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Medical teams rushed Sunday to flood-devastated southern India where five days of torrential rain have left at least 205 people dead and 750,000 displaced, authorities said.
The floods have submerged entire villages, snapped transport and...
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A group of radical Sikh supporters clashed with the police in Ludhiana on Saturday protesting a public meeting of Dera Noor Mahal chief Ashutosh Maharaj.
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The French President said the question implied the journalist had “a very infelicitous experience” of what being married meant.
He criticized some...
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Some 350,000 people in West Africa have been affected by serious flooding, the United Nations said Friday, noting that “significant” rainfall has lashed the...
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Shocking example of human cruelty, meted out to a eight years wild elephant at Surjyanagar,(Bethlehem Bagan) near Koramore under Harisinga Revenue circle (25 KM from...
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I am not saying that I am a non believer
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Uvac River Canyon:
A flock of Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) gather over calf corpse in a canyon of the Uvac river, some 220 kilometers (138 miles) south of Belgrade, Sunday, March 1, 2009. The Griffon vulture, is the largest bird living in Serbia, and is a rare species of.
