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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
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Ruckus at Indian court hearing student sedition case
The protesting lawyers, who had beaten up reporters at an earlier hearing, returned chanting nationalist slogans
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Kate Middleton tackles children's mental health as HuffPo editor
Kate says she and William would not hesitate to seek emotional or psychiatric help for their children
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'World's cheapest smartphone' to be launched in India
Set to be priced at under INR500, is about one per cent of the price of the latest Apple iPhone
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Weather-weary Indian farmers resort to new cash crop: blood
In India, blood donors are not usually paid, but some hospitals buy blood, even though it is against the law
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German shorthaired pointer named CJ wins Westminster dog show
CJ will also receive a trophy and later embark on a media tour
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Japanese mum made daughter eat 30 pet goldfish as punishment
Police say the young girl was allegedly abused on a daily basis
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Apple rejects 'dangerous' order to hack US shooter's iPhone
Technology giant now has five days to comply with the order
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15 unique festivals around the world that must go on your bucket list
Here are 15 festivals across the globe that need to be added to your bucket list. Get packing!
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Austria defies push for EU migrant solution with new border controls
The announcement is a new blow to German Chancellor Angela Merkel who wants to promote a deal with Turkey
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Indian media magnate charged with stepdaughter's murder
His wife is accused, along with her driver, of strangling the girl to death before setting her body alight
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US had cyberattack plan if Iran nuclear dispute led to conflict
Nitro Zeus was an effort to assure Obama that he had alternatives, short of a full-scale war, if Iran lashed out at US
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Men climb one of the world's tallest buildings bare-handed in hair raising video
Back in 2014, the group gained fame when they climbed the Shanghai Tower, the world’s second-tallest building
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Egypt orders arrest of Facebook administrator after unfaithful wives comments
His remarks were aired in December on privately-owned CBC channel and then shared on the social media
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University of Arizona students hurl insults, and litter, at mosque in Tucson
When classes resumed last month, the cans and bottles started crashing onto the Arizona mosque’s parking lot again
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Penetrating every stage of Afghan opium chain, Taliban become a cartel
The biggest coup was neither the drugs nor the weapons
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New species of turtle found in Papua New Guinea
New turtle is one of three distantly-related species, Elseya novaeguineae, Elseya schultzei and Elseya rhodini
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Turkey's Erdogan, Saudi King Salman discuss Syria in telephone conversation
They said the attacks were making the humanitarian situation in the region worse
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US flies F-22 fighters over South Korea after North's rocket launch
The flight of the radar-evading F-22s, based in Japan, is the latest deployment of key US strategic military assets
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Patient wears 3-D glasses during brain surgery
Taking a scalpel to the brain while a patient is conscious has been a common practice for more than a decade.
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Texas executes man in murder of liquor store clerk
The execution was the 534th in Texas since the US Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976
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Pope loses his cool with person who almost knocked him down
Aides and security men stopped the pope from falling to the ground
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China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island: Taiwan
China ratchets up tensions even as US President Barack Obama urged restraint in the region
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Love, rage, silence: Secret lives of Afghanistan's female poets
A young poet says people instantly judge: 'She writes about love, she must be a woman of loose morals'"
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Obama convinced Trump 'will not be president'
I have a lot of faith in the American people, I think they recognise that being president is a serious job, says Obama
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How Antonin Scalia’s death reshapes the 2016 election
As the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia makes painfully apparent, gridlock is now overtaking the court
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Jesus does not want you to be hit men, pope tells Mexican youth
Gang wars over the methamphetamine trade have torn the western state of Michoacan apart
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Egypt orders arrest of Facebook administrator after unfaithful wives comments
Taymour el-Sobky is accused of slandering Egyptian women and damaging their honour
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State Department welcomes release of three Americans in Iraq: statement
The Americans were kidnapped by suspected militias in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in January
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Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies at 93
Egyptian diplomat is likely to be best remembered as the secretary-general whose second term was blocked by a US veto
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Japanese actor dies after being stabbed by samurai sword
It was not immediately clear whether the sword was real or a mock weapon
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Russia's Internet censorship grew nine-fold in 2015
The group found incidents of Internet censorship increased from 1,019 in 2014 to 9,022 in 2015
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New cancer treatment boosts morale of terminally ill patients
The trial study utilised white blood cells from patients with leukaemia to come up with a treatment for cancer
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Putin expected to visit Islamabad soon to seal $2b LNG deal
The 1,100-kilometre-long structure will be able to transport 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day throughout Pakistan
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Bahrain to free US citizens accused of illegal gathering
US journalist and three members of her camera crew were detained in Bahrain on Sunday
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Indian photographer brings Quidditch match to life
Anshu Agarwal just made many Harry Potter fans' dreams come true
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Top dogs vie for the prize at New York show final
Sporting, working and terrier champions will be selected today before the final event
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Turkey favours Syria ground operation with its allies
Turkish artillery struck Kurdish militia targets in Syria, putting Ankara at odds with the US supporting Syrian Kurds
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Seven dead as gas blast in Russia collapses building
Three injured people rushed to hospital while authorities evacuated 131 residents and put them in temporary housing
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Activist underwhelmed by Chinese pledge to leave no child behind
More than 60 million such children in China, largely in poor rural areas, face odd circumstances
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Meet the gay teacher hoping to transform a Muslim-majority school in UK
Muslim parents at Parkfield did not have any complaints when Moffat revealed his own sexuality last month
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BJP wins assembly by-election in riot-torn Muzaffarnagar
Communal tension remains high in Muzaffarnagar, three years after 65 people were killed in clashes
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Trump is a ------: White House hopeful plays fill-in-the-blanks with voters
Donald Trump speaks volumes in what he doesn't say
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Iraqi army helicopter crash kills nine
Two pilots and seven army officers were killed in the incident, says official
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Indian opposition raises concerns with Modi over student protests
The government is set to present its annual budget and try to enact key economic reforms
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Uighurs deny Bangkok bombing, lawyer says confession forced
Mystery still surrounds the motive for the attack, in which the majority of the dead were ethnic Chinese tourists