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Tibetan parliament to discuss Xi’s visit to India
Dharamsala : The session of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile began in this Himachal Pradesh hill town Friday and will hold special deliberations on the proposed visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India next week, an official…
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Man booked for murdering his five children in US
Washington : A man has been booked on charges of murdering his five children, aged one to eight, authorities said.
Lexington County Sheriff Lewis McCarty said in a news release Thursday that police suspected Timothy Ray Jones, 32,…
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Recovered British Ebola patient to return to Africa
London : The first British person to contract Ebola in Africa is to return to the country where he was infected in order to help others fight the disease.
William Pooley was treated in a special isolation unit at London's Royal Free…
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CIA triples estimate of Islamic State strength
Washington : A day after President Barack Obama vowed to strike the Islamic State (IS) terrorists "wherever they exist" to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the militant group, a CIA assessment increased its strength over three times to…
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Facebook sorry after rejecting dad’s ad to help baby
New York : Facebook has apologised to a father after rejecting his advertisement on the social networking site asking people to donate money for his two-month-old son's heart transplant.
Hudson Bond has been diagnosed with the heart…
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Myanmar’s parliament begins 11th session
Nay Pyi Taw : Myanmar's parliament began the 11th session of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and the House of Nationalities (Upper House) Thursday.
In his opening address on the first day of the Lower House session, Speaker…
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Saudi king, Obama discuss Islamic State threat
Washington : US President Barack Obama Wednesday called Saudi King Abdullah about his plan to fight the Islamic State (IS) militants just a few hours before he addressed the American public and the world on the threat posed by the Sunni…
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Obama vows to hit Islamic State ‘wherever they exist’
Washington : Nearly six years after he entered the White House with a promise to end America's decade of wars, President Barack Obama has reversed course with a vow to strike the Islamic State terrorists "wherever they exist".
In a…
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Apple unveils bigger iPhones, Apple Watch & Apple Pay
Washington : Apple Tuesday unveiled a new Apple Watch, touting it as a comprehensive health and fitness device, a mobile wallet called Apple Pay and two bigger screen versions of the iPhone, the 6 and the 6 Plus.
"What we didn't do was…
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Toll in Pakistan mosque roof collapse rises to 24
Islamabad :The toll in the mosque roof collapse in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore rose to 24 Wednesday even as rescue work continued in the area, media reported.
The collapse happened Tuesday afternoon when around 30 to 40…
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