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White House dings 'snorting' Trump over drug test call
Earnest replied with a barbed remark that alluded to Trump's repeated and very audible nasal activities at debate time
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Austria plans to convert or demolish house Hitler was born in
Austria had already ordered the compulsory purchase of the building in Braunau am Inn
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Eight dead in second Brazil prison riot
There are thought to be eight dead but bodies are burnt and medical authorities will have to confirm, say police
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Twitter is now worth less than its Chinese clone
Twitter is in freefall as it fails to add new users
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Indian police make key arrest in US tax scam case
Jagdish Kanani is suspected of helping main suspect Sagar Thakkar run bogus call centres, defrauding US citizens
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German schools receive threatening emails, police investigate
It became clear very quickly that there was not a serious threat, says police spokesperson
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Pictures of the day: October 17, 2016
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
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Wikileaks claims Assange’s internet access blocked by 'state party’
The anti-secrecy website has published thousands of emails from the head of Hillary Clinton’s campaign team account
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Turkey to take part in Mosul operation: Erdogan
Says Turkey would play a role in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city from militants
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Iran says Kerry's remarks on sanctions 'unacceptable'
US Secretary had spoken against Iranian support for Syrian President, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Huthi rebels
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China military urges restraint from US-South Korea navy drills
China has been angered by a decision to place an advanced US anti-missile system in South Korea
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Afghan troops blunt Taliban offensive outside Helmand capital
Last week up to 100 soldiers and police were killed in a series of ambushes
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Dubai's Emir flies £300,000 of aid to Haiti in his private jet
Sheikh Mohammed donated 90 tonnes of emergency supplies in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew
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Man blows himself up at Abkhazia television centre: media
According to reports, the blast occurred at the entrance to the station's headquarters in the Abkhaz capital Sukhumi
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China defends Pakistan after Modi's 'mother-ship of terrorism' comment
Modi's remarks to a meeting of leaders from BRICS escalated his diplomatic drive to isolate Pakistan
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Indonesian police seize tiger skin, deer genitals
The men are accused of breaking laws on possessing and trading in protected animals
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Pakistan in bottom 10 countries for freedom of speech
The country ranked 11 places below India with a score of 2.78; US tops the list with 5.73
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Philippine leader open to war games with China, Russia
He has been angered by US criticism of his war on crime, which has claimed more than 3,700 lives
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Donald Trump says elections will be 'rigged'
The bombastic billionaire fired off a series of erratic Twitter broadsides at his opponent Hillary Clinton
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Bangladesh accelerates trials as militant hanged
Since July, police have shot dead nearly 40 suspected extremists including JMB's new leader Tamim Chowdhury
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As India's 'granary' exhausts groundwater, farmers eye new crops
Switching to new crops is one way to ease the problem in Punjab
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Indian police seize 150 pigeons for 'espionage' in occupied Kashmir
The birds would be released only after the investigation is completed
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War-weary Libyans miss life under Kadhafi
Turmoil after Kadhafi's 2011 fall has allowed the Islamic State group to gain a foothold on Europe's doorstep
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Donald Trump claims he is a 'big fan of Hindu'
Trump entangles the Hindu faith with the Indian nation at a charity event
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PepsiCo sets global target for sugar reduction
By 2025 at least two thirds of the company's drinks will have 100 calories or fewer from added sugar per 12 oz serving
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Popular Indian journalist to get security cover over threat from 'Pakistan-based terror groups'
Arnab Goswami will get round-the-clock protection from around 20 guards provided by the govt
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Half of the world's disabled children are out of school: report
The new report urges governments to provide facilities for education of disabled children within a mainstream system
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14 dead, scores missing in Myanmar ferry sinking
Director of the local relief and resettlement department, Sa Willy Frient says the toll could rise
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Republican party office in North Carolina firebombed
No one was hurt in the arson attack overnight on the Orange County Republican Party headquarters in Hillsborough
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Syria rebels capture emblematic Islamic State stronghold Dabiq
Militants had promised an apocalyptic battle in Dabiq
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Bangladesh hangs extremist leader over 2005 blast
Since July, police have shot dead nearly 40 suspected extremists including JMB's new leader Tamim Chowdhury
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US ready to support Iraq in 'difficult fight ahead' for Mosul
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced its offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State
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Taliban move to claim diplomatic acceptability
Taliban name Maulvi Nek Muhammad as envoy to Iran
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Whose ‘Dancing Girl’ is it, anyway?
Pakistani officials determined to bring back 5,000-year-old statuette despite Indians’ anger.
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Iraq announces start of offensive to retake Mosul
"The hour has come and the moment of great victory is near," says Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
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Republican party office in North Carolina firebombed
With the message "Nazi Republicans leave town or else" sprayed on an adjacent building
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Olympic Tyson Gay’s daughter shot dead in Kentucky
The 15-year-old daughter of the Olympic sprinter was hit in the neck during an exchange of fire
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World's oldest giant panda in captivity dies in Hong Kong
Jia Jia was put down after her health rapidly deteriorated over the last two weeks
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Bridge collapse near Indonesia's Bali kills nine
There were too many people passing over the bridge for a religious ceremony when it collapsed at 6 PM local time
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Afghanistan burns five tonnes of drugs, alcohol in single blaze
Piles of drugs as well as some 100 bottles of alcohol were set alight outside the western city of Herat
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BRICS agrees to fast-track new credit rating agency
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they agreed to move ahead on the ratings agency
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Putin says Russia does not seek confrontation with US
Putin said he would work with any US leader willing to work with Russia
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Ready to play mediator between Pakistan, India: Trump
The controversial US Republican nominee wishes to see Pakistan and India get along
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Suicide bomber kills three police in southern Turkey
Six of the wounded were also police while three other people wounded were Syrian nationals
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Thai internet operators urge customers to report royal insults
King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on Thursday after seven decades on the throne.
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Bangladesh set to hang extremist leader
JMB leader Asadul Islam aka Arif is due to hang in Khulna for blasts that killed two lower court judges in 2005
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Second Scottish independence vote 'highly likely' before 2020: Sturgeon
Scotland voted by a large margin to remain in the European Union
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Leonardo DiCaprio urged to step down from UN climate change role
The Wolf of Wall Street, allegedly received from the multi-billion dollar development fund called 1MDB
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Four killed when balcony collapses in France
14 others were injured after a balcony collapsed in western France as young people were attending a housewarming party
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Modi escalates drive to 'isolate' Pakistan at BRICS summit
Tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours has escalated since a September 18 attack on an army base in held Kashmir