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Oil tanker with 22 Indian crew missing in Gulf of Guinea since Friday

Ashipcarrying22Indiancrewand13,500tonsofgasolineismissingintheGulfofGuineaaftercontactwaslostinBeninonFriday,thecompanyandIndia’sministerofexternalaffairssaidon

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Pakistan’s cricket captain rejects Sri Lankan skipper’s witchcraft claim

ByAPDwriterMuhammadSohailISLAMABAD,Nov.3(APD)--Pakistan’scricketteamcaptainSarfrazAhmedhasrubbishedclaimsmadebytheSriLankanskipperDineshChandimalthattheIslander

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Frequent strikes hurts S. African economy: official report

WithSouthAfrica's"strikeseason"infullswing,theDepartmentofLaboronThursdaywarnedagainstfrequentstrikesthatisharmingboththeeconomyandthelaborforce.InitslatestIndu

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Federer out of Cincinnati with bad back; Nadal to be No. 1

WimbledonchampionRogerFedererwithdrewMondayfromtheWesternSouthernOpenbecauseofabackinjury.HehaswontheMastersseriestournamentseventimes.Themovewasannouncedonthef

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Brookings: Everyone loses in UK election

TeresaMaybecamethesecondConservativePrimeMinisterinlessthanyeartotakeanunnecessarygamble,andlose.ShewaselevatedtothepremiershipintheaftermathofDavidCameron’srec

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In Iraq’s Mosul, many survivors face future as amputees

TheyoungIraqiwomanremembersthenightshelostherleg.WihadAhmedandherfamilyhadhunkereddownintheirhouseinwesternMosul,hopingtowaitoutthenearlyconstantshellingasfight

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Nepal marks first anniversary of devastating earthquake,focusing on post-disaster reconstruction

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli offered tributes to those who lost their lives in the April 25 earthquake last year and prayed for the peace of departed souls on Sunday, marking the first anniversary of the 7.9 magnitude devastating quake.

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Drought affects 39 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam, UN says

UN officials in Vietnam have warned that "severe drought and salt intrusion in the Mekong Delta is affecting" 39 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Monday.

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Plane with 54 people aboard loses contact in eastern Indonesia

​A small passenger plane with 54 people on board lost contact in Papua, the easternmost province of Indonesia, on Sunday, the Transport Ministry said.

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Australian share market edges down at opening

​The Australian share market opened lower on Monday.

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Indonesia resumes search for missing AirAsia plane

Search and rescue operation for an AirAsia plane that went missing on Sunday with 162 people on board resumed on Monday morning, rescuer said here.

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Obesity shorten life expectancy by up to 8 years

Obesity has the potential to reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and cut healthy life by 19 years, as a result of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, new research published in the British medical journal The Lancet suggests.

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Nomads feeling cool in using social networking

In bustling Chinese cities, urbanites use social media for chat and work; in the vast grasslands of north China's Inner Mongolia, nomads depend on it to sell cows and search for lost horses.