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Apple transparency report: over 1,000 government requests for user data

US authorities asked for user data from Apple accounts 1,015 times during the second half of 2015, according to figures the iPhone maker released Tuesday.

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Thailand water festival sees 25,516 treated for road injuries and rising death poll

A total of 25,516 people with road accident injuries have received medical care from public hospitals nationwide during Thailand's Songkran water festival, of whom 3,815 were seriously hurt, Thai Public Health Ministry revealed on Sunday.

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Two pilots killed in Russian military helicopter crash in Syria

An attack helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Force crashed early Tuesday in Syria, killing two military pilots, Russian media reported.

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MTR to extend its music instrument policy

The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) announced on Tuesday that it would make a registration scheme for oversized musical instruments during non-peak hours permanent, after its four-month trial passed smoothly.

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53 killed during military operations in Afghanistan

Some 50 militants and three soldiers had been killed during military operations across Afghanistan within one day, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

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37 killed in fresh military operations in Afghanistan: gov't

​About 34 Taliban insurgents and three Afghan army personnel have been killed during military operations on Sunday, the country's Defense Ministry said on Monday.

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Indian PM reiterates commitment to build peaceful Afghanistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reiterated India's commitment to build a peaceful Afghanistan.

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Change in Taliban mindset sees Internet used as propaganda machine

​The Taliban outfit during its six-year reign across 90 percent of Afghanistan until its collapse in late 2001 had banned the use of the Internet as un-Islamic practice.

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Australia pays $207,000 compensation to 2,800 Afghans over six years

More than 2,800 Afghans have received payments totalling $207,000 as Australian compensation for “collateral damage to property, injury or loss of life” during military operations in their country.

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China’s Tech Sector Likely Faces Tougher Sledding in 2016

Harsher fundraising environment prompts some startups to tighten spending, consider merging with rivals.

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8 arrested in Paris anti-terror raid, suspected ringleader not among those

​Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Moroccan-origin Belgian jihadist who was believed to be the mastermind behind Friday night's attacks, was not among the 8 people arrested Wednesday morning during a police raid in Saint-Denis, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins confirmed to the press Wednesday evening during a press conference.

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Road accidents kill 34 Cambodians during Pchum Ben holiday

​Road traffic accidents had killed 34 people and injured 147 others in Cambodia during the celebrations of Pchum Ben, or honoring-the-dead festival, from Oct. 10 to 12, the National Police reported on Tuesday.

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China punishes offenders in 60,000 cases of occupying emergency lanes

China's traffic authorities have punished offenders in more than 60,000 cases of illegally occupying emergency lanes on highways during a week-long holiday campaign.

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NASA finds "strong" evidence for liquid water on Mars

​U.S. space agency NASA announced on Monday it has found "strong" evidence that there is liquid water intermittently flowing on present-day Mars.

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Myanmar president pledges to work for free, fair election

​Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Wednesday pledged to work for a free and fair general election, and maintain political stability during the transition from the pre-election period to the post-election period.

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Russia's Tu-95 bomber crashes, killing two pilots due to failure of all four engines

​The Russian Defense Ministry announced Tuesday that two pilots were killed after a Tu-95 strategic bomber crashed due to the failure of all four engines in the Far Eastern region of Khabarovsk.

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Anti-austerity protesters return to streets as Greek PM flies to Brussels

​Anti-austerity protesters returned to the streets of Athens on Sunday evening as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was due to travel back to Brussels with an updated counter proposal for a debt deal to address the Greek debt crisis.