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Arrest warrants issued against Bangladeshi ex-PM Khaleda Zia

TwowarrantsofarrestwereissuedintwoseparatecasesagainstBangladeshiformerPrimeMinisterKhaledaZiaasshefailedtoappearforhearingsonThursday.JudgeAkhteruzzamanoftheSp

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Bird-hit cases increase throughout India

ByAPDwriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,September26(APD)-AccordingtolatestdataobtainedfromIndia’sDirectorateGeneralofCivilAviation(DGCA),birdsoranimalshitaircraftmore

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Chinese NGOs join efforts to combat child abuse

(Thisarticleincludesimagesthatsomereadersmayfinddisturbing)AccordingtoareportbyChinaFoundationofCultureandArtsforChildrenaround433sexualassaultcasesinvolvingjuv

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Olympics: Sochi dope test failures to be heard October

Thefirsthearingsofathleteswhofaileddrugtestsatthe2014SochiWinterOlympicsfollowingtheretestingofsampleswilltakeplaceinOctober,InternationalOlympicCommitteemember

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Lifestyle changes could prevent a third of dementia cases

Morethanathirdofdementiacasesmightbeavoidedbytacklingaspectsoflifestyleincludingeducation,exercise,bloodpressureandhearing,anewreportsuggests.Approximately45mil

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WHO: Death toll rises from Yemen cholera epidemic

TheWorldHealthOrganizationhassaidacholeraoutbreakinwar-tornYemenhaskilledabout1,500peoplesincelateApril.AtapressconferenceinthecapitalcityofSanaa,officialssaidt

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Elderly abuse on the rise worldwide

‍‍Seniorcitizenswhoarerobbed,keptincages,beaten,druggedorjustignored:elderlyabuseisontherisebutremainslargelytabooandisstilloneoftheleastinvestigatedtypesofviol

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Yemeni children face serious situation of cholera, malnutrition: UNICEF

The situation faced by children in Yemen is "extremely dire," a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official warned Thursday.

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Three cases of Zika detected in India

ByAPDwriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,May28(APD)-Sofar,threecasesofmosquito-bornedisease,ZikahavebeenreportedfromIndia,WorldHealthorganization(WHO)saidonSaturday.Th

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APD REVIEW | India struggles with sexual violence against women

NEW DELHI, May 18 (APD)— In the last few days two rape cases, reported near the capital have again questioned the security and safety of women in India.

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India struggles with sexual violence against women

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,May18(APD)—Inthelastfewdaystworapecases,reportednearthecapitalhaveagainquestionedthesecurityandsafetyofwomeninIndia.Acaseofgan

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APD REVIEW | India struggles with sexual violence against women

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,May18(APD)—Inthelastfewdaystworapecases,reportednearthecapitalhaveagainquestionedthesecurityandsafetyofwomeninIndia.Acaseofgan

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China reports 79 deaths from H7N9 avian flu in January

China reported 79 fatalities from H7N9 avian flu in January, health authorities said Wednesday.

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More H7N9 cases reported in China

​More human H7N9 avian flu cases have been reported in central China's Hunan Province and the southern province of Guangdong this year, authorities said Tuesday.

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Vietnamese province declares Zika outbreak

The Vietnamese province of Dong Nai declared a Zika outbreak at communal level on Monday.

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NPA to launch study on child selfie porn

The National Police Agency intends to conduct research on 10,000 households with mainly junior and senior high school students as the selfies (see below) of people in this age group are being used as online child pornography in a rapidly increasing number of cases, sources said.

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Drop in sex-trafficking cases in India may mask the real number

​India has seen a 70 per cent drop in cases filed under an anti-trafficking law between 2001 and 2015, which experts attribute to a lack of reporting of the crime and more sex workers moving out of brothels to escape police detection among other factors.