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France’s Modiano wins Nobel for literature
One of France's most celebrated writers, the 69-year-old greeted news of his award as ‘weird’
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Comment: India’s punitive policy
Pakistan's India policy suffers from incoherence and a failure to recognize the new dynamics of this relationship
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War of words: Pakistan will fully respond to any aggression, says Khawaja Asif
The Pakistani defence minister urged New Delhi to act ‘in a responsible manner’
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Unprovoked firing: Deaths mount as BSF shells Pak villages
Fresh casualties are reported from Sialkot’s Charwa sector.
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Indo-Pak border clashes: UN chief urges Pakistan, India to talk out differences
Ban urges both countries to engage constructively in finding a long-term solution for peace and stability in Kashmir
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Eurozone faces 'serious risk' of new recession: IMF chief
Lagarde says IMF puts the chance of the Euro area slipping back to a prolonged contraction at 35-40 per cent
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Indonesian cave paintings challenge Europe as cradle of art
The discovery,throws up two theories, both of which challenge the conventional wisdom around the history of human art
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Palestinian Unity Government holds first Gaza meeting
Ex-Palestine premier Ismail Haniya urges Fatah and Hamas to follow through with their reconciliation pledges
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MH17 victim found with oxygen mask: Dutch FM
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was shot down on July 17 while flying over insurgent-held territory in Ukraine
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Hong Kong students refuse to retreat, plan protest expansion
Student leaders are due to meet senior government figures for crunch talks
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Turkey to explain stance on anti-IS fight to visiting US envoy
IS militants are battling Kurdish fighters for control of mainly Kurdish Syrian town of Kobane on Turkish border
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Woman survives 17 days lost in Australian rainforest
Shannon Fraser went missing on Sep 21 near remote Josephine Falls in Queensland state after becoming disorientated
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Facebook's Zuckerberg to meet Modi in India today
The two will discuss how Facebook and the Indian government can collaborate during their meeting in New Delhi
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India warns Pakistanis against ‘forged polio certificates’
Forged polio certificates submitted with India visa applications is a serious offence, says Indian High Commission
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Gold and copper mines: Pakistani team in Paris for Reko Diq hearing
The hearing will continue till October 17
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Ceasefire violations: Unprovoked Indian firing kills 9 civilians
BSF targeted villages along working boundary in Sialkot on Eid days.
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Energy woes: US pledges support for Diamer-Bhasha dam
Ishaq Dar says govt is committed to encouraging foreign investment in various sectors
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Bestway acquires Co-operative Pharmacy
UK-based group to name new brand in 2015
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Online voting not ready for worldwide roll-out: Study
Report warns hackers could paralyse an online voting system or, even worse, change the results without being detected
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Hong Kong protests and the challenge China faces
Chinese leadership will be expected to show the same farsightedness and sagacity as was shown by Deng Xiaoping
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Nobel Prize for seeing how life works at molecular level
Hell, Betzig, Moerner pioneered nanoscale microsopy
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Afghanistan hangs five men for gang-rape: officials
Men hanged despite UN and human rights groups criticising the trial and calling Ghani to stay the executions
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'Qaeda' attacks kill at least 10 Yemen police: officials
Nine police were killed in the suicide car bombing alone, an official at Al-Thawra hospital told AFP.
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At least 14 dead in Turkey in Kurdish anti-government protests: new toll
The clashes with police caused extensive damage in the city with shop fronts burned-out and buses set on fire
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Australia shifts MH370 search zone further south
Australian Transport Safety Bureau, leading the hunt for the jet, said ongoing analysis had helped refine the zone
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India nuclear plant guard kills three in shooting spree
"They had assembled for morning duty when he opened fire," CISF spokesperson Hemendra Singh told AFP
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China earthquake leaves 300 injured, one dead
The shallow 6.0 magnitude tremor hit late Tuesday in Yunnan province
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Mexican lawyer wins human rights 'Nobel'
The laureate receives a prize of 20,000 Swiss francs (16,600 euros, $20,700)
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Low-carbon LED lamp wins Nobel for Japanese trio
LED lights can be connected to cheap, local solar power -- a benefit for over 1.5 billion people around the world
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Qaeda-linked rebels seize priest in Syria: Franciscan Order
Several men of the Christian village have also been taken
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Myanmar says it will release more than 3,000 prisoners
Prisoners released for the sake of "peace and stability" and "the rule of law"
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Turkey wary of military intervention against IS
The Turkish parliament last week authorised the government to take military action against the IS extremists
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Uzbek militants declare support for Islamic State
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan mainly based in Pakistan's tribal belt, had earlier claimed Karachi airport attack
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IAEA team to hold Tehran talks Tuesday
One of the IAEA's questions centres on Iran's purported experiments with large scale high explosives
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Next phase of underwater MH370 search begins
The search for MH370 has been frustrated by a lack of solid information about the jet's final hours
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Burial pits found: Six mass graves discovered in Mexico
Site was rocked by a series of clashes between students, police last week
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Nine killed, 33 injured as Pakistan, India trade fire across border
Pakistan strongly condemns unprovoked firing by Indian security forces
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Protests in Hong Kong
A mutually agreed compromise — what allowed Hong Kong’s existence in the first place — ought to serve both parties
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IS fighters intensify attack on Syria border town
IS fighters seize part of a strategic hill overlooking Kobane but their progress was slowed by new strikes
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Snap! Hajj selfies gain popularity, spark controversy
The increasingly popular phenomenon has sparked controversy among more conservative Muslims
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Indian army violates LoC ceasefire in Jandrot sector: ISPR
ISPR says Pakistani troops appropriately responded to firing from across the border
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Israel chides Swedish PM over Palestinian state
Loefven - who won last month's general election - says his country want a two-state solution to the conflict
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India refuses aid from Pakistani charity
A consignment – comprising 12 truckloads of relief items – was returned from the Line of Control
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Woman gives birth after womb transplant
The healthy baby boy was born last month at the University of Gothenburg’s hospital
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WhatsApp takeover: Facebook gains EU clearance
Deal will not hamper competition, says official
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Chinese premier to attend Europe summit
Trip to include visit to Germany, Russia for energy and rail deals
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Fresh avenues for trade: Russia gets the go-ahead to export 5,000MW
Central Asian states allow Moscow to utilise CASA project transmission lines
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Is Germany thinking of pulling out of the Eurozone?
What will happen to Eurozone if Germany decided to pull out of this artificial association of countries
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The great communicator
Modi has the easy way of someone who doesn’t feel obliged to always speak formally. It makes him a great...
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Foreign policy: a case of increasing isolation?
Despite years of this building narrative on Pakistan, have we really attempted to address it? Answer is in negative