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Fleeing Rohingya carry one key asset: solar panels
Refugees use solar panels, candles and kerosene lamps for light at night
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US envoy says 'real dialogue' needed with North Korea
Tillerson has driven the global diplomatic effort to stifle the North's economy through a series of UN sanctions
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Australian child abuse report calls for end to sanctity of confession, voluntary celibacy for clergy
Of all the survivors who reported abuse in religious institutions, more than 60 per cent cited the Catholic Church
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Chinese man jailed for stomping on Genghis Khan portrait
The man surnamed Luo stood inside a yurt and stomped on a picture of legendary conqueror Genghis Khan
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Hong Kong 'milkshake' murderer challenges her life sentence
The murder gripped Hong Kong’s business and expatriate communities
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Prosecutors say Long Island woman tried to use bitcoin to aid Islamic State
She faces three charges of money laundering, including money laundering in support of a foreign terrorist organization
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Four children killed after train crashes into school bus in France
All emergency services mobilised, crisis coordination unit set up by authorities
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Nazareth cuts back Christmas celebrations to protest Trump's Jerusalem move
Christmas lights also switched off in Bethlehem, Jesus's traditional birthplace, and Ramallah as part of the protest
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Pope says Satan is more intelligent than humans
I'm convinced that one must never converse with Satan – if you do that, you'll be lost, says pontiff
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India PM Modi's party seen sweeping state polls in popularity boost
Election in Gujarat is seen as litmus test for Modi ahead of a national election in 2019
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India orders movie moguls to avoid the Weinstein effect
Activists say very few cases of sexual harassment reported to police in industry
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Putin says Russians do not want Ukraine-style 'coup'
Navalny is ineligible to stand due to fraud conviction in case seen by supporters as politically motivated
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Chinese dissident's widow sends desperate letter
Xia has been under police watch without charges since her husband was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010
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German police arrest suspects linked to market attacker
Security at Christmas markets has been beefed up this year with guards and concrete blocks
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Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa calls for end to Western sanctions
Mnangagwa, 75, became leader of the southern African nation last month
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Moscow, Cairo may sign deal on Friday to resume Russian flights to Egypt
Egypt's aviation minister to sign agreements to resume the flights to Russia that were suspended
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Six months on, London holds memorial for Grenfell fire victims
Police are conducting an investigation and have said charges may be brought against individuals or organisations
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UN chief says arrest of Reuters journalists shows erosion of press freedom in Myanmar
Guterres said the international community should do everything possible to secure the journalists' release
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Treating bumps and humps: Dubai opens $10 million camel hospital
A surgery starts at $1,000 and an X-ray or ultrasound at $110
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Fierce winds to intensify as firefighters battle California wildfire
Gusty Santa Ana winds forecast to whip up to 80 kph
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Three-man crew returns from space station
The trio's departure has reduced to just three the crew of the ISS, a $100 billion lab that flies 400 km above Earth
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Hindu man attempted to raise money with video of Muslim killing: Indian police
Campaigned to stop 'love jihad'
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Mexico Senate committees pass controversial security bill
The United Nations, Amnesty International and Mexican human rights organizations have all criticized the bill
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Saudi king orders $19 bn stimulus for private sector
More than $2.6 billion will be used to support projects and $3.7 billion to support construction technology
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Jail term upheld for El Salvador woman convicted in death of child she said was stillborn
Prosecutors said Teodora Vasquez strangled the baby after it was born in 2007
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Suicide bomber kills at least 15 at police academy in Somalia's capital
Local ambulance service said they had moved the bodies of 13 victims as well as 15 injured people
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Accused NY bomber's family says attack 'our worst nightmare'
Haider's family has not been able to talk to Ullah since the failed bombing
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UN's Guterres warns against 'sleepwalking' into war over North Korea
Tillerson offered direct talks without preconditions
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Indonesia court rejects petition to bar consensual sex outside marriage
Court narrowly rejects petition to make extramarital sex illegal
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A different Guantanamo: Detainee art on display in NY
The exhibit has apparently caused a stir at the Pentagon
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Reporters arrested in Myanmar for writing about military crackdown on Rohinga Muslims
Myanmar’s government said on Wednesday that police had arrested two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
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US torture continues at Gitmo, says UN expert
Nils Melzer sees a clear violation of Convention against Torture which is sending a dangerous message
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Two Pakistanis among 262 journalists jailed for their work worldwide
Turkey, China and Egypt account for more than 50% of the journalists arrested
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Transgender man gives birth five years after having first child
Kaci Sullivan, 30, is believed to be the first person to ever give birth living as both a woman as well as a man
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Palestine state with capital Al Quds only roadmap: PM Abbasi
Prime minister says Kashmir facing similar tragedy in scope and scale
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Islamic leaders urge East Jerusalem recognition as 'Palestine's capital'
OIC summit declares Trump's decision 'null and void legally' and 'a deliberate undermining of all peace efforts'
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Saudi Arabia, UAE pledge $130m for five-nation anti-terror force
Former colonial power France is fighting against militants in West Africa
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British tourist falls to death from building in Rio de Janeiro
The victim and two friends had been seen partying, using drugs and hanging out with prostitutes
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Afghan women officers train at Indian military academy
The women receive weapons training and learn tactics and logistical and navigational skills at the academy
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Baby penguin 'Maru' takes first public waddle in Singapore
To maximise survival chances, keepers retrieved the egg and incubated it until it hatched in October
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Roy Moore compares Muslims to Nazis, says unfit to be part of US legislature
Moore's been embroiled in controversy since allegations of child molestation surfaced against him
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India's digital ID sparks debate over human right to personal data
Tech lawyer: China's social credit system is example of dystopian future that India may be headed towards with Aadhaar
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Strikes kill 12 in rebel-run Yemen prison camp
Three further strikes damaged two other prison buildings and the perimeter wall
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Russia welcomes 'constructive' US position on North Korea talks
Peskov said that Washington's change of tone chimed with Russia's repeated calls in response to NK's nuclear programme
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un fetes rocket scientists, promises more weapons
Analysts: North Korea's latest missiles have a range that can reach all of the mainland United States
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Give us time, EU pleads on 'historic' defence pact
Pact, known as PESCO, to be binding
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Poisoned syringes fired at pet dogs for China meat trade
After buying the needles, unscrupulous dog dealers would target pet dogs, then abduct them
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Amber discovery shows 'Dracula' sucked blood of feathered dinosaurs
Amber, fossilized tree resin, has provided a remarkable window into the past
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Bangladesh arrests cleric over fatwa against women farming
Women also account for some 80 per cent of four million workers in the country's 4,500 textile plants
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US urges Cambodia to reverse steps against democracy
Hun Sen has shrugged off criticism from the West

















































