WHO warns against high salt intake
World Health Organisation (WHO) in marking the ``World Heart Day’ has called for reduction in…
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Russian Soyuz spacecraft, with 3 astronauts, blasts off to space station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, including the first…
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Police brutality: African-American woman gets $1.5mn reward
US police have reached a $1.
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Dalai Lama's visa: 6 Nobel laureates vow boycott of South Africa summit
Six Nobel peace laureates will boycott a global summit in South Africa next month after…
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Palestine: Hamas, Fatah agree on power deal
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah reached an agreement Thursday for the return of their…
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#Ebola: Sierra Leone quarantines one million people
Sierra Leone began a quarantine of more than one million people Thursday in the largest…
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South Africa imposes new visa rules for UK officials, in a tit-for-tat
The South African government has slapped visa requirements on British diplomats and officials in a…
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Egypt court jails 100 Morsi backers
Egyptian courts sentenced nearly 100 people to prison for up to 25 years Thursday after…
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Chinese scholar jailed over classroom lecture
A prominent Chinese scholar from the mostly-Muslim Uighur ethnic group was jailed for life because…
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India's spacecraft Mangalyaan beams back photos from Mars
India's spacecraft has beamed back its first photos of Mars, showing its crater-marked surface, as…
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