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Man sets himself on fire outside London palace of Prince William
Police found the man, in his 40s, ablaze and was declared dead not long afterwards
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Pakistani 'drug dealer' escapes prison in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia police have started searching the man who also has a severe contagious disease
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UK child rapist 'flees to Pakistan' during trial
Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain, 38, was convicted of rape, sexual activity with child and conspiracy to rape
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UK school called 'Isis Academy' forced to change name
The academy in Oxford has rebranded itself to avoid confusion with terrorist organisation Islamic State
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Indian avalanche soldier 'stable' after six-day ordeal
An estimated 8,000 soldiers have died on the glacier since 1984
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Swedish prosecutor preparing new application to interview Assange
Assange, 44, took refuge at the embassy in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden
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'Made in Europe': Plight of garment workers under scrutiny
Workers, who are overwhelmingly women, are often hired on the legal minimum wage of less than 200 euros a month
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Why we have to open window shades during take off and landing
Take off and landing are considered to be critical times in aviation when most accidents happen
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Do you want fries with that? Man charged with throwing alligator into fast food restaurant
Joshua James, 23, had wanted to play a practical joke on a friend
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Mother jailed for advertising online to rape six-year-old daughter
The woman, who is also convicted on numerous counts of dealing in child pornography, was awarded 26 years jail term
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Troops will stay in Siachen, says Indian defence minister
Manohar Parrikar's statement comes after last week's avalanche which claimed the lives of nine soldiers
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'Dead' Chinese baby awakes just before cremation
He was declared dead on February 4 after a doctor decided his heart had stopped beating
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Camps full as tens of thousands flee regime in Syria's Aleppo
The United Nations says up to 31,000 people have fled Aleppo city and surrounding areas in recent days
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Eight killed in German train crash, 150 injured: police
The accident took place in Bad Aibling, in the southeastern corner of Germany
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UAE tries 'Hezbollah', 'Qaeda' cell members: media
One of the men is a Canadian citizen and representatives of his country's consulate attended the hearing
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UAE to create ‘Minister for Happiness’ post
Emir of Dubai says position is being created to ensure satisfaction of citizens
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US troop reinforcements head for embattled southern Afghan province
Security forces in the southern province have been plagued by high desertion and casualty rates
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Heroic Pakistani refugee saves drowning man at German carnival
Police says 21-year-old Pakistani migrant selflessly jumped into River Rhine and pulled the man out
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Google CEO Pichai receives stock grant worth about $199 million
Pichai, who took over in August, has received grant for 273,328 Class C Google stock units
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Sanders sneaks ahead as first votes cast in New Hampshire
On the Republican side, John Kasich won three votes to two for Donald Trump
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Former Nepal PM Sushil Koirala dies at 77
Koirala headed the country's biggest political party, the Nepali Congress
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Laptop bomb may have blown hole in Somali plane: US officials
Daallo's chief executive says suspected suicide bomber was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight
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Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg says eyeing 2016 run for president: FT
Billionaire has told aides to draw up plans for independent campaign for US presidency
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Record number of shark attacks in 2015, researchers find
Sharks attacked people 98 times in 2015, a spike in unprovoked attacks that set a new record
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Replace female genital mutilation with new rites of passage, says UN chief
The country with the highest rate of FGM remains Somalia where figures show 98 percent of girls have been cut
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Snug as a bug: the hated cockroach inspires a helpful robot
The robots are designed to navigate through rubble to find survivors after natural disasters or bombings
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India introduces net neutrality rules barring Facebook's free Internet
The new rules came after Facebook launching an advertising campaign in support of its Free Basics program
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Earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude felt in New Zealand capital
Earthquakes are common in New Zealand, whose two islands lie along the Australia-Pacific tectonic plate boundary
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Australian woman freed by al Qaeda says her husband is still alive
The couple were seized on January 15 from the town of Djibo near Burkina Faso's border with Mali
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Libyan warplane crashes after attacking Islamic State militants
Before crashing, the aircraft conducted raids on Islamic State militants positions some nine miles from Derna
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More women executives mean more profits, according to study of 91 countries
The conclusion stems from a study of about 22,000 publicly-traded companies in 91 countries
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Widow of Islamic State leader charged in death of American: US Justice Dept
Sayyaf was charged with providing material support to a terrorist organisation that resulted in a person's death
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US professor who said Muslims, Christians worship 'same God' leaves college
Larycia Hawkins was placed on leave from Wheaton College after posting a picture of herself wearing a hijab
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Sikh American designer barred from Mexico-US flight over turban
The House of Waris chief was heading to New York's fashion week
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Twin births almost double in rich countries: study
The rate of twin births in Britain, Germany, France, Denmark and US doubled from 1975 to 2011
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Arab-Israeli lawmakers suspended for meeting families of killed Palestinian
Last week, the three visited the families of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces
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Indian soldier rescued after six days in Himalayan avalanche
An estimated 8,000 troops have died on the glacier since 1984
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Top Afghan Taliban leader Hasan Rehman dies
Rehmani, a member of the group’s powerful Leadership Council, had served as a governor of Kandahar
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea
The quake hit some 96 kilometres southwest of Panguna, according to the US Geological Survey
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'Meteorite' kills man in south India, authorities say
If proven it would be the first meteorite death of a human in recorded history
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Leopard rampages through school in India, injuring six
Injured include scientist and forest dept employees who tried to corner animal found inside school premises
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Iraq deploying thousands of troops to retake Mosul
Units from Iraqi army have begun arriving to military base near Makhmur district to launch military operation
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Non-Muslim women don hijab to express solidarity
As more women don scarf to show support, the reaction is divided
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Migrants' boat capsizes off Turkish coast, 22 drown
Separately, 11 migrants died and three were rescued when another boat sank further south off the coast
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India regulator deals blow to Facebook in Internet row
Decides not to allow 'discriminatory pricing' for different data platforms or content
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Woman who accused Bill Clinton of assault to campaign against Hillary presidential run
Kathleen Willey, former White House volunteer says Bill Clinton groped her in an Oval Office hallway in 1993
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Indian Air Force pilots pop pills to 'improve performance'
Go/No-Go medicines are given to fighter pilots across the IAF in a military exercise, which simulated a two-front war
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Russia nabs 'Islamic State group' in the Urals
The suspects had planned to stage attacks in the Russian capital, Saint Petersburg and the Sverdlovsk region
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Saudi executes Egyptian for drug trafficking
Ibrahim Mohammed Salman was caught trying to smuggle opium which was hidden in his car
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