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Indian court slaps Hindu god with summons over land grab
The department petitioned the local magistrate’s court to have the temple removed for obstructing traffic
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Is Hasina’s Bangladesh at war with itself or Pakistan-lovers?
Hasina Wajid won a key two-thirds majority six years ago and took office with the promise to take on political rivals
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Panasonic to offer family benefits to gay employees
Japan has historically been broadly tolerant of homosexuality with cases of samurai warriors during having male lovers
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Bomb in southeast Turkey kills seven security force members: sources
The blast hit the armored vehicle on the highway linking Diyarbakir to the district of Lice
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Pan Am hijack survivor recalls fatal moment Neerja was shot
Dr Kishore Murthy says flight attendant from Mumbai was shot in the head
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Top Kurdish PKK Militant: Don't know who is behind Ankara bombing
Twenty-eight people were killed and dozens wounded in Turkey's capital Ankara on Wednesday
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India's top court worried by sedition row violence
Kumar's arrest over a rally where anti-India slogans were chanted has led to India's biggest student protests in years
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India imprisons student union leader in same cell as Afzal Guru
Kanhaiya Kumar is being tried for shouting ‘anti-India slogans’ at a rally in protest against Afzal Guru’s execution
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Shane Warne bitten by snake on reality show
Warne received treatment from medics who say there will be no permanent scarring
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Indian groom dies on wedding day from celebratory gunfire
Investigating officer says Amit Rastogi was taken to hospital in state capital Lucknow where doctors declared him dead
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Australia's surfing dogs chase waves, not cats
The former world tandem surfing champion has been hitting the waves with his dogs for around ten years
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'Until God says come': Turning 92, Zimbabwe's Mugabe refuses to relinquish power
Critics blame Mugabe for many of the problems facing the country
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'Smoking kills more people than Obama' poster appears in Russia
The poster reads, "Don’t smoke, don’t be like Obama”
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Los Angeles hospital paid hackers $17,000 ransom in bitcoins
Hospital president says paying ransom was "quickest and most efficient way" of regaining access to affected systems
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Toyota recalling 2.9 million vehicles globally over seatbelt issue
World's biggest-selling automaker says recall involves RAV4 SUV, sold worldwide, and Vanguard SUV, sold in Japan
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Airlines to offer cheaper flights, but are they worth the savings?
Rock-bottom fares once unique to low-cost carriers will be offered by all three of the nation’s legacy airlines
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Obama to visit Cuba in 'coming weeks'
The two Cold War foes restored diplomatic relations in July after a historic rapprochement
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Hundreds of millions of Islamic State funds destroyed in air strikes: US
Officials believe terror group is more dependent on cash as it has seen its access to formal banking system
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Paris attacks linked to encryption: NSA chief
The report comes as Apple challenges a US court order to provide assistance to FBI to crack an iPhone used in attacks
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US Republican presidential race erupts into four-way battle
Front-runner Donald Trump threatened to sue Senator Ted Cruz of Texas over a negative TV ad
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Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security fears
The material went missing in November from a storage facility near the southern city of Basra
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Would eliminating $100, 500 euro banknotes beat crime?
World's bad guys are often depicted toting briefcases jammed with bundles of $100 or 500 euro banknotes
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University of Texas allows guns in classrooms
Some faculty members have threatened to quit rather than allow students to carry guns in their classrooms
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Canada's fighter jets fly final anti-Islamic State raids
The final air strikes were against an IS fighting position in the vicinity of Fallujah, Iraq
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Apple's Cook in biggest policy challenge yet, on encryption
Apple refused to break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters in the deadly December rampage
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LA jury acquits man accused of stalking Gwyneth Paltrow
The 43-year-old actress tearfully told jurors she feared for her safety and that of her family
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Apple launches payments service in crowded China market
But unlike most other countries, mobile payment systems are already well-established in China
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Erdogan vows retaliation after Ankara attack: presidency
The statement comes after a car bomb targeting military service vehicles killed at least 28 people in Ankara
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Twitter users applaud new search function with moving images
Twitter said in a blog post that users could search and browse a GIF library when composing a tweet or direct message
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US extremist groups surge in 2015, research group says
White supremacists say they are encouraged by the success of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
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Religious 'relics' of a modern-day messiah in South Korea
Revered by followers as a messiah but denounced by critics as a charlatan, Moon died from pneumonia in 2012
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Nike drops boxer Manny Pacquiao after anti-gay comments
Nike's decision comes after an online petition urging the company to stop Pacquiao endorsing its products
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Google makes fresh push into grocery delivery
Google Express takes a delivery charge of $3 for members and $5 for non-members
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IS shoots down Iraqi army helicopter killing one
An Iraqi army aviation captain said that the Bell helicopter was shot down with a Dushka heavy machine gun
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US state moves towards transgender student restroom ban
Bill passed by state's legislature comes amid backlash against stream of legislative & legal victories for LGBT rights
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18 killed in Ankara car bomb attack on military
Plumes of smoke were seen rising over an area and the powerful blast was heard all over the city
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Saudi executes two Yemeni drug traffickers
Yemenis were convicted of trying to smuggle hashish
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WHO launches $56 million Zika response plan
The UN's health agency said it needed $25 million to fund its own response plan
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Swedish court overturns ban on e-cigarettes
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the National Drug Agency could not oppose the sale of e-cigarettes
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Austria says expects Germany to follow migrant border clampdown
Vienna announced Tuesday it would step up controls at existing checkpoints along its southern borders with Italy
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BAE ties up with India's Mahindra for gun assembly plant
New Delhi is seeking to update its ageing military hardware with new kit worth tens of billions of dollars
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Four-year-old Afghan boy dies on migrant boat
The body of the boy, identified as Afghan by aid groups, was found in a boat that landed on the island of Chios
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Turkish police fire tear gas on gold mine protestors
There has been a growing standoff over plans by the Cengiz Holding conglomerate to build a mine on the Black Sea
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UK government to prevent public sector boycotts of Israeli suppliers
'Boycotts undermine good community relations' Cabinet Office
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Istanbul cop on trial for killing woman in 'anti-terror' raid
She died of her wounds in hospital on October 25
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Pakistan wins big at international culinary festival in Turkey
Pakistan won 15 gold, 13 silver, 1 bronze medal, 4 trophies and 30 certificates at the event
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Mugabe's ex-deputy Mujuru sets up rival Zimbabwe party
Mugabe, who turns 92 on Sunday, has ruled since independence in 1980
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Unclear if US, India can reach solar settlement: US official
Washington claimed that India's national solar power program illegally discriminated against imported solar panels
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Japan launches satellite to study black holes
The ASTRO-H satellite is set to orbit at an altitude of about 580 kilometres
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Russia, Iran ready to 'reinforce' military cooperation
The two countries are also ready to coordonate their approaches on a large number of global and regional issues