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Wife surprises husband at her funeral after he paid to have her killed
Rukundo couldn't believe her husband, whom she had three children with, tried to kill her
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First Zika-linked deaths reported in Colombia
The patients died after contracting the virus and developing a rare neurological disorder
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Twitter blocks 125,000 accounts in 'terrorist content' crackdown
For years, Twitter has been the social media weapon of choice for terrorists, IS alone sent out 200,000 tweets a day
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'Facebook killer' sentenced to life for wife's US murder
Derek Medina, 33, killed his wife and then splashed a photo of her bloodied body on Facebook
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US, India in talks to settle solar power trade dispute
Talks aim at reaching an out-of-court resolution before any public announcement by the Geneva-based trade body
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Five dead after Taiwan quake topples buildings
The 6.4-magnitude quake struck in the middle of the night
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Over 100 trapped in collapsed building after Taiwan quake
At least 30 people have been rescued from another residential seven-storey block that collapsed
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37 dead in India after bus plunges into river
The accident happened when the driver lost control and veered off the road into river; 24 people injured
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Two Indian police suspended over Tanzanian student attack
A mob attacked the 21-year-old woman as she drove with friends in Bangalore on Sunday
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APS survivors receive royal protocol in UAE
As many as 146 students flew to Dubai to support PSL team Peshawar Zalmi
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Thieving monkey bound and caged in India's Mumbai
The wild macaque was caged after causing a nuisance for over six months, including stealing food
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BMX star Dave Mirra dies after apparent suicide
Police said they discovered former bike star’s body in a truck with what appeared to be self-inflicted gunshot wound
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Indian child bride becomes youngest divorcee in the world
Fatima Mangre got married at the age of four but separated after father said 'child marriage was wrong'
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Pope Francis to have historic meeting with Russian Patriarch in Cuba
The meeting,will take place in Havana on February 12
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Japan deports 'The Cove' dolphin activist: supporters
Group says, star of Oscar-winning documentary has been deported from Japan, where he has been incarcerated for 19 days
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10 cities where you're most likely to be pickpocketed
TripAdvisor releases a list of famous cities in which tourists are most likely to fall prey to thieves
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Iraq's top Shia cleric suspends weekly political sermons
The sermons lately focused on the government's battle against Islamic State militants and anti-corruption efforts
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German spy agency says Islamic State sending fighters disguised as refugees
Hans-Georg Maassen says terrorist attacks in Paris show that IS was deliberately planting terrorists among refugees
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North Korea begins fuelling rocket: report
Pyongyang has announced it will launch a satellite-bearing rocket sometime between February 8-25
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Pakistani man commits suicide over lost love in Saudi Arabia
The man, who was in his 20s, jumped into a water well in the western town of Khurmah
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UN panel rules WikiLeaks founder Assange 'arbitrarily detained'
Assange should be able to claim compensation from Britain and Sweden over his time in the embassy, panel adds
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Morocco launches first solar power plant
Solar plant underlines the country's determination to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, developers say
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Toyota says net profit jumps to $16 bn, raises FY forecast
The Corolla and Prius maker also slightly raised its fiscal year profit forecast to 2.27 trillion yen
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Zimbabwe declares 'state of disaster' over drought
The president has declared a state of disaster in regard to severely affected areas
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Saudi ready to join anti-Islamic State ground op in Syria: general
Russia launched its own strikes in Syria in late September
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Timbuktu recovers its mausoleums, risen from ruins
Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents wrecked 14 of the city's iconic earthen shrines
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Obama says faith a cure for fears stirred by war, hard times
Obama's remarks came a day after his first visit to a US mosque, where he sought to allay fears of Americans
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Terror attacks loom as Indonesian trio vie for IS glory
The ensuing police sweep has seen about 20 suspected militants arrested, and exposed a tangled web of splinter cells
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Clinton goes on the attack against surging Sanders
Sanders hammers home his opposition to what he believes is corrosive power of Wall Street on American democracy
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WikiLeaks founder Assange may leave embassy after UN panel ruling
Australian national has been holed up in Ecuadoran embassy since June 2012 to avoid arrest and extradition to Sweden
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Mosquito repellant sales boom in Brazil amid Zika scare
Brazil's biggest retailer says supermarket sales of repellant were up 120 per cent in the first weeks of 2016
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US defense chief welcomes Saudi offer on troops in Syria
He said the Saudi government had indicated a willingness to do more in the fight against Islamic State
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China commands that even retired officials shun religion
China's constitution proclaims freedom of belief, but the atheist ruling Communist Party has kept a tight rein
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US Air Force says plans test F-35 deployment this month
The deployment would include pilots, mechanics, spare parts and equipment
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Japanese airlines to alter routes to avoid North Korea missile
US says its rocket launches are aimed at developing an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of striking the US
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Cameron fights for his place in history with EU vote
Cameron landed himself in his current position by promising to hold a referendum on Europe if he won the 2015 election
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World Bank says wars, cheap oil hurting Middle East growth
The plunge in oil prices to around $30 a barrel from over $100 two years ago is causing major problem
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Britain's top restaurants ditch a la carte menus
Customers are interested in being surprised, in an era when most are familiar with a restaurant's fare via Instagram
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Economic effect of Syrian war at $35b: World Bank
Some 260,000 people have been killed in the five-year conflict and 4.6 million people have left the country
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UK to spray insecticide inside planes from Zika-affected regions
It is a precautionary measure to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus
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Indian filmmaker battles taxman over 'evil' gay movie
Tax bureacrats claim his film could provoke a law and order problem in India where gay sex is a criminal offence
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Saudi says Iranian pilgrims welcome despite rift
Any Muslim is welcome in Makkah and Madina... and this includes the Iranian pilgrims, says Saudi foreign minister
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India gathers navies in show of maritime might
Ninety ships including from the US, French, British & Chinese navies are taking part in the international fleet review
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Passengers evacuated from Madrid-Riyadh flight after threat
The alert was raised by a note pinned to the interior of the plane with a knife that read 'bomb threat'
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This comparison of airplane food will make you hate economy class
We compare economy and first class food of 19 airlines
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British intelligence recruiting Muslim converts as informants
Spies working for MI5 personally approached new converts, asking to work for the agency, claims new study
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Lower prices boosted air travel in 2015: IATA
Last year's hike marked the strongest rise in global air traffic since global post-financial crisis rebound in 2010
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S. Korea slams North rocket launch, vows to destroy any threat
Pyongyang has announced it will launch a satellite-bearing rocket sometime between February 8-25
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Turkey charges suspected tycoon killer after 20 years at large
Akkol has been wanted for 20 years over killing of Ozdemir Sabanci, head of one of Turkey's largest industrial empires
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Two Israelis jailed for life, 21 years for burning Palestinian teen alive
The two Israelis were minors at time of the chilling attack in which they snatched Abu Khdeir and killed him

















































