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Wind blows most strongly at night and the power it produces is inexpensive because of its abundance and tax breaks

Current guidelines urge adults to keep their blood pressure below 140 mm Hg

Vitamin D is naturally produced by the body when a person is exposed to sunlight

Final price for the 1917-18 portrait Reclining Nude was second only to Picasso's Women of Algiers which sold for $179m

UN envoy says 13 per cent of school girls in Japan are involved in forms of paid dating that can involve sex

Britain and the US, as well as international investigators, suspect a bomb exploded on board the Metrojet A-321 plane

The summit between the Arab League states and 12 nations from South America aims to spread peace in Palestine

Voters believe an election win will reset the country under Kyi's guidance, in a major stride away from army control

The British foreign minister claims to have received information that suggests a possibility of the plane being bombed

Senegal's President stresses on sharing intelligence to combat jihadist groups across the continent

Co-developed with Google and Intel, the "Tag Heuer Connected" will cost $1,500

Britain was among the first Western countries to end its boycott of Modi

Obama administration has spent months working up a plan to transfer 50 of the remaining 112 prisoners to US prisons

The political motive of the post was to urge support for tackling climate change

So far in 2015, on average, one person has been executed every other day, says Amnesty

Indians believe jewel is part of their history and culture and should undoubtedly be returned

A new orca experience in a more natural setting will take its place and debut in 2017

Eliene Almeida, head teacher at the municipal school in Bento Rodrigues, helped students survive disaster

The Islamic State group's branch in the Sinai claimed responsibility after the crash

The cyclone causes panic and prompts appeals for help for residents on the island

A study found 100 percent of group of 600 women interviewed had experienced sexual harassment on public transport

Police say they have yet to determine the assailants' identity or the motive behind the attack

The headless bodies of four men, two women and one child were found in Khak-i-Afghan district of Zabul on Sunday

It is not clear when Iraqi forces will be ready to attack the northern city

Cash was seized after the Customs and Police Scotland started a probe into an alleged tax evasion case of £4 million

The hacker group mounted cyberattacks on high-profile political and defense figures globally since year 2014

Internal rifts seem to be getting deeper in the Bharatiya Janata Party after Bihar defeat

The vote was fiercely opposed by Russia and Serbia, which attempted to get the vote postponed earlier in the day

The incident occurred around 6 a.m. at the entrance of the Penn subway station in Manhattan

The Swedish company said the partnership would 'create the networks of the future'

The airline said has also signed a 12-year contract worth $36m for the maintenance and support of the aircraft

FM Zarif stressed the importance of preventing terrorist groups from selling oil, cutting their access to funds

Ayed al-Jahdali was convicted of shooting dead a policeman who was trying to arrest him for drug trafficking

Loyalist forces, backed by Saudi-led coalition strikes, supplies and troops, pushed the rebels out of Aden

Hassanein was implicated in the bombing of the Italian consulate in Cairo last July

Riedel believes that Army Chief General Raheel Sharif should be encouraged to help end the war in Yemen

The Jordanian went on a shooting spree at the King Abdullah Training Centre facility near Amman

Country already operates what experts say is one of world's most sophisticated online censorship mechanisms

The cartoons were also published in 2006 in French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo

The study suggests that the country should give up its obsession with its supposed past glories

The value of the deal is the largest announced so far at the biennial Dubai Airshow, which runs until Thursday

The group which includes women and children were reportedly seeking to join the extremists in Syria

Strike is expected to last a week, becoming longest in Lufthansa's history as both sides fail to agree on cost cuts

The anti-drugs chief will visit various parts of the archipelago in his search for fierce reptiles to guard the jail

After the incident Governor of Makkah, issued orders to arrest those involved and to increase the security in parks

Hossam Bahgat arrested on suspicion of publishing false information

Says further development needs to be based on reforms while progress in reforms gives strong impetus for development

The EU needs to be more flexible if it wants British people to stay in the bloc, says the premier

WMO says concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide once again broke records last year

Under the agreement, Moscow will supply Tehran with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems