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Skyscraper in Tokyo set to be twice as tall as Burj Khalifa
Sky Mile Tower is set to reach a height of 5,577ft and host up to 55,000 people in Tokyo bay
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Dear Google, is there a shrink for that?
The Internet has shifted therapeutic landscape
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Will not let Ghulam Ali's concert to take place in Lucknow: Shiv Sena
Anil Singh insists that protests against the Pakistani artist will be carried out in the city
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Turkey to open its border to Syrian refugees 'if necessary': Erdogan
Thousands of Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled toward the Turkish border since Friday
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Malaysia's new Twitter police target critics of PM Najib
Najib is facing the biggest political crisis in his seven-year premiership over a multi-billion dollar scandal
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Rubio falters in presidential debate, offering hope to rivals
Rubio's tough moments may breathe new life into the campaigns of Christie,Jeb Bush and Ohio Governor John Kasich
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More pulled out alive after Taiwan quake, about 120 people still trapped
At least 23 people are known to have died in quake, which struck at about 4 am on Saturday
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Woman puts newborn in shoebox, stores it in closet
Woman claims she had no clue she was pregnant before she gave birth
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Two puppeteers held for 'glorifying terrorism' in Madrid show
A support group for the victims of terrorism (AVT) on Twitter said it intended to file a complaint over the show
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Economy, security woes dent popularity of Canada's Trudeau
Observers say real test will be when rookie government unveils its first budget in coming months
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Former victim leaves Vatican child sex abuse commission
The victim left the Vatican advisory commission two days after the British campaigner criticised the body in the press
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N Korea triggers fresh fury with space rocket launch
US calls launch destabilising and provocative while Japanese PM Shinzo Abe slamms it as absolutely intolerable
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Thousands march across Europe in anti-Islam Pegida rallies
Around 2,000 people, less than the 10,000 expected by police, meanwhile joined an anti-Pegida rally
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Blast on Somalia airplane Tuesday 'was caused by bomb'
There has been no claim of responsibility yet for the attack
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Obama seeks to double US funds for clean energy research
One of the greatest challenges of our time is climate change says US president
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N. Korea launches space rocket in defiance of sanctions threats
The announcement triggered international opposition from governments that see it as a long-range missile test
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101 die in Nigeria from Lassa fever outbreak
The outbreak of Lassa fever was only announced in January
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Iran mocks Saudi offer to send ground troops to Syria
Saudi Arabia lacked courage to go through with a plan to send ground troops to Syria, says Revolutionary Guard head
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Italian wife risks six years in jail for not doing housework
The 40-year-old, from Sonnino in the Lazio region, is being taken to court by her husband
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UK press takes swipe at Assange, UN panel
The Times said the UN panel had also accused Ecuador of routine torture and arbitrary detention
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Russia must stop bombing women, children in Syria: Kerry
Kerry accused the Russian military of using 'dumb bombs'
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Wife surprises husband at her funeral after he paid to have her killed
Rukundo couldn't believe her husband, whom she had three children with, tried to kill her
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First Zika-linked deaths reported in Colombia
The patients died after contracting the virus and developing a rare neurological disorder
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Twitter blocks 125,000 accounts in 'terrorist content' crackdown
For years, Twitter has been the social media weapon of choice for terrorists, IS alone sent out 200,000 tweets a day
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'Facebook killer' sentenced to life for wife's US murder
Derek Medina, 33, killed his wife and then splashed a photo of her bloodied body on Facebook
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US, India in talks to settle solar power trade dispute
Talks aim at reaching an out-of-court resolution before any public announcement by the Geneva-based trade body
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Five dead after Taiwan quake topples buildings
The 6.4-magnitude quake struck in the middle of the night
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Over 100 trapped in collapsed building after Taiwan quake
At least 30 people have been rescued from another residential seven-storey block that collapsed
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37 dead in India after bus plunges into river
The accident happened when the driver lost control and veered off the road into river; 24 people injured
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Two Indian police suspended over Tanzanian student attack
A mob attacked the 21-year-old woman as she drove with friends in Bangalore on Sunday
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APS survivors receive royal protocol in UAE
As many as 146 students flew to Dubai to support PSL team Peshawar Zalmi
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Thieving monkey bound and caged in India's Mumbai
The wild macaque was caged after causing a nuisance for over six months, including stealing food
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BMX star Dave Mirra dies after apparent suicide
Police said they discovered former bike star’s body in a truck with what appeared to be self-inflicted gunshot wound
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Indian child bride becomes youngest divorcee in the world
Fatima Mangre got married at the age of four but separated after father said 'child marriage was wrong'
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Pope Francis to have historic meeting with Russian Patriarch in Cuba
The meeting,will take place in Havana on February 12
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Japan deports 'The Cove' dolphin activist: supporters
Group says, star of Oscar-winning documentary has been deported from Japan, where he has been incarcerated for 19 days
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10 cities where you're most likely to be pickpocketed
TripAdvisor releases a list of famous cities in which tourists are most likely to fall prey to thieves
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Iraq's top Shia cleric suspends weekly political sermons
The sermons lately focused on the government's battle against Islamic State militants and anti-corruption efforts
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German spy agency says Islamic State sending fighters disguised as refugees
Hans-Georg Maassen says terrorist attacks in Paris show that IS was deliberately planting terrorists among refugees
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North Korea begins fuelling rocket: report
Pyongyang has announced it will launch a satellite-bearing rocket sometime between February 8-25
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Pakistani man commits suicide over lost love in Saudi Arabia
The man, who was in his 20s, jumped into a water well in the western town of Khurmah
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UN panel rules WikiLeaks founder Assange 'arbitrarily detained'
Assange should be able to claim compensation from Britain and Sweden over his time in the embassy, panel adds
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Morocco launches first solar power plant
Solar plant underlines the country's determination to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, developers say
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Toyota says net profit jumps to $16 bn, raises FY forecast
The Corolla and Prius maker also slightly raised its fiscal year profit forecast to 2.27 trillion yen
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Zimbabwe declares 'state of disaster' over drought
The president has declared a state of disaster in regard to severely affected areas
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Saudi ready to join anti-Islamic State ground op in Syria: general
Russia launched its own strikes in Syria in late September
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Timbuktu recovers its mausoleums, risen from ruins
Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents wrecked 14 of the city's iconic earthen shrines
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Obama says faith a cure for fears stirred by war, hard times
Obama's remarks came a day after his first visit to a US mosque, where he sought to allay fears of Americans
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Terror attacks loom as Indonesian trio vie for IS glory
The ensuing police sweep has seen about 20 suspected militants arrested, and exposed a tangled web of splinter cells
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Clinton goes on the attack against surging Sanders
Sanders hammers home his opposition to what he believes is corrosive power of Wall Street on American democracy