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Australia asylum baby set to be returned to Nauru: minister
Asylum-seekers attempting to arrive in Australia by boat are sent to camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru
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US businessman detained in Iran denied access to lawyer
Siamak Namazi, a dual US-Iranian citizen, was detained by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in October
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Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to ease tensions
Since October 1, Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming attacks have taken the lives of 27 Israelis
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Trump supreme as White House race rolls on
Trump's victory lap came after his resounding win on Saturday in the South Carolina primary
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Samsung, LG improve smartphone cameras, turn to virtual reality
Zuckerberg appeared at Samsung event to announce partnership to promote use of virtual reality on the social network
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India set to seal major power deal in Bangladesh, beating China
The proposed power plant will have two units of 660 MW that will generate power for local consumption
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Why do we teach girls that it's cute to be scared?
Apparently, fear is expected of women
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Uber driver arrested over deadly US shooting rampage
He is believed to be the gunman who opened fire, killing six people and seriously wounding two others
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China weapons exports surge over past five years: report
In 2011 to 2015, China's arms imports fell 25 percent compared with the previous five year period
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Jihadi brides are suckers for bad boy sex appeal, says Muslim comic
The writer and comedian is touching a still rawer nerve in her new show "The Kardashians Made Me Do It"
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San Bernardino victims to oppose Apple on iPhone encryption
Victims have an interest in the information which goes beyond the Justice Department's criminal investigation
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Pakistan spent $735 million on arms imports in 2015
Country is tenth largest arms importer in the world, says new report
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At least 30 dead in bombings south of Damascus
Car bombing and two suicide attacks ripped through the area of the Sayyida Zeinab shrine
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Lahore to Delhi Dosti Bus service suspended as caste violence engulfs India
The Jat caste is leading the protests in Haryana, demanding quotas for government jobs and university placements
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Earth is different from 700 quintillion planets in the universe
New research defies Copernican principle which says there are worlds similar to our own among terrestrial planets
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Jude Law leads celebs highlighting refugee plight in Calais 'Jungle'
Law helped organise a petition to Prime Minister David Cameron this week
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Caste crisis: Why do quotas still exist in modern India?
The Haryana government agreed last year to grant 10 percent reservation to Jats
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Australia issues security alert for Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia has been on high alert since a bomb and gun attack in Indonesia's capital in January
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Harvard launches free online course to promote religious literacy
Goal of the course is not to 'champion one religion over another' but to increase the study of religion, says lecturer
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Google boss heading to Brussels for antitrust talks: source
Three successive proposals by Google for an amicable settlement have been rejected
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Pope calls for worldwide ban on death penalty
Pontiff says the commandment "You shall not kill" has absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty
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Three journalists from Turkish state news agency kidnapped by PKK: media
The journalists were kidnapped while in the southeastern city of Mardin more than 48 hours ago
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US bank denies entry to Muslim woman for wearing hijab
The bank has since changed its policy and is now allowing women wearing hijab to enter the premises
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Muslim-American group condemns Donald Trump’s praise of ‘pig’s blood’ technique to stop terrorists
The statement came in response to Mr. Trump’s remarks at a campaign rally on Friday night
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Where are all the aliens?
We have no choice but to get completely speculative
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Suspected militants kill Hindu priest in Bangladesh
Five or six motorcycle-borne attackers cut the throat of the priest, Jogeshwar Roy, 55, as he was organising prayers
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Egypt jails author for two years over sexually explicit novel
Sentence has been viewed by fellow authors, journalists, and rights activists as an affront to freedom of expression
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Will return to US if guaranteed a fair trial, says Edward Snowden
Snowden says he wants a trial where he could make 'a public interest defense' then have jurors decide his case
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Toll in double bombing in Syria's Homs rises to 46: monitor
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says most of those killed appeared to be civilians
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Five dead in 24-hour gunbattle in Indian-held Kashmir
Militants, who are fighting against Indian rule of disputed Himalayan region, had fled to a government building
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US Air Force drone crashes in southern Afghanistan
There were no injuries or civilian damage in the crash of the state-of-the-art $14-million MQ-9 Reaper
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10 dead in caste riots in north India
150 people have been injured since Friday when officers fired on rioters
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Japan's Kansai Electric finds leaked radioactive water at nuclear plant
Company says water has been cleared and there has been no impact on the environment
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Republican candidates offer stark contrast in visions as field thins
Some Republicans fear that the appeal of Trump and Cruz will simply be too narrow
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Jeb Bush ends White House bid
Trump lampooning Bush as a mama's boy dependent on riding his family coattails for his past success
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India Post rides e-commerce wave as villagers buy online
Up to a billion people are not yet online in India and are wary of e-commerce sites
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Seven killed in Michigan shooting rampage, suspect arrested
The suspect was described as a white male in his late 50s, who drove a blue station wagon.
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Fiji cleans up after 'strongest ever' cyclone
All schools, many of which are being used as evacuation centres, were ordered closed for one week
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Smartphones to replace cards at bank machines
Many US banks are installing new ATMs to allow customers to order cash on a mobile application
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Assad says wants to be remembered as man who 'saved Syria'
Assad said the support of his Russian and Iranian allies had been "essential" in the recent major advances made
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Trump takes S.Carolina, Clinton wins in Nevada
Hundreds of supporters at the Trump watch party in Spartanburg waved Trump signs
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Turkey announces new security measures following Ankara attack: PM
Davutoglu says 22 suspects have been detained over Ankara bombing
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Indonesia arrests 'dozens of suspected religious radicals'
It was not clear whether the arrested suspects were linked to the gun and suicide attacks in Jakarta last month
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Two abducted Serbs killed in US Libya raids on Islamic State
Nearly 50 people killed in US air strikes on a suspected Islamic State training camp, Serbia's prime minister says
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Village in India's Gujarat bans mobiles for single women
Village head says mobile phones distracted unmarried women from carrying out studies, household chores in village
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10 Israelis detained at pro-Palestinian protest in Hebron
Some 200 people, most of them Palestinians, took part in the anniversary demonstration
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Mexican woman with Zika gives birth to healthy child
Zika has been linked to microcephaly, a birth defect in which the infant is born with an abnormally small head
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Pakistan to send investigation team to probe Pathankot attack ahead of talks
An SIT would visit India in March after which the foreign secretaries would hold their impending meeting, sources say
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Britain to hold EU referendum on June 23: Cameron
Says the vote will be "one of the biggest decisions this country will face in our lifetimes"
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Gunmen attack convoy in Indian-held Kashmir, two army personnel dead
All the civilians present inside the building have been evacuated, police say