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Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube, blocked after blasphemous film
Ban has been lifted because it was hurting thousands of people using YouTube for research, education, says Sunil Bose.
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Worker rights issues pose a challenge to Gulf building boom
Lack of workers' rights and low wage growth are now starting to make Gulf less attractive to workers from South Asia.
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Israel's education minister gets the giggles in parliament
A reference to "penetration" in a speech caused Israel's education minister to burst into a laughing fit.
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Analysis: Glimmer of hope for cash-starved economy as Nawaz takes over
Economic turnaround essential to ensure greater political stability.
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Currency: Rupee weakens against dollar
Monthly average remittances for the first eight months of the fiscal year clocked in at $1.154 billion.
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Turkish deputy PM apologises for use of force by police
The comments by deptuy PM Bulent Arinc contrast with PM Erdogan's defiant dismissal of the protesters.
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UN believes chemical weapons used in Syria
France says the nerve agent sarin had been deployed by the Syrian government.
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Bollywood starlet Jiah Khan found dead
Initial police reports suggest that the actor committed suicide.
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Ex-Microsoft manager plans to create first US marijuana brand
A former Microsoft executive plans to create the first US national marijuana brand.
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Woman in red becomes leitmotif for Istanbul's female protesters
The image of a woman in a red dress being sprayed by tear gas goes viral on social media.