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  • San Bernardino shooting: Officials missed Tashfeen’s posts

    U.S. law enforcement officials said they recently discovered those old and previously unreported postings as they pieced together the lives of Malik and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, trying to understand how they pulled off the deadliest terrorist attack on American ....

    U.S. law enforcement officials said they recently discovered those old and previously unreported postings as they pieced together the lives of Malik and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, trying to understand how they pulled off the deadliest terrorist attack on American ....

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  • Historic Paris climate pact puts world on green path

     The stage is set for all countries to move to a low carbon pathway with the Paris Agreement on climate change adopting a goal of “well below 2 degrees C” for temperature rise, and instituting a regime of financing of developing economies to help make the t ....

     The stage is set for all countries to move to a low carbon pathway with the Paris Agreement on climate change adopting a goal of “well below 2 degrees C” for temperature rise, and instituting a regime of financing of developing economies to help make the t ....

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  • Trump's idea of a Muslim ban has legal experts divided

    Legal experts are divided over how the high court would react to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a temporary halt to Muslims entering the United States. “The court has never been faced with a challenge against a whole religion. I ....

    Legal experts are divided over how the high court would react to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a temporary halt to Muslims entering the United States. “The court has never been faced with a challenge against a whole religion. I ....

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  • Saudi voters elect 20 women candidates for the first time

    The women who won hail from vastly different parts of the country, ranging from Saudi Arabia’s largest city to a small village near Islam’s holiest site. The 20 female candidates represent just one per cent of the roughly 2,100 municipal council seats up ....

    The women who won hail from vastly different parts of the country, ranging from Saudi Arabia’s largest city to a small village near Islam’s holiest site. The 20 female candidates represent just one per cent of the roughly 2,100 municipal council seats up ....

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  • Sushma calls on Sharif, amid steps to improve India-Pakistan ties

    Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Mr. Sharif’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz were among those present during the meeting. Earlier, Ms. Swaraj, speaking at a multilateral meet on Afghanistan, said it was time India and Pakistan display “maturity ....

    Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Mr. Sharif’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz were among those present during the meeting. Earlier, Ms. Swaraj, speaking at a multilateral meet on Afghanistan, said it was time India and Pakistan display “maturity ....

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  • Trump stands by comment on Muslims

    The Republican presidential front-runner’s statement on Monday, advocating a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S.”, was blasted as bigoted, unconstitutional and potentially dangerous for American interests abroad. U.N. spokesman Fa ....

    The Republican presidential front-runner’s statement on Monday, advocating a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S.”, was blasted as bigoted, unconstitutional and potentially dangerous for American interests abroad. U.N. spokesman Fa ....

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  • Four Indians vie for $1 million prize for outstanding teachers

    Kerala-born entrepreneur Sunny Varkey, founder of the founder of the Varkey Foundation, launched the prize at the Global Education & Skills Forum 2014 to draw attention to the achievements of teachers. The teachers, two from Mumbai, one each from Delhi and Bengal ....

    Kerala-born entrepreneur Sunny Varkey, founder of the founder of the Varkey Foundation, launched the prize at the Global Education & Skills Forum 2014 to draw attention to the achievements of teachers. The teachers, two from Mumbai, one each from Delhi and Bengal ....

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  • An anti-pollution campaign spearheaded by netizens

     As Beijing and its surroundings continue to choke, Chinese netizens are keeping up the pressure to clean up the air and water on a government which has drafted elaborate plans to counter runaway pollution. On Wednesday morning, pollution levels were 10 times higher ....

     As Beijing and its surroundings continue to choke, Chinese netizens are keeping up the pressure to clean up the air and water on a government which has drafted elaborate plans to counter runaway pollution. On Wednesday morning, pollution levels were 10 times higher ....

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  • Trump’s anti-Muslim remark triggers rebuke

    “We have, in our Bill of Rights, respect for the freedom of religion,” one of President Barack Obama’s top foreign policy aides, Ben Rhodes, told CNN. reacting to Mr. Trump’s comment. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of the Republican Party ....

    “We have, in our Bill of Rights, respect for the freedom of religion,” one of President Barack Obama’s top foreign policy aides, Ben Rhodes, told CNN. reacting to Mr. Trump’s comment. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of the Republican Party ....

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  • Islamic State taxes masses to swell its coffers

    Interviews with more than a dozen people living inside or recently escaped from the IS-controlled territory, and Western and West Asian officials who track the militants’ finances, describe the group as exacting tolls and traffic tickets; rent for government build ....

    Interviews with more than a dozen people living inside or recently escaped from the IS-controlled territory, and Western and West Asian officials who track the militants’ finances, describe the group as exacting tolls and traffic tickets; rent for government build ....

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