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General John W Nicholson meets family members of victims in Kunduz and apologized for the US attack last year that killed 42 people and wounded 37
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Thousands of widows mark the Hindu spring festival of colours at a temple for the first time. In many parts of India widows are not allowed to celebrate Holi or participate in other festivals
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Police in Auckland secretly filmed scores of people walking past an actor posing as a child scavenging for food as part of recruitment campaign
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The founder of the social media company met Liu Yunshan amid concerns about China’s crackdown on internet users
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The UN ordered Pyongyang to refrain from further actions that violate UN resolutions, following ballistic missile tests on Friday
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Experts believe Otto Warmbier will avoid the worst but stories abound of camps where many die after working 16-hour days and subsisting on handfuls of food
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If done right, companies working in areas of conflict can play a major role in the rebuilding of peaceful and prosperous societies
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Leader of National League for Democracy is on list of cabinet members, confirming she will take up a formal position of power
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Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Chad and Mozambique also fare badly as report on World Water Day highlights global water and sanitation crisis
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Celebrations and plans to buy washing machines greeted the arrival of power in Hotasar, Rajasthan, as India’s ambitious electrification plan gathers pace
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White House spokesman Josh Earnest has commented on reports that a US student, Otto Warmbier, has beens convicted of ‘crimes against the state’ in North Korea
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Otto Warmbier, an American student who was arrested in North Korea for taking a political banner, has been found guilty and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor
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CCTV footage shows the moment a bus carrying government employees explodes in Peshawar on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens
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Images from the annual Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, taking place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
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For the past six months about a dozen young women have been attending the Pak Shaheen boxing club in Karachi
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