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18 People Arrested in Turkey Mine Disaster, Including Mining Company Execs
Full Article Mashable
18 May 2014

Police have arrested 18 people, including mining company executives, following the deadly accident that killed 301 miners in western Turkey, according to local media. The Dogan News Agency reported that Ramazan Dogru, general manager of the mine owned by Soma Holding, and its operations manager Akin Celik, were among those detained Sunday,...

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Police officers secure the area at the entrance of sub-governor office of coal miners' town of Soma, Turkey
photo: AP / Emre Tazegul

updated 18 May 2014; published 18 May 2014
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Turkey mine disaster '18 arrested' over Soma deaths - LIVE
updated 18 May 2014; published 18 May 2014
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Turkish police detain 18 people over Soma deaths - reports
updated 16 May 2014; published 16 May 2014
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Turkish Mining Company Denies Negligence
updated 18 May 2014; published 18 May 2014
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16 People Arrested In Turkey Over Soma Mine Disaster
updated 18 May 2014; published 18 May 2014
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WATCH LIVE - Turkey 'arrests 18 over mine deaths'
updated 18 May 2014; published 18 May 2014
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Turkey mine disaster: 18 arrested over Soma deaths
South Sudan's civil war puts 5 million at risk of ethnic violence and famine
Full Article The Independent
18 May 2014

Women walk for miles, barefoot down muddy tracks, to come to malnutrition clinics. They carry with them listless and emaciated children. In this small part of Jonglei state, more than a quarter of children are thought to be severely malnourished – well above crisis levels. In areas where conflict is fiercer, life is harder still. At one clinic,...

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A resident at the Tomping camp sits outside a damaged shelter, Juba, South Sudan, 12 March, 2014. The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and other agencies have started relocating thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltering in the protection of civilians area of the Tomping IDP camp outside of Juba to a new location at UN house in the capital due to heavy rains and flooding.
photo: UN / Isaac Billy

updated 06 Jan 2012; published 06 Jan 2012
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WFP food distribution in Jonglei, South Sudan
updated 08 Feb 2012; published 08 Feb 2012
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South Sudan struggles to help ethnic violence victims
updated 31 Jan 2012; published 31 Jan 2012
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Help Arrives For The Survivors Of Violence In South Sudan
updated 05 Jan 2012; published 05 Jan 2012
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South Sudan: UN rushes aid, boosts peacekeeping presence in wake of ethnic clashes
updated 03 Oct 2012; published 03 Oct 2012
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INTERETHNIC VIOLENCE IN JALLE JONGLEI
updated 27 Nov 2012; published 27 Nov 2012
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Violence in South Sudan's Jonglei State
Indian Prime Minister bids adieu after 10 years
Full Article Khaleej Times
17 May 2014

Dr Singh said that, in the last 10 years, the country had seen many successes and achievements that it should be proud of. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday bid farewell to the people of India in a televised address and expressed his confidence that the country would emerge as a major powerhouse of the evolving global economy. Addressing...

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An Indian Sikh devotee offers prayers at the Golden Temple, Sikh's holiest shrine in Amritsar, India, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012.Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that he was shocked and saddened by the shooting attack that killed six people at a Sikh house of worship in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
photo: AP / Sanjeev Syal

updated 07 Dec 2013; published 07 Dec 2013
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The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with visitors at his residence
updated 21 Dec 2012; published 21 Dec 2012
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Remarks by Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh at Flag Down of the ASEAN-India Car Rally
updated 13 Mar 2014; published 13 Mar 2014
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Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh heartly welcomed by narend
updated 14 May 2012; published 14 May 2012
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Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at the Platinum Jubilee session of the Indian Parliament
updated 17 Jan 2013; published 17 Jan 2013
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Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh speaks to IPS probationers in New Delhi
updated 03 Apr 2013; published 03 Apr 2013
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Dr Manmohan Singh,Prime Minister-India,address at the CII National Conference and AGM,2013
Nigeria abducted girls: France's summit on Boko Haram threat
Full Article BBC News
17 May 2014

France is to host a security summit on the threat from Boko Haram Islamists, after they abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria in April. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and other West African leaders will attend the talks in Paris. On Friday Mr Jonathan was due to...

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In this photo taken Monday, May 5, 2014, Nana Shettima, the wife of Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima, center, weeps as she speaks with school girls from the government secondary school Chibok that were kidnapped by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, and later escaped in Chibok Nigeria.
photo: AP

updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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Nigeria abducted girls France's summit on Boko Haram threat
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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Nigeria abducted girls France's summit on Boko Haram threat
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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Africa Security Summit On Boko Haram Pt.3
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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Africa Security Summit On Boko Haram Pt.2
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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African Security Summit On Boko Haram Pt.1
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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BREAKING NEWS: New attacks as France hosts summit on Boko Haram threat
Indian election: Modi readies for victory parade
Full Article BBC News
17 May 2014

India's Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is to take part in a victory parade in Delhi after his opposition BJP party secured the most decisive election victory in three decades. Mr Modi will fly to Delhi from his home state of Gujarat. Current PM Manmohan Singh, whose Congress party was crushed in the poll, is expected to resign. Mr Modi, a...

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Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi receives a giant floral garland from supporters after his landslide victory in Vadodara, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014.
photo: AP / Dharmesh Jobanputra

updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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India: Delhi victory parade for Modi
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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Indian election: Narendra Modi in Delhi victory parade
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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Narendra Modi addresses supporters in India election victory parade
updated 18 May 2014; published 18 May 2014
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[VIDEO]: Narendra Modi Victory Parade on Historic Election Win 2014
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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India's Modi Readies for Victory Parade!!!
updated 17 May 2014; published 17 May 2014
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[VIDEO]: Narendra Modi Victory Parade on Historic Election Win 2014
Hypocrisy Equals Republicans-Downing Street Memo-Benghazi Equation
Full Article WorldNews.com
16 May 2014

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling If hypocrisy is trying to show or make others believe that one has higher moral standards than one in fact does, then Republicans are on their way to becoming professional hypocrites. The moral lapse at hand was a sharply partisan vote by the Republican controlled House of Representatives to create a...

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Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., joined at left by Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., responds to statements by Democrats on the House Rules Committee about political motivations as lawmakers work on the creation of a special select committee to investigate the attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ambassador and three other Americans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 7, 2014.
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite

updated 05 Sep 2013; published 05 Sep 2013
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Donald Rumsfeld: "Iraq War Intelligence 'Part Of The Problem' With Syria"
updated 25 Dec 2008; published 25 Dec 2008
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Fox News pays tribute to Brit Hume
updated 09 Aug 2009; published 09 Aug 2009
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The Downing Street memo Pt.1
updated 03 Jul 2006; published 03 Jul 2006
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Downing Street Memo
updated 27 Jan 2007; published 27 Jan 2007
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The Downing Street Memos
updated 24 Jul 2012; published 24 Jul 2012
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10 Years Since Downing St. Memo: Is It Happening Again?
Homs is a victory for no one
Full Article Al Jazeera
16 May 2014

The evacuation of rebel fighters from the Old City of Homs is being widely portrayed as major victory for the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Rather incredulously, some in the opposition are even claiming it as a win for their own side. The truth is, given the scenes of utter devastation witnessed by the media and returning residents, it is grotesque to...

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Residents carry some of their belongings in the al-Hamidiyeh neighborhood of Homs, Syria, Saturday, May 10, 2014.
photo: AP

updated 16 May 2014; published 16 May 2014
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Syria: government returns to ruined Homs
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Syria - - LIberated City of Yabroud Under Attack by Dictator Assad 12-Feb-14
updated 08 May 2014; published 08 May 2014
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SYRIAN REBELS LEAVE HOMS, WU-TANG TO SELL 1 ALBUM #REALSHIT #DUMBSHIT 15 5.7.14
updated 29 Jul 2013; published 29 Jul 2013
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SYRIA Victory For Army Retaking The Khaldiyeh District Of Homs City 07.29.2013
updated 13 Feb 2014; published 13 Feb 2014
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Syria Dictator Assad Launches Air Raids on Yabroud City in Qalamoun Mtns 12-Feb-14
updated 14 Mar 2014; published 14 Mar 2014
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As Syria's war enters its fourth year, the regime eyes victory
Narendra Modi: the controversial embodiment of a changing India
Full Article The Guardian
16 May 2014

Simple beginnings, ascetic ways and unapologetic Hindu nationalism help sweep BJP's leading candidate to victory Narendra Modi, pictured on the campaign trail, is from the caste categorised as Other Backwards. Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA Narendra Modi's journey to the front step of the prime minister's office in the heart of New Delhi has...

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Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi greets the gathering at the home of his 90-year-old mother in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014.
photo: AP / Saurabh Das

updated 10 Dec 2012; published 10 Dec 2012
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Paresh Rawal 's Gujarat election campaign speech in favor of Narendra Modi
updated 06 May 2014; published 06 May 2014
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Narendra Modi invokes Lord Ram at Faizabad rally,Politicians debate-TV9/part1
updated 01 May 2014; published 01 May 2014
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Two Hindu Religious Leaders to Campaign Against Narendra Modi in Varanasi-1th may 2014
updated 11 Feb 2014; published 11 Feb 2014
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Narendra Modi campaign speech in Orissa (VSS Baramunda Ground, Bhubaneswar) 11 Feb 2014
updated 13 Apr 2014; published 13 Apr 2014
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Narendra Modi full speech at Chennai in Tamil & Hindi 13 April 2014
updated 26 Mar 2014; published 26 Mar 2014
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Special Focus Narendra Modi Election Campaign - Part 01
Ferry sinking prompts soul-searching, rage over decades of lax safety as South Korea boomed
Full Article Fox News
16 May 2014

Published May 16, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 SEOUL, South Korea – What does a sudden South Korean media obsession with cars parked next to fire hydrants, and construction workers neglecting to wear hard hats, have to do with the country's worst disaster in years? It's a sign of a nation that has been jolted into...

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File - A UH-1Y Huey helicopter, attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts search and rescue operations with the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard near the site of the sunken Korean ferry Sewol, 22 April, 2014.
photo: US Navy / MCS1 Matthew Bradley

updated 16 Apr 2014; published 16 Apr 2014
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[UPDATE] South Korea Ferry Sinks | South Korean Ship Sunk | 476 Passengers 246 Missing 56 Dead
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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Video shows S. Korea ferry captain fleeing sinking ship
updated 28 Apr 2014; published 28 Apr 2014
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2014 - South Korea Sewol Ferry Disaster - Video Shows Captain Escaping Sinking Ship - 28/4/14
updated 18 Apr 2014; published 18 Apr 2014
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Safety Video Ferry Sinking in South Korea
updated 29 Apr 2014; published 29 Apr 2014
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South Korean Ferry Video Captures Captain Lee Joon Seok Abandoning Sinking Sewol HD
updated 17 Apr 2014; published 17 Apr 2014
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South Korean ferry disaster: Hundreds still missing in Sewol sinking
India's BJP scores a historic win
Full Article BBC News
16 May 2014

India's main opposition BJP has risen like a phoenix from the depths of despair. As the leads poured in on Friday morning, it was clear that the party is steaming ahead to its biggest victory in 30 years. This, after two losing two elections in a row - the party was able to mop up only 116 seats in 2009. Today, the BJP on its own is on...

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Indian voters wait inside the entrance of a polling station during the final phase of general elections in Kolkata on May 12, 2014.
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick

updated 02 Feb 2014; published 02 Feb 2014
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India Votes: Samajwadi Party wins BJP's seat in Uttar Pradesh (Aired: 1996)
updated 16 May 2014; published 16 May 2014
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Modi wins India, NDA crosses 300 seats
updated 16 May 2014; published 16 May 2014
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Election Results 2014 'India Wins', Tweets Narendra Modi as BJP Sweeps Polls
updated 16 May 2014; published 16 May 2014
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Election Results 2014 Narendra Modi Wins India, BJP Cross 300 Seats
updated 16 May 2014; published 16 May 2014
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Narendra Modi leads BJP to a historic win - Indian Elections 2014 Results
updated 23 Jan 2014; published 23 Jan 2014
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UP poll tracker: BJP set for massive win, bag 41-49 seats, BSP 10-16

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How The World Reacted To The Man Selected To Run The Largest Democracy
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Business Insider
Narendra Modi On Friday, Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi was elected the prime minister of India, the largest democracy in the world — 550 million votes were...
In Turkey's Mine Disaster, Erdogan Turns Tragedy Into Farce
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Forbes
The tragedy of the coal mine disaster in the town of Soma is rapidly morphing into rancorous farce. There’s a kind of poisonous absurdity in Turkish public life these...
The Bloody War that Doesn’t Exist
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CounterPunch
“In Yemen today, the US embassy is closed to the public. Officials telling CNN there is credible information of a threat against Western interests there,” a CNN news anchor read...

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Atletico Madrid Crowned Champions Of La Liga
Atletico's coach Diego Simeone from Argentina is thrown in the air by his players
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Peace FM Online
Atletico Madrid have been crowned champions of La Liga following a dramatic draw in the final fixture against Barcelona at Camp Nou on Saturday. Barcelona needed a...
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Trader appeals to French leader as jail looms
Former trader Jerome Kerviel leaves his lawyer's office in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
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Newsday
Travel deals PARIS - (AP) -- A rogue trader facing three years in prison for one of the biggest trading frauds in history is appealing to the French president. Jerome Kerviel, who almost took down his bank, Societe Generale, with 4.9 billion euros in...
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Record Balkan floods claim at least 20 lives
People build a dam made up of sandbags by the bank of the Sava river in Sremska Mitrovica, 90 kilometers west of Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Record flooding in the Balkans leaves at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago.
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Tampa Bay Online
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands fled their homes Saturday in Bosnia and Serbia, evacuated by boat or helicopter as rising waters surged into villages and towns. Authorities said the record flooding killed at least 20 people and the death...
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Three Brazilian cities at higher dengue risk during Fifa World Cup
Brazil's fans cheer during a friendly soccer match against Argentina in Goiania, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012.
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The Times of India
PARIS: Three Brazilian host cities — Fortaleza, Natal and Recife — are at higher risk than the other nine of a dengue fever outbreak during the World Cup, scientists said on Saturday. In absolute terms, the risk is low in all event venues, but...
photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano
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Skeleton in "black hole" sheds light on early Americans
Wupatki National Monument encompasses several ruins of Native American villages, or pueblos, in a rather stark, dry, and unlikely area, USA
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U~T San Diego
A skeleton discovered in a watery grave called Hoyo Negro – or black hole - has shed light on the origins of the original people of the Americas. The skeleton of a teenage girl, found in a cave in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, is between 12,000 and...
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India's Narendra Modi Celebrates Election Triumph
Kashmiri supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dance and sing to celebrate the victory of Narendra Modi-led BJP government in India's general elections, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 17 May 2014. Modi led India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to unprecedented victory on 16 May in general elections, crushing the incumbent Indian National Congress.
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Skynews
India's incoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi was mobbed by jubilant supporters as he arrived in Delhi to take part in a victory parade after his historic win. Narendra Modi's BJM party's was swept to power by the most resounding election...
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'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered
Dinosaur footprint, USA
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BBC News
The "largest creature ever to walk the Earth" has been discovered in Argentina, palaeontologists say. Continue reading the main story This gigantic dinosaur stood 40m long and 20m tall, based on the length of its enormous thigh bones....
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