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  JNU students protest Handwara killings, demand repeal of AFSPA

  India | April 17, 2016 7:42 IST

  New 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 | April 16, 2016 11:56 IST

  London: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'

  Politics | October 01, 2015 8:26 IST

  Srinagar: 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 | December 16, 2014 12:21 IST

  New 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 | December 14, 2014 6:20 IST

  Washington: 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 | November 29, 2014 14:57 IST

  Cairo: 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 | November 26, 2014 7:43 IST

  Ferguson: 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 | November 21, 2014 6:26 IST

  Mexico 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 | October 31, 2014 11:36 IST

  Matamoros, 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 | October 04, 2014 13:13 IST

  United 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 | October 04, 2014 6:02 IST

  United 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 | September 25, 2014 6:35 IST

  Paris: 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 | August 22, 2014 7:15 IST

  Jerusalem: 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 22:11 IST

  Mariupol (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 | April 22, 2014 11:51 IST

  Srinagar:  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 | April 16, 2014 18:07 IST

  Gurgaon: 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 | February 17, 2014 12:46 IST

  Islamabad: 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 | November 03, 2013 9:22 IST

  Islamabad: 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 | October 14, 2013 22:24 IST

  New 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,

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  Wave of bomb blasts rock Iraqi capital, killing 30

  World | October 07, 2013 22:41 IST

  Baghdad: A wave of explosions rattled the Iraqi capital after sunset Monday, killing at least 30 people as al-Qaida claimed responsibility for a spate of rare suicide attacks last month in the northern, relatively peaceful