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Oil prices slump to four-year low after Saudi price cuts
Brent North Sea crude for delivery in December slumped $2.37 to stand at $82.41 a barrel
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Microsoft, Dropbox team up to help people work more effectively
Users can access edit files on their Dopbox accounts using Office, or access files in Dropbox from the Office app
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India withdraws two warships from Kolkata amid 'militant' alert
A port official indicated the warships had been due to take part in an exhibition on Wednesday.
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Alibaba's revenue up by 54%, net income by 15%
Meanwhile, profit margins shrank to a two-year low of just 18 per cent, but meets forecasts
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180 Pakistanis stranded in Libya return home
Around 8,000 Pakistanis stranded in Libya have been evacuated through 13 special and chartered flights
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PNS Alamgir to participate in joint naval exercise in Turkey
Pakistan Navy's P3C-Orion aircraft and a Z9EC helicopter will take part in the exercise in November 2014
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Three children killed as mortar fired by Indian forces explodes in Narowal
The children had found the un-exploded mortar lying in the fields and brought it home where it exploded on Tuesday
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Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Thailand
Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij was detained at a checkpoint in Nong Khai following an international arrest warrant
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Clashes in Indian Kashmir after army kills two civilians
Protests came after soldiers fired at a private car killing two passengers and critically wounding another two
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'Drone' strikes kill 20 al Qaeda suspects in Yemen
Twin raids target al Qaeda positions near Rada, which has been focus of deadly fighting between militants, Shia rebels
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Israel passes law to block Palestinian prisoner releases
Law gives judges power to convict murderers under a new category of 'extraordinarily severe circumstances'
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Chinese President to visit Pakistan on agreed dates: Assistant Foreign Minister
Official says China will continue to maintain strategic partnership with Pakistan
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Father of Indonesian murdered in Hong Kong urges death for killer
Father of deceased pleads authorities to return daughter's body; 'I want her to be be buried in Indonesia,' he says
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Where are the world's stateless people?
United Nations launches campaign to end statelessness within a decade
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Five killed in Saudi Arabia on eve of Ashura: Police
Three masked people fired with machine guns and pistols as a group of citizens left a building in village of al Dalwah
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US Navy SEALs told to stop spilling secrets
Pentagon says all troops legally bound by non-disclosure agreements promising never to discuss classified information
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Afghanistan endgame: Panel pushes for a neutral Afghan policy
Proposes Pakistan should brace itself for NATO pullout
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Wagah carnage: US offers to assist probe
United States states its commitment to the people of Pakistan in efforts to counter terrorism
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At least 21 drown, dozen missing as boat carrying illegal migrants sinks near Turkey
Some reports said Syrians and Turkmen could also have been on board as well as Afghans
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Once a target for terror, NY's rebuilt World Trade Center opens for business
About 175 executives of publishing group Conde Nast walked into the new offices spread across floors 20 to 44
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Key function of crashed Virgin spacecraft deployed early: Investigators
Crash in California's Mojave Desert during a test flight killed one pilot and badly injuring the other
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Author Haruki Murakami says Japan ignoring WWII, Fukushima role
Author says Japanese people have come to consider themselves as 'victims' of war
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British banker charged with murder of two women in Hong Kong
Police say one victim found in suitcase, another inside apartment with wounds to her neck, buttocks
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Obama makes final campaign push, hoping to avert electoral rout
Polls this year show Republicans gaining in tight races across the country
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Bangladesh court upholds top Jamaat leader's death sentence
The 62-year-old will be the second senior leader to be hanged for crimes committed during the 1971 war
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Saudi clampdown: ‘Over 120,000 Pakistanis sent back since 2009’
Foreign ministry says 0.25m have been deported in last five years
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China successfully develops drone defence system: Xinhua
The laser defence system is capable of shooting down small aircraft within a two-km (1.2-mile) radius
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Condemnation: Indian PM denounces ‘shocking’ attack
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of innocent lives in the Wagah suicide bombing
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On the fringes: Nawaz, Modi will ‘shake hands’ at SAARC summit
An official says neither India nor Pakistan has shown interest in meeting
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Radical brides
It's baffling that women like Aqsa are giving up everything to join terror organisation that is blazing through Iraq
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Iraq blast targeting Shias kills at least 10
Blast struck near a tent from where tea and water were being distributed during a procession in Baghdad
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Legacy of SARS in Asia offers lessons for Ebola fight
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome infected 1,800 people and took 299 lives in the southern Chinese city
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Rains slow Sri Lanka search for mudslide victims
Mudslide on a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka left 38 people missing and presumed dead
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Bangladesh court hands death sentence to Jamaat-e-Islami tycoon for war crimes
War crimes court find Mir Quasem Ali guilty of 10 charges including murder and abduction during Bangladesh's 1971 war
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Islamic State fears grow in Pakistan and Afghanistan
If IS envisages influence in region, experts says they will have to either defy or find accommodation with Taliban
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Muharram holidays: Iran shuts Zero Point gate
Zero Point, located at the Taftan crossing point, is the main trading point
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Financing agreements: Egypt signs deals with Saudi Arabia
Country seeks to end worst energy crisis in decades.
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EU affairs: France is not Europe’s sick man, says Valls
Paris committed to reducing public spending, drive economic reforms
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Bringing back black money
On his first day as PM, Modi set up the SIT to go after black money. But after this, things seem to have slipped back
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JI chief's death sentence: Bangladesh govt hell bent on opening old wounds, says Nisar
Interior minister says govtt of Bangladesh has misused the process of law as a political tool against the JI leader
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Pakistan, Iran need to strengthen border management controls: Aziz
Aziz and Zarif maintained that visits envisaged ties between Pakistan and Iran
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Nine Afghan security personnel killed in suicide attack
Taliban claims responsibility in email statement sent to media
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US judge says nurse can leave home in Ebola row
US judge reverses order preventing nurse from visiting places, demanding that she keeps three feet away from others
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US spy budget down by over 15% since 2010: official data
Decline reflects the end of military operations in Iraq in 2011 and the drawdown in Afghanistan
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Battle for Kobane rages as Iraqi fighters arrive
Fierce clashes in and around Kobane have killed about 100 IS fighters in the past three days
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Nationwide blackout hits Bangladesh
The outage marked "the first time the country has been without power since 2007"
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Sri Lanka cuts mudslide dead and missing toll to 38
Authorities initially estimated the number of presumed dead at 300 and then reduced the toll to 100 three days ago
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Boko Haram says kidnapped schoolgirls 'married off'
Boko Haram was holding upwards of 500 women and young girls, says Human Rights Watch Report
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Neighbourhood watch: Erdogan’s visit seen as key to regional stability
Analysts believe Ankara can mediate between Islamabad and Kabul
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Iran hits back after West chastises Tehran on rights
Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged in Tehran's Evin prison for the murder of man she said had tried to rape her

















































