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Indian police gun down escaped 8 Islamist prisoners

BHOPAL, Oct 31:  Indian police gunned down eight Islamists on Monday after they escaped from a high-security jail by slitting the throat of a prison guard and scaling the walls with knotted bedsheets.
Oct 31, 2016
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Smog chokes Delhi as pollution hits hazardous levels

NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Residents of New Delhi woke up to a blanket of smog on Monday as air quality deteriorated sharply overnight in India's capital, triggering warnings that even healthy people were at risk of respiratory problems.
Oct 31, 2016
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Afghan girl from iconic Nat Geo photo freed on bail

Days after being arrested in Pakistan on fraud charges, an Afghan woman, known for the iconic National Geographic photo from the 1980s, has been released on bail, the BBC reported.
Oct 31, 2016
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US President Barack Obama celebrates Deepawali

US President Barack Obama has celebrated Deepawali by lighting the first-ever diyo in the Oval Office of the White House and hoped that his successors would continue the tradition.
Oct 31, 2016
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China state media: 33 coal miners trapped following blast

BEIJING, Oct 31: Chinese state media say 33 miners are trapped after a gas explosion ripped through the shaft in which they were working.
Oct 31, 2016
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Donald Trump just one point behind Hillary Clinton in latest...

FORT LAUDERDALE:  The race for the White House narrowed noticeably on Sunday as Hillary Clinton sought to shake off a renewed FBI probe of her emails and Donald Trump blitzed western states nine days ahead of the vote.
Oct 31, 2016
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300 million children breathe heavily toxic air: UNICEF

Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released on Monday.
Oct 31, 2016
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Powerful quake rattles Italy; no deaths immediately reported

ROME, Oct 30: A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 has rocked the same area of central and southern Italy hit by quake in August and a pair of aftershocks last week, sending already quake-damaged buildings crumbling after a week of temblors that have left thousands homeless.
Oct 30, 2016
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India says destroys four posts along contested border with P...

The Indian army said it had destroyed four Pakistani military posts on Saturday along its contested border, the latest escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Oct 30, 2016
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Man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone

KIEV, Oct 30: A Ukrainian man has officially changed his name to iPhone 7 after an electronics store offered the latest Apple product to the first five people who do that.
Oct 30, 2016