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Panama will form commission to review financial practices
Panama will work with other countries over the leak, says President Juan Carlos Varela
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Pathankot attack probe: India seeks FBI’s help to track cyber footprints
Pakistan says JIT was denied access to witnesses in Indian forces
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'Harry Potter' author's chair sells for $394,000 in NY
The 50-year-old author used the chair to write "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
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Facebook raises Periscope challenge with video upgrades
People using Live streaming feature can now "broadcast: to groups at the social network or in scheduled "events"
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Eight die from alcohol poisoning in western India
More than 40 people were admitted to hospital after drinking the adulterated liquor in Barmer district, Rajasthan
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Saudi Arabia considers 'permanent residency' system for expats
Programme would help KSA generate new revenues for the national economy, says Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman
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Ninth arrest over deadly India flyover collapse
All those arrested work for IVRCL, the contractor behind the ill-fated construction project in West Bengal
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Creating a buzz: sex toy sparks bomb scare in Germany
Authorities on Tuesday night cleared about 90 people from the business and nearby premises and closed off a street
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Little Lizzy gets wish to see Pope before going blind
Lizzy was able to speak to the Pontiff in an emotionally charged encounter at weekly general audience at St Peter's
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Snowden mocks British PM for terming Panama Papers leak 'private matter'
According to the accusations, David Cameron's father ran offshore fund that paid zero UK tax for 30 years
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Qatar royal, Pakistani man freed by Iraq kidnappers after 4 month ordeal
Unidentified armed men seized the group of Qatari hunters from a desert camp in southern Iraq near the Saudi border
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Israel ex-president denied early release from rape sentence
Katsav has always maintained his innocence despite being convicted in December 2010
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Panama Papers: UAE president leads London property holdings
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan is among the numerous named as owners of central London real estate worth billions
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Fighting erupts near power lines to Afghan capital: officials
Taliban forces had captured two government outposts in clashes overnight in the area north of Kabul
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Number of adults with diabetes has quadrupled since 1980
"An estimated 422 million adults were living with diabetes in 2014, compared to 108 million in 1980" UN health agency
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Cambodian tigers declared 'extinct' as reintroduction plan unveiled
The last tiger was seen on camera trap in the eastern Mondulkiri province in 2007
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Pinterest takes ads global
"We are now pushing into international markets aggressively" Pinterest monetization and advertising president
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes northwest of Vanuatu: USGS
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre did not issue a Pacific-wide tsunami warning
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Millions drinking arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh
The supply dates back to 1970s, when the government drilled millions of shallow tube wells for clean water
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Libya's self-declared National Salvation government stepping down
The statement came after a number of ministers met to prepare a peaceful handover of power
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Three arrested in Spain over bomb hoax that forced plane back to airport
Man could be heard saying "Today people will die" and "Allahu Akbar"
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Fiji residents ordered to stay inside as cyclone looms
The cyclone, packing gusts of 170 kilometres per hour, is expected to brush the south coast of Vita Levu on Thursday
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Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders win Wisconsin
Clinton leads Sanders by double digits in New York, her adopted home state which votes April 19
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US man leaves baby in car to enjoy strip club
The club's employees said they became suspicious after noticing the man leave the venue every 15 minutes
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Erdogan proposes stripping Kurdish rebel backers of Turkish citizenship
'These people don't deserve to be our citizens' Erdogan
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US arrests 21 for visa fraud in fake university sting
Federal agents set up a fake university to ensnare the suspects highlighting growing concern about visa fraud
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'Panama Papers' law firm says 'hacked by servers abroad'
Fonseca says the firm has lodged a criminal complaint with Panamanian prosecutors on Monday over the breach
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Al Qaeda branch confirms death of senior Syrian figure in US strike
He was a senior member of al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate the Nusra Front's policy-making Shura Council
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia fuel surge in worldwide executions to 25-year high
Amnesty says surge in worldwide executions highest since 1989
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WhatsApp strengthens encryption in wake of iPhone case
Update arrives amid international debate over how much access law enforcement should have to digital communications
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Six arrested after low-caste boys stripped, beaten in India
The teenage boys were attacked by villagers for allegedly stealing a motorbike
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Iceland premier resigns in wake of Panama Papers scandal
Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was the biggest casualty of a worldwide media probe into 11.5 million leaked documents
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Greek Church says Pope to visit Greece to highlight refugee crisis
An official of the Church of Greece told Reuters that the visit could take place on April 14-15
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Flying dogs, wimpy men and singing with the dead: the future of TV
In television future dogs will fly, people will come back from the dead and parents will choose their children's dates
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Saudi security officer shot dead in attack claimed by Islamic State
State news agency says Colonel Kitab al-Hammadi's body was found in an area called al-Dawami
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'I'm going to die': panicked passenger recalls Indonesia plane collision
Airplane with 49 passengers and seven crew on board was taking off when it clipped another aircraft across the runway
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Iceland PM threatens new election if not backed by coalition partners
On Monday, the opposition filed a motion of no-confidence in the prime minister
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Chair J K Rowling used to write Harry Potter books to sell at auction
Pre-auction bidding via the Internet had reached $65,000 on Monday for the modest 1930s-era oak chair
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Former Myanmar president 'becomes a monk'
Widely circulated pictures showed a shaven-headed Thein Sein draped in the deep maroon robes of the Buddhist clergy
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Islamic State hints at attacks in London, Berlin and Rome
'Maybe it will be in London or Berlin or Rome' A member of the group said in English on the video
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Panama Papers scandal sparks chorus of denials
Some of the biggest names in the scandal said they were being unfairly targeted
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French head teacher kills self ahead of trial for raping pupils
Under French law, the offence of rape covers any act of penetration
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India flags off its fastest-ever train
The move is part of PM Modi's $135 billion plan to overhaul Asia's oldest rail network over five years
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Painting by Chinese master fetches record $35 million in Hong Kong
The sale comes at a time of sluggish global art sales due to slowing growth in China, world's second largest economy
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US amending law to grant India status of closest partner: Pentagon official
Senior Pentagon official says US-India Business Council played major role in pushing resolution forward
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Bangladesh ex-PM surrenders to court over bus attack, granted bail
Two people were killed and 30 injured in the bus attack that Khaleda is wanted for
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Russia to start deliveries of S-300 missiles to Iran in coming days
'I don't know if this will happen today, but they (S-300 missiles) will be loaded (for shipment)' Zamir Kabulov
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Suicide bomber kills at least 6 in eastern Afghanistan
There is no immediate claim of responsibility, but Taliban are firmly entrenched in remote mountainous area
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Panama Papers: French far-right leader's aides had 'offshore system'
Aim of system was to get money out of France through shell companies to evade French anti-money-laundering authorities
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What's in a name? China paper blasts foreign nomenclature
A state-run newspaper lashed out Tuesday at the widespread adoption of foreign names in China