Killing
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US woman sentenced to 100 years in jail for killing unborn baby
World | Apr 30, 2016, 09:19 AM ISTWashington: A US woman was sentenced to 100 years in prison for cutting a woman's baby from her womb. In a crime that shocked the nation, Dynel Lane was found guilty in February of seven
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JNU students protest Handwara killings, demand repeal of AFSPA
India | Apr 17, 2016, 07:42 AM ISTNew Delhi:A group of JNU students on Saturday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi against the killings in Handwara town of Kashmir and demanded that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) be
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How deep-sea creatures survived dinosaur-killing asteroid
World | Apr 16, 2016, 11:56 AM ISTLondon:Scientists have solved the mystery behind how deep sea creatures managed to survive the catastrophic asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Like the dinosaurs themselves, giant marine reptiles, invertebrates and
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Omar Abdullah terms Dadri killing As 'shameful'
National | Oct 01, 2015, 08:26 AM ISTSrinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today termed the lynching of a man by a mob which accused his family of consuming beef in Dadri village as shameful and asked how could
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Supreme Court declines Italian marines' pleas
India | Dec 16, 2014, 12:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined applications by two Italian marines - accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast - one seeking to extent his stay in Italy and the other
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Thousands protest in Washington against racist violence by police
World | Dec 14, 2014, 06:20 AM ISTWashington: Thousands of people marched on Saturday down the streets of Washington to protest against racist violence by police, following several cases of white cops killing unarmed black males in the US.Shouting "justice for all",
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Egypt court dismisses charges against Hosni Mubarak
World | Nov 29, 2014, 02:57 PM ISTCairo: An Egyptian court has dismissed criminal charges against former president Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three-decade reign.Mubarak, 86, was also acquitted of
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Ferguson prepares for more protests over shooting
World | Nov 26, 2014, 07:43 AM ISTFerguson: Missouri's governor ordered hundreds more state militia into a St. Louis suburb on Tuesday after a night of protests and rioting over a grand jury decision's not to indict a white police officer in
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Protests over missing students turn violent in Mexico
World | Nov 21, 2014, 06:26 AM ISTMexico City: Protests over the abduction and apparent killing of 43 students in Mexico turned violent on Thursday, as protesters blocked roads and hurled crude bombs at the police.The protests happened on a day when
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Mexico police questioned in killing of 3 Americans
World | Oct 31, 2014, 11:36 AM ISTMatamoros, Mexico: Authorities are investigating a possible police connection to the killing of three U.S. citizens visiting their father in Mexico who were found shot to death along with a Mexican friend more than two
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UN Security Council condemns killing of British aid worker
World | Oct 04, 2014, 01:13 PM ISTUnited Nations: The UN Security Council has condemned the "heinous and cowardly murder" of Alan Henning, a voluntary British aid worker, by the Islamic State (IS)."This crime is a tragic reminder of the increasing dangers
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UN chief expresses outrage at peacekeepers' killing in Mali
World | Oct 04, 2014, 06:02 AM ISTUnited Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said he was shocked and outraged by an attack in Mali that killed nine peacekeepers from Niger.In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban described the
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Hollande confirms killing of French hostage in Algeria
World | Sep 25, 2014, 06:35 AM ISTParis: French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Wednesday the death of a French man abducted in Algeria by a group linked to Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical militants.At an UN General Assembly meeting in New
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Hamas admits to kidnapping and killing of Israeli teens
World | Aug 22, 2014, 07:15 AM ISTJerusalem: A senior Hamas leader has said the group carried out the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank in June — the first time anyone from the Islamic militant group
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Putin hails 'return' of Crimea; fighting kills 3
World | May 09, 2014, 10:11 PM ISTMariupol (Ukraine): In a triumphant spectacle, President Vladimir Putin hailed the return of Crimea to Russia as the restoration of “historic justice” today before a jubilant, welcoming crowd on the holiday that Russians hold dearest
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Azad cancels rally in Tral after killing of political workers
India | Apr 22, 2014, 11:51 AM ISTSrinagar: Health Minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today cancelled his scheduled election rally in Tral town of Kashmir's Pulwama district following killing of three political workers there last night. 'The rally has been
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Curfew clamped in Haryana town lifted
India | Apr 16, 2014, 06:07 PM ISTGurgaon: Authorities Wednesday lifted the curfew on Punhana town of Haryana clamped to stop any flare-up between two communities following the killing of a Meo youth, police said.Mewat district authorities imposed the curfew Saturday in
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Taliban claim killing 23 abducted Pakistani soldiers
World | Feb 17, 2014, 12:46 PM ISTIslamabad: Taliban militants late Sunday night claimed to have killed 23 security personnel kidnapped in 2010 in the country's northwestern tribal region of Mohmand Agency, a leading Pakistani daily reported.The announcement was made by the
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Pakistani minister accuses US of 'killing peace'
World | Nov 03, 2013, 09:22 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday accused the US of "killing the peace" through a drone strike which killed Pakistani Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud.The minister told a press conference that the
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India lodges strong protest with Pak over killing of fisherman
India | Oct 14, 2013, 10:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: India today summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Mansoor Ahmed Khan and lodged a strong protest over firing by its forces on Indian fishermen in which one of them died off the Gujarat coast.Khan,