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New Canadian PM praises Aga Khan Foundation's work
Justin Trudeau visits delegation of Ismaili Imamat in Canada
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Mom, dad both work in nearly half of two-parent families: US study
41% of working mothers say being a parent has hampered their career advancement
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Anguish over India's move to ban 'rent-a-womb' industry
The industry has exploded in recent years with thousands of infertile couples flocking to India
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California high school students walk out over racist post probed as hate crime
Police says students protested against a threatening and racist message left on a school computer
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YouTube to support virtual reality video on its app
App supports VR video, a format that gives viewers more realistic 360-degree perspectives of films
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Condom shortage hampers India's AIDS fight
India provides free condoms under its AIDS prevention programme that targets high-risk groups like sex workers
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"Binge-watch" beats "dadbod", other terms for Word of the Year 2015
Other terms which feature on the annual list include 'clean eating', 'dadbod', 'manspreading' and...
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Some extreme weather made worse by climate change: study
A killer snowstorm in the Himalayas, a scorching heat wave in Argentina; all made worse by climate change
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Orbiter reveals clues about loss of atmosphere on Mars
Researchers believe that the loss of ions to space was a 'significant player' in changing Mars' climate
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Russia's airline regulator suspends Boeing 737 flying certificates
The announcement came after Russian Airbus A321 airliner crashed in Egypt and killed 224 people
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White House hints at controversial move to close Gitmo
Obama would do everything that he can for the closure, which is a national security priority, spokesperson said
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US to call for tighter security at foreign airports -ABC News
US president says he believed there was a "possibility" that a bomb may have brought down a Russian airliner in Egypt
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NASA drops Boeing from race for $3.5 billion cargo contract
Boeing has however, received a NASA contract to send astronauts to the ISS aboard its CST-100 Starliner capsule
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Illinois policeman who killed himself plotted to kill official: report
Report suggests Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Gliniewicz tried to arrange for the killing of a local administrator
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Hong Kong charges hotel owner in $26 million fraud on China's biggest lender
Owner of Kimberley Hotel, made false statements to the bank's Hong Kong unit to get loans to renovate the hotel
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Fugitive gangster Chhota Rajan arrives back in India
Deported from Indonesia where he was arrested, Chhota Rajan was handed over to the CBI
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Protests block Downing Street as Egypt president visits UK
Around 200 demonstrators protested against Sisi's human rights record, and in support of those killed in Cairo in 2013
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Was a Muslim the wealthiest person in all of history?
Have a look at the world's richest people of all time
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"More likely than not" a bomb downed Russian jet: Cameron
A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers crashed into a mountainous area of Egypt’s Sinai on Nov 1
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Indian café run by acid attack survivors offers empowerment, opportunity
The café is a project by ‘Stop Acid Attacks’, a group committed to ending acts of violence against women
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Watch your mouth: Allosaurus had monstrously gaping jaws
Meat-eating dinosaur Allosaurus was able to crank open its jaws between 79 & 92 degrees, wider than a right angle
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Thai junta launches crackdown on 'influential figures' stoking crime
Defence ministry says it will use laws that target influential figures and ask people to provide information to state
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Two more child migrants drown off Greece amid angry protests
One of the children's bodies had been recovered, but the search for a six-year-old boy, was still under way
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5 Bahrain Shias get life in jail for 'spying for Iran'
The move comes a day after Bahrain said it has uncovered a terrorist organisation linked to Iran; arrested 47 members
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Syria rebels seize key regime town on Hama-Aleppo road: monitor
Britain-based watchdog says clashes were still raging in south and east of town and dozens of soldiers had been killed
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Trudeau sworn in as Canada's PM, pledges big changes
Trudeau unveiled a new-look cabinet, equally split with 15 men and 15 women
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India-born former soldier sworn in as Canada's new defence minister
Sajjan will oversee an anticipated change in Canada's military involvement in battle against militants in Syria &...
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Pentagon chief visits US carrier in disputed South China Sea, blames Beijing for tension
The visit comes just over a week after a US guided-missile destroyer challenged the territorial limits
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Bangkok nightclub owner jailed for deadly New Year blaze
Bangkok's Supreme Court says Visuk Setsawat was found guilty of negligence over inferno at upscale Santika club
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi says don't 'exaggerate' Rohingya plight
Suu Kyi has faced international censure for not speaking out in support of the Rohingya
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Bosnian imam jailed for seven years for recruiting Islamic State fighters
Husein Bosnic known as an unofficial leader of the ultra-conservative Salafi movement in Bosnia was arrested last year
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Russia to bury first Egypt plane crash victims
Both Britain and the United States said the crash might have been caused by a bomb
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Indian Muslim, accused of stealing a cow, is beaten to death by a Hindu mob
The police found the bloodied and battered body of Mohammad Hasmat Ali in a remote village
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Maldives faces international pressure to lift emergency
Both UK and the US also demanded the release of all political prisoners including former President Nasheed
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Botched cataract surgery blinds 14 in India
Earlier around 20 people were blinded by free cataract surgeries in northern Punjab state in December last year
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Mexico's top court opens door to recreational pot use
The ruling opens a broad debate on how to regulate the use of marijuana, says Mexican president
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Greek refugee island running out of space to bury the dead
Nearly 500 people have died trying to cross Aegean Sea from neighbouring Turkey this year
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IS claims behind Bangladesh policeman's murder
A group of unknown men stabbed a police officer to death on Wednesday just outside the capital Dhaka
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Tokyo issues Japan's first same-sex partner certificates
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has been all but invisible in Japan
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Japan's dainty geishas in secret fast-food raids
Geishas are not allowed to eat fast food and are even barred from being on Facebook
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Iran to meet Rouhani timetable on ending sanctions-nuclear chief
Says Iran has begun work to remove uranium enrichment centrifuges as part of the landmark agreement
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Suu Kyi vows to be 'above the president' if party wins Myanmar poll
Suu Kyi has towered over Myanmar's politics after decades-long struggle for democracy
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Colombia drought threatens one of world's top coffees
Some regions are expected to are suffer a 60% decrease in rainfall in December, January and February
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US police officer staged suicide to look like murder
Lieutenant Gliniewicz radioed in that he was pursuing three men on foot and then called for backup a few minutes later
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'Alarming emergence' of religious intolerance in Australia
Report says current racial discrimination laws might not protect Muslim Australians against religious vilification
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India's Arundhati Roy returns National Award
Roy says she is 'proud' to join those who have returned their awards to protest against attacks on minorities
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Egypt's pyramids for grain storage, not pharoahs' tombs: Carson
Carson says his personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain
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Deutsche Bank to pay $258 mn for violating US sanctions
Deutsche Bank will pay 8 million in fines for doing business with US-sanctioned countries like Iran and Syria
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Canada PM Trudeau sworn in, reveals diverse gender-equal Cabinet
Trudeau kicked off his majority government with an equal number of men and women in a slimmed-down Cabinet
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'Supergirl' Serena chases down phone thief
The 21-time Grand Slam singles champion detailed her adventure on Facebook with her wearing a Supergirl outfit

















































