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India election ends as polls tip Modi triumph

Indians cast final ballots yesterday in a record election that saw 551 million people vote over five weeks, with exit…

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Search resumes for South Korea ferry disaster

Recovery operations in South Korea´s ferry disaster resumed Tuesday after dangerous conditions forced a three-day break, while officials promised counselling…

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Italian navy says 14 dead as boat packed with illegal immigrents founders

At least 14 people died when a boat packed with illegal immigrants sank between Libya and Italy on Monday, in…

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China detains man in online news portal crackdown

China has detained a man for publishing alleged false stories on an overseas news portal insinuating gross rights abuses, police…

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Obama hails India polls, willing work with next leader

US President Barack Obama on Monday hailed India’s massive general election and pledged to work closely with the next government…

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One body, two faces- rare siamese twins born in Sydney

An Australian couple have welcomed the birth of conjoined twins who have separate brains and identical faces but share a…

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New Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian schoolgirls

Boko Haram released a new video earlier today claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to…

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Three dead as rain storms lash southern China

Three people have been killed and thousands evacuated in several days of violent rainstorms in southern China. There is  widespread…

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Rebel vote ‘farce without legal basis’ says Ukrainian president

Ukraine´s interim president on Monday slammed the rebel-held "referendum" in two eastern regions as a "propaganda farce without any legal…

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