rania said in a tweet
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Saudi ally Comoros breaks off relations with Iran
A foreign ministry statement said Comoros viewed Tehran as "interfering" in "internal affairs of certain countries"
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Singer Celine Dion's brother near death: newspaper
It's a matter of days or hours, Celine told a paper after visiting her brother, Daniel Dion, 59, in the hospital
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Al Qaeda attack on Burkina hotel kills 20
Burkina Faso is part of the G5 Sahel grouping that counts the fight against terrorism as part of its remit
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Dutch man arrested for killing IS fighters in Syria
Man is a former soldier whose case was extensively reported on last year in media and on Facebook, says a statement
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Ex-army major becomes first British astronaut to take a space walk
'The country will be watching you make history,' Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Twitter
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German town bans male asylum seekers from public pools
Move comes after six people filed complaints over sexually offensive behaviour of some migrant men at the pool
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Hindu Sena chief arrested over PIA office attack in Delhi
Vishnu Gupta accepted responsibility, saying Pakistan should also be held responsible for Pathankot attack
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Women in India's Mumbai get first permits to drive tuk-tuks
The auto-rickshaws will also give priority to women passengers
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'He's gone' - Teen starves to death in Syria's Madaya
The teenager's death was witnessed by representatives of the UN children's agency, UNICEF
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US searching for two military helicopters after reported crash
Coast Guard search aircraft have spotted a debris field about 2.5 miles off the north shore of Oahu but no people
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Medics race to save starving Syrians in besieged town
More than two dozen people have reportedly died of starvation since early December
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Entire Kashmir belongs to India: Vikas Swarup
India raises concerns over Pakistan's attempt to convert Gilgit-Baltistan into a separate province
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British imam banned from flying to New York over Facebook followers
Masroor says authorities said they had a problem with someone who followed his Facebook page
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Al Shabaab militants attack Somali army base, say dozens dead
The group said it took over the base after a suicide bomber from the group rammed its gates
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India recorded highest number of selfie deaths in 2015
About half of the 27 “selfie related” deaths around the world last year occurred in India
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China's Xi to visit Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran next week
Earlier this week a Chinese diplomat urged "calm and restraint" between Saudi Arabia and Iran
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Istanbul carnage: Turkey’s Pakistan moment
Turkey and Pakistan share similar consequences as a result of an almost identical response to foreign sponsored chaos
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Snubbed by Merkel, German politician sends refugee bus home
Bavarian district chief calls the incident "act of desperation"
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Two Saudi teachers home after release by Yemen rebels
The teachers were staying at the United Nations mission in a local hotel but Houthis arrived and detained them
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Six people seriously ill after medical trials go wrong in France
All of the six patients, one of whom was in a coma, had been in good health until taking the oral medication
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14 dead after Japan ski bus hurtles off mountain road
Young skiers were asleep on bus when it careened off road before dawn in resort town of Karuizawa
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German court allows Etihad to continue most Air Berlin code shares
Etihad holds a 29 percent stake in Air Berlin, and is its biggest shareholder
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Russia, Syria agreed 'open-ended' military presence for Moscow
Deal was made to defend sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of Russian Federation and Syrian Arab Republic
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These are the world's unfriendliest cities
According to a survey, Moscow is the unfriendliest city in the world
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David Bowie family plans private ceremony
People close to him said that Bowie wanted to keep his illness away from the glare of 24-hour social media
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Muslim man jailed for selling fake Hajj trips in UK
Mudassir Shaheen who advertised the sham packages on a TV channel on Sky, amassed £36,000 in total