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For dating apps in Asia, love by numbers or chaperone
The Filipina entrepreneur created an app that discouraged users from meeting one-on-one and offered chaperone service
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India building collapse kills seven
Rescuers have been frantically searching for another three people believed trapped under rubble of building
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Obama warns African leaders who refuse to step down
Obama says no one should be president for life
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Turkey's Erdogan in China for talks amid Uighur strains
Turkey has repeatedly expressed concerns about Beijing's treatment of the Uighurs, who speak a Turkic language
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Bangladesh upholds opposition politician's death sentence
Chowdhury was originally found guilty of nine charges including genocide, torture and rape
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Twitter posts $137 million quarterly loss on rising revenue
San Francisco-based company's loss in the quarter was trimmed from $144.6 million it lost in the same period last year
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White House refuses to pardon Snowden, wants him to 'come home, be judged'
US administration has branded Snowden a hacker and a traitor who endangered lives by revealing NSA spying program.
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American dentist had killed Zimbabwe's popular 'Cecil the lion' with a bow, arrow
Fundira described Cecil as "almost semi-domesticated" and said that Palmer had paid about $50,000 for the hunt
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Unidentified gunmen who carried out Gurdaspur attack were Muslim: Indian police
Director general of police says inspection of the bodies shows that the assailants were Muslims
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Kuwait condemns 4 Egyptians to death for murdering a Pakistani
The four men had bludgeoned a Pakistani guard to death at a construction site during a robbery
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Taliban advance in north Afghanistan seizing key district, several villages
Police intend to fight the Taliban to retake district in Sar-e-Pol province. While half of Kunduz is under militants
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Army chief presented guard of honour in Italy
Italy’s army chief says he sees Pakistan Army with respect and admiration and vowed to eliminate terrorism together
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Hackers take a page (literally) from Jane Austen
Researchers say adding classic text to exploit kit landing page more effective obfuscation technique than random text
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gets visa to Germany
Dissident gets back passport following a four-year confiscation in a surprise move
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Pakistan receives fresh CSF tranche of $336m
SBP officials say injection of cash helped Pakistan's forex reserves reach fresh high of $19 billion
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Britain's Cameron warns no place for dirty money in London property
Campaigners in Britain have raised concerns that rising property prices are fuelled by corrupt cash
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Bomb kills two Bahraini policemen, government implicates Iran
Sunni monarchy often accuses Iran of stirring up unrest among kingdom's Shia majority
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French teen finds 560,000 year-old tooth
The tooth was found in the Arago cave near the village Tautavel, one of the world's most important prehistoric sites
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Delta Air Lines to offer private jet upgrades to top customers
Airline offers new upgrades which will cost $300 to $800 per trip to passengers with ‘medallion’ status
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EU suspends sale of 700 generic drugs made in India
The EC took the action after an Indian firm contracted by drug companies to test the medications manipulated data
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Malaysian PM reshuffles cabinet, dumps deputy after 1MDB criticism
Allegations of extensive graft are the biggest threat to Najib's credibility since he took office in 2009
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Singapore, Indonesia step up cooperation against IS
Both leaders agree to share information and other things that are linked to terrorism and IS
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Nepal temple bans mass animal slaughter
Festival sees hordes of devotees from Nepal and India flock to temple to sacrifice thousands of animals
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Top EU diplomat due in Iran for nuclear deal talks
Foreign policy chief flies in from talks in Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia
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Bangladesh arrest suspected local militant chief
Abu Talha, acting leader of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested on Monday along with seven members
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Five Muslim girls arrested for 'attacking' bikini-clad French woman
Suspects, aged 16 to 24, reportedly attacked a woman for wearing a bikini in a park in France
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Libya court sentences Qaddafi's son, eight aides to death
Former intelligence chief and Kadhafi's last prime minister were also among those sentenced to death
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US, Turkey join forces to drive Islamic State from Syria
Ankara's intervention in Iraq and Syria would "change the balance" in the region, says PM
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Hong Kong giant panda Jia Jia becomes oldest ever
Jia Jia made Guinness world record by being the oldest panda ever living in captivity
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Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of making threats to neighbours
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, Jubeir says Saudi Arabia had raised issue with her
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Bamiyan's ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans
It's not a good place, it's never been a good place to live, says Haji Hussain
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Pakistan high commissioner calls off Indian Punjab visit after MEA blocks his visit
Move comes after scheduled meetings with Indian Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and Haryana CM ML Khattar were cancelled
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Apple 'fake factory' shutdown in China
The factory produced more than 41,000 fake iPhones some of which were sold in the US
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China escalator swallows toddler's mother
Firefighters took more than four hours to cut open the machine and recover the woman who showed no signs of life
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Australian reality TV stars 'shot at by Islamic State' in Syria
SBS says participants were escorted under security to the Syrian frontlines by Kurdish soldiers
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Arab female bodybuilder looks abroad for recognition
The 32-year-old began working out a decade ago after finding a personal trainer to help her overcome obesity
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Buildings damaged, one missing in Indonesian earthquake
Indonesian authorities and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no threat of any tsunami waves from the quake
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Transitions: India’s former president Abdul Kalam passes away
Acclaimed scientist and author was known as the ‘people’s president’ in his term
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NSA set for November cut-off for bulk US phone data usage
NSA must preserve bulk telephony metadata collection "until civil litigation regarding the program is resolved"
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Google throttles back vision for its social network
YouTube will be among the first products to uncouple itself from Google+ profiles
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Hate speech: UAE announces law criminalising religious hatred
Stoking religious hatred is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of Dirhams 50,000 to 2m
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Mafia and multinationals milk Italy's green energy boom
While the subsidies come out of taxpayer pockets, so far region has seen little of profits made by the energy firms
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Former Indian president Abdul Kalam passes away
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam died apparently of a cardiac arrest in Shillong
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Footage obtained from downed drone shows it was operated from India: ISPR
Indian border security forces conducted land and aerial violation of the border since June 9.
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Obama challenges key ally Ethiopia on democracy
Obama says I think Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is first to admit there is still more to do
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UK's Cameron says ready to bomb militants in Libya and Syria if plot threat seen
Militant threat is high on political agenda in UK after a gunman killed 30 British tourists at a resort in Tunisia
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British lord exposed in 'drugs and prostitutes' romp
Lord John Sewel resigned as deputy speaker of parliament's upper house and chairman of privileges & conduct committee
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Itsy bitsy 'facekinis' a hit for China white skin lovers
The nylon accessory has tiny holes for the mouth and nose, offering protection from UV rays, jellyfish and mosquitoes
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Indian gold maker buys Swiss refiner Valcambi
Rajesh Exports announces it bought Swiss metal refining giant Valcambi for $400 million in cash
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Christians pray alongside Muslims at Chattanooga mosque
Visit comes after the unfortunate shooting and murder of five US marines by a local Muslim