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Clinton faces FBI probe as race enters final 10 days
Clinton says she is confident
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Thousands queue to visit coffin of late Thai king
Bhumibol, who died at 88 two weeks ago, was adored by many of his subjects and seen as an anchor of stability
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Brazil mutant mosquitoes to breed out diseases
Tests show population of wild Aedes aegypti insects dropped by 90 per cent after the mutant mosquitoes were released
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The US presidential election: a how-to guide
Here is a primer on the US election system
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US Supreme Court to decide 'battle of the toilets'
'Public schools should grant access to toilets and locker rooms based on the gender with which a student identifies'
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'Confident' Clinton smacks down new FBI email probe
'We don't know the facts, which is why we are calling on the FBI to release all the information that it has'
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20 'minor injuries' after plane fire at Chicago airport
On American Airlines Flight 383 161 passengers and nine crew were on board
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Seventy five per cent of internet use in 2017 will be mobile
60% of global internet advertising dollars will come from mobile advertising in 2018
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Russia imprisons blogger who hunted Pokemon in church
Amnesty International has appealed for Russia to immediately release Ruslan Sokolovsky
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FBI to review more emails related to Clinton's private email use
Director Comey says he "cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work"
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Russian army asks Putin to allow Aleppo strikes
Announcement comes as Syrian rebels launched assault on govt forces to break months-long siege of eastern Aleppo
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Power outage plunges most of Tajikistan into darkness
Streets were completely dark as even traffic lights were left without power
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Assange refused arrest warrant suspension for mentor's funeral
The 45-year-old Australian has been holed up in the embassy since June 2012
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India capital to install roadside air purifiers to cut smog
Delhi has been shrouded in a toxic soup as residents gear up for the Hindu festival of lights Diwali
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Passerby killed in Cairo bombing
Attack comes days after suspected extremist group shot dead a senior army officer in Cairo suburb
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Brisbane bus driver burnt alive by passenger
Bystanders kicked down the back doors of the municipal bus to rescue passengers
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Pakistan assures release of NatGeo's 'Afghan Girl', says envoy
Earlier this week, FIA arrested green-eyed Sharbat Gula for living in the country with 'fraudulent' identity papers
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Islamic State slaughtered at least 232 civilians near Mosul last week: UN
UN says IS using 'tens of thousands' as human shields in Mosul
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Pictures of the day: October 28, 2016
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
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Airstrike in Afghanistan causes civilian casualties in Afghanistan
The strike targeted the home of Mawlawi Mohammad Alam, a Taliban commander in the Sherzad district
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China to unveil its J-20 stealth fighter at air show
China hopes the J-31, still in development, will compete with the US-made F-35 stealth aircraft
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Up to 900 militants killed in Mosul battle, US says
The International Organisation for Migration said 15,804 people have been displaced since the operation began
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'Death must be a Viennese', and not just at Halloween
Vienna has this reputation of having a special relationship with the topic of death
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Jesus Christ’s ‘burial slab’ in Jerusalem uncovered for first time in centuries
Restoration cost US$4 million with major donors, including Jordan's King Abdullah II
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Turkey says gives US new documents on Gulen extradition request
Turkey has arrested more than 35,000 people over what it says are links with Gulen since the coup attempt
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Colombia's ELN rebels kill two in 'terrorist act': military
The ELN talks are meant to open a new, decisive front in President Santos's efforts to end an armed conflict
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Trump name becomes liability in luxury NY real estate
The New York billionaire's name is his core asset, emblazed on a dozen skyscrapers dotted around Manhattan
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Armed protesters who occupied Oregon refuge acquitted
The 41-day siege that began at the remote reserve on January 2 put the spotlight on a long-running dispute
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Hacked emails show Clinton aides surprised at 2015 email revelations
Voters have pointed to the unauthorised email system, which stymied attempts by the public to seek Clinton's emails
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Chile seeks help to protect world's oldest mummies
The mummies need to be kept under specific conditions of temperature and humidity to prevent deterioration
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German parents may face trial for refusing son’s school trip to mosque
Parents have been fined $328 by local education authority for violating school regulations and regional laws
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World's largest marine park created in Antarctic Ocean
The sanctuary will cover more than 12 percent of the Southern Ocean
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Russia opposes Syria sanctions after UN gas attacks probe
Security Council set up the so-called joint investigative mechanism to determine who was behind the chemical attacks
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Michelle Obama stumps with Hillary, Pence in plane scare
The race suffered a scare when Donald Trump's running mate's plane skidded off the runway
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Yemen's Houthis launch missile toward Makkah
Makkah is home to the most sacred sites in Islam, including the Grand Mosque
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Dutch lawmaker Wilders on mission to stop 'Islamisation'
Wilders wants to halt Muslim immigration, close mosques and ban the Quran
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Man who defaced Trump's Hollywood star arrested
Otis ended up taking a sledgehammer and pickaxe to the star but could not totally remove the slab
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Apple ramps up MacBook infused with touch controls
Customers will be able to open up the new notebook with Touch ID
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US charges dozens in India-based call center fraud racket
The call center racket made use of informal money transfer businesses known as hawalas to move the money
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Teenager appears in court over London Tube 'explosive'
Damon Smith, 19, appeared at Westminster Court in London over incident on October 20 which sparked security alert
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Indonesian handed 20 years in 'poisoned coffee' murder
Jessica Kumala Wongso, 28, was found guilty of murdering Wayan Mirna Salihin by slipping cyanide into her drink
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Nightmare recurs on Italy's earthquake frontline
Although no deaths were reported, Wednesday's tremors did significant damage and left the area's population in shock
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Afghan women seek to rebuild palace destroyed by men
The palace's reconstruction was launched by President Ashraf Ghani in May
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Twitter cuts jobs with eye on 2017 profit; Vine discontinued
Twitter has been struggling to sign up new users amid competition from nimbler rivals such as Instagram and Snapchat
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Japanese scientists land on newly formed volcanic island
Aerial footage of the island, about 1,000 km south of Tokyo, showed a cone in the middle surrounded by vegetation
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China holds first anti-terror drills with Saudi Arabia
China says its companies, citizens face a growing threat from terrorism as its global footprint expands
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Strange messages coming from the stars are ‘probably’ from aliens: scientists
A group of scientists looking for aliens say that the signals are encouraging
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Turkey orders detention of 73 air force pilots
The pilots are suspected of links to the group led by Fethullah Gulen
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Perth Zoo's Puan the orangutan becomes oldest in world
Puan celebrated with a birthday breakfast of rambutans from her childhood home in Malaysia
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Father of slain Pakistani-American soldier reproaches Trump
Khan says the hate Donald Trump is inciting is 'un-American'