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Islamabad :  The Pakistani Sikh community has threatened to launch a countrywide agitation if the government fails to provide security to them, media reported Monday. All Pakistan Hindu Rights Movement chairman Haroon Sarb Diyal Sunday…
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Madrid : A Spanish man broke the Guinness record for slicing ham non-stop for 40 hours. Gregorio Perez, started slicing ham Friday night and continued till Sunday in Valladolid city. Perez wielded a knife without stopping and carved 36…
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Islamabad :  The Pakistan government and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) have said that progress has been made during the latest round of talks, media reported Monday. A three-hour meeting was held Sunday in Islamabad at the residence…
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Kabul :  At least 21 people were killed Sunday when militants attacked a security check point in Afghanistan, an official said. "Several militants raided a police check point on the outskirts of Ghazni city at 3.00 a.m.," the official…
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Islamabad : Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Imran Khan has said he would approach the Supreme Court to get Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif disqualified because he had allegedly lied in parliament, media reported Sunday. Addressing protestors…
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Sulaiman Bek (Iraq)  :  Iraqi Kurdish forces and Shiite militiamen discovered mass graves containing 35 bodies after retaking the town of Sulaiman Bek from jihadists, an officer and a doctor said today. It was not clear when the shooting…
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Minsk : The Ukrainian president declared a cease-fire today to end nearly five months of fighting in the nation's east after his representatives reached a deal with the Russian-backed rebels at peace talks. President Petro…
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Lahore : Nearly 90 people have been killed in torrential monsoon rains that wreaked havoc across Pakistan as flash floods swept through villages, prompting authorities to call in army troops for flood relief duties. The downpour, being…
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From Yoshita Singh United Nations:  About 77 per cent of girls aged between 15 and 19 in India have been subjected to sexual violence by their spouses, according to a report by UNICEF which also said more than half of the girls in the age…
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Nairobi : Kenyan health authorities Thursday ruled out an Ebola outbreak in the country after tests conducted on two suspected patients turned negative. Kenya's Medial Services director Nicholas Muraguri assured Kenyans that medical…
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