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Police shut down mosque installation at Venice church
Made inside a Catholic church, the project served as Iceland's national pavilion for the 56th Venice Biennale
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German woman, 65 and mother of 13, gives birth to quadruplets
Mother to 13 and grandmother to seven, becomes the world's oldest mother of quadruplets
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Hundreds of youths protest in Nigeria's Kano over alleged blasphemy: police
There was no damage, no injuries and nobody died as a result of this, says police spokesperson
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San Diego school serves halal food after students go hungry
Parents complained that children were 'going hungry' despite free lunches offered to student body
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Islamic State says it could buy nuclear weapon from Pakistan within a year
Islamic State says it could 'hypothetically' purchase device through arms dealers with links to corrupt officials
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Mother found pushing dead toddler on swing
A witness says she found it strange that the woman had been pushing the child for an unusually long period of time
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India, Israel partner to develop missile system: report
With deals between the two countries amounting to $10 billion, Israel is among India's top defence suppliers
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India Tamil leader returns as state chief after graft case
Court clears Jayaram of corruption for which she was sentenced to four years in jail and fined Rs1 billion
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ISIS claims responsibility for bombing at Saudi mosque
ISIS says it would not rest until Shias, which the group views as heretics, are driven from the Arabian peninsula
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New land facility: Turkey opens first island airport
Will strengthen President Erdogan’s election campaign
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Fighting terror with terrorists: Indian defence minister outlines strategy for new 'proxy' war
Says a thorn should be used to remove another thorn, questions why Indian soldiers have to be frontline against terror
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Use of unregistered SIMs is 'haram' decrees Egypt’s foremost religious body
Egypt's Dar al-Iftaa explains that the fatwa is to ensure the SIMS are "not used for terrorist operations”
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Ex-Korean Air Lines executive embroiled in 'nut rage' scandal released from prison
Court says she would have had a chance to reflect on the mental anguish she caused the victims during 5 months in jail
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State Department releases Hillary Clinton’s emails about Libya embassy attack
The release consists of 296 emails, out of 30,000 handed over by Clinton
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Netherlands plans to ban full-face veils in public places
Ban would also apply to full face ski-masks, helmets on public transport, schools, hospitals and government offices
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Top authors urge Bangladesh govt to halt blogger attacks
Petition has been signed by over 150 authors, some of them having won top literary awards
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India may miss tax reforms deadline: Arun Jaitley
The government set a deadline of April 1, 2016, for introducing the key goods and services tax
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British-Pakistani counters terrorism with comic relief
Arshad has been working with police to prevent radicalisation of students and stop them from fleeing to Syria
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RAW at frontline to sabotage Economic Corridor, China warns Pakistan
Chinese authorities caution local authorities of a possible terror attack aimed at making the project a failure
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Go to Pakistan if you can't live without beef: BJP minister
Earlier in March, the Indian state of Maharashtra banned the possession and sale of beef
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Pakistan condemns terrorist attack at Saudi mosque
Foreign ministry conveys heartfelt sympathies and deepest condolences to the bereaved families
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IS cements grip on Iraq-Syria border in 'setback' offensive
It was last border crossing with Iraq still held by Damascus government
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US admits air strikes killed two children in Islamic State campaign
There have been several dozen reports of civilian casualties in the coalition bombing campaign that began Aug 8
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Jayalalithaa Jayaram set to return as chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu
Jayalalithaa is expected to be sworn in as chief minister as early as Saturday
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20 killed as suicide bomber strikes Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia
Witness describes a huge explosion at the Imam Ali mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh
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Top authors urge Bangladesh govt to halt blogger attacks
In a petition, 150 authors called on Sheikh Hasina and her govt to bring the perpetrators to justice
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Israeli ultra-Orthodox media blurs women in govt picture
Ultra-Orthodox website Behadrey Haredim,published the picture but blurred the women's faces
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Saudi citizen killed in rocket attack launched from Yemen: Saudi Press Agency
The civil defense sends communiqué stating that village of al Hosn in Dhahran faced [an attack] by military rockets
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This June will be a second longer
This is the 26th time scientists have added a second to a particular day
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Boy who was smuggled into Spain in suitcase is allowed to stay
Boy's father lived legally in Spain, but his income was too low to allow his son to live with them
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High-level gathering: PM to attend water conference in Tajikistan
Tajik envoy speaks about CASA-1000 and trade ties with Pakistan
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DNA from pizza crust helps police identify US murder suspect
Authorities have not ruled out that the crimes were committed with the help of accomplices
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With few mosques around, Muslims in Italy take to praying at supermarkets, car parks
There are just two purpose-built mosques for 1.5m Muslims in Italy, who make up the second biggest religion there
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Obama defends US actions, denies they are losing against Islamic State
Obama blamed recent advances of IS on a lack of training and reinforcement of Iraq's own security forces
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Saudi Arabia unveils plan to construct world's largest hotel in Makkah
In addition to 10,000 rooms, it will feature 70 restaurants and multiple helipads
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Briton guilty of making bomb that killed US sergeant in Iraq
Sardar was caught seven years after the explosion when the FBI found his fingerprints on some of the bombs
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Iran rules out nuclear inspections of military sites, questioning scientists
Supreme leader says no 'intelligent government' would allow such a thing and 'excessive demands' must be resisted
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World Cup 2020: Qatar still failing labourers on reform, says Amnesty
Amnesty listed nine "fundamental" areas for reform and said Doha has managed only "limited progress" in five
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Stuck in Gaza, hackers open lines to the world
It involves using dedicated servers to scoop up telephone IP addresses from big corporations and businesses
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Lotsa twerking and lolz in new Scrabble dictionary
Head of language content at Collins says the Internet age has revolutionised the inclusion of slang in dictionaries
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Hate crime: Woman imprisoned for shoving Hindu man off New York subway platform
Mendez confessed she hated all Muslims and Hindus since 9/11 and was 'mad because she liked the buildings'
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Malala urges world leaders to give all girls 12 years at school
Nobel laureate says 12 years of free education was critical particularly for girls
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7 surprising things we learnt from Bin Laden's 'treasure trove'
From recruitment letters to personal notes to his family, OBL documents reveal a hidden side of the al Qaeda chief
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Greenpeace staff to work for free after India blocks funds
Our employees are willing to work without pay for one month, says Greenpeace
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Racist search term points to White House in Google Maps
Google says it is sidelining its crowd-sourced map making tool to implement way to prevent bogus edits
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We hire only non-Muslims: Indian firm tells job-seeker
MBA graduate says Hindu friends were given placements but he lost the opportunity because of his religion
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Eight British men due in court over multi-million pound gem robbery
Hatton Garden,London, boasts almost 300 dealers and more than 50 jewellery shops
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Over 4,000 Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and Afghanistan granted Indian citizenship
Citizenship for 4,230 Hindus and Sikhs were approved by the end of April 2015
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US senator stages 10-hour talkathon opposing surveillance
The Republican senator from Kentucky brought the Senate to a standstill Wednesday
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IS in full control of Syria's ancient city Palmyra: monitor
The al Qaeda offshoot controlled the central city's military air base, prison and intelligence headquarters