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Kashmir killings spook villagers on tense...
Mumbai :: India | 5 months ago
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On both sides of the de facto border in Kashmir, villagers living on one of the world's most dangerous flashpoints have special reason to fear the return of tension between India and Pakistan. The Line of Control that separates Kashmir has been
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Number of child sex abuse sites quadruples
Sydney :: Australia | 5 months ago
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THE number of web pages identified by Australian authorities as containing child sex abuse material has quadrupled since 2006. There was a 20 per cent rise in such pages detected in 2012 alone, they say. Yet online child pornography remains
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Obama?s Kenyan half...
Kisumu :: Kenya | 5 months ago
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President Barack Obama's half brother has hit the campaign trail in his native Kenya in a bid to get a county gubernatorial seat in the upcoming March 4 elections. Malik Obama, 54, who shares a father with the US president, told AFP that the
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Bautista assumes command of AFP
Manila :: Philippines | 5 months ago
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03 am Thursday, January 17th, 2013 Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Emmanuel Bautista. Philippines Lieutenant General Emmanuel Bautista has officially assumed command as the Chief of Staff Armed Forces of the
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Twitter pictures put in spotlight following London helicopter crash
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
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Nic Walker The fatal helicopter crash in London on Wednesday morning once again put Twitter in the spotlight, with the social network beating traditional media to the story with instant eyewitness accounts, pictures and video. That BBC Radio 4 Today
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NEW AFP CHIEF,LT.GEN BAUTISTA
Manila,Philippines- Lt.Gen Emmanuel T.Bautista has been appointed as the new Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff by President Aquino. Bautista is a commanding general of the Philippines Army and he
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News outlets improperly used photos posted to Twitter: judge (Reuters)
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
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A judge has found that two news organizations improperly used images that a photojournalist had posted to Twitter in one of the first big tests of intellectual property law involving social media. Agence France-Presse and The Washington Post
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Bautista named next AFP chief
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 5 months ago
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Philippines One of the architects who crafted the military's campaign against insurgency, the Internal Peace Security Plan Oplan Bayanihan, has been named the 44th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...Emmanuel Bautista, the
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Cleric leads thousands in Pakistan protest march
Lahore :: Pakistan | 5 months ago
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An influential Pakistani religious leader led thousands of supporters out of Lahore on Sunday, kicking off a protest march on the capital to demand key reforms before looming elections. Tahir-ul Qadri accuses the government of being corrupt and
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Police reopen bribery cases
Macau :: Brazil | 5 months ago
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In 2011, The Cambodia Daily newspaper alleged OZ Minerals paid more than $US1 million to three women on the board of its joint-venture partner Shin Ha when it bought the company in 2009. The women were closely related to Cambodian officials, some of
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