Ebola vaccine trial halted for checks after joint pains
GENEVA (TIP): A clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine developed by Merck and NewLink has been halted temporarily as a…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Belgium seeks to have potato fries declared cultural heritage
BELGIUM (TIP): There are few things people agree on in linguistically divided Belgium, but an effort to get Belgian potato…
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CAMERON CONDEMS CIA’S BRUTALITY
LONDON (TIP): America's closest allies - Britain has strongly condemned the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) use of brutality and deception…
Read MoreChinese social media compare bus assault on Henan woman with Nirbhaya case
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese social media users have pulled out details of the December 2012 Nirbhaya case in New Delhi to…
Read MoreAL JAZEERA JOURNALIST DIES IN SYRIA
BEIRUT (TIP): A correspondent working for Al Jazeera Arabic died while covering battles in southern Syria, the pan-Arab news network…
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South Africa to sign fuel deals to tackle power crisis
CAPE TOWN (TIP): South Africa will increase diesel and gas imports and sign a private sector coal-fired power plant deal…
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423 criminals from India living in Britain
LONDON ()TIP): Around 423 criminals from India are presently living in Britain. Data revealed by Britain's National Audit Office has…
Read MorePIO CHARGED WITH ENSLAVING 3 WOMEN FOR 30 YEARS IN UK
LONDON (TIP): A 73-year-old Indianorigin man,who headed an extremist Maoist sect in the UK, was on Thursday charged for enslaving…
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Russian magnate buys, then returns Nobel prize
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia's richest man says he is returning a Nobel prize he bought at auction for $4.7 million just…
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Recognizing Taliban govt in
Afghanistan was blunder: Musharraf KARACHI (TIP): Former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf on December 4 admitted that recognizing the Taliban…
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India ban hits Nepal’s mass animal sacrifice
KATHMANDU (TIP): Hindu devotees slaughtered an estimated 200,000 animals during a recent festival in Nepal, organizers said on December 2,…
Read MoreOne dead, eight injured in Pakistan blast: Officials
QUETTA, PAKISTAN (TIP): A bomb in restive southwest Pakistan on December 4 killed at least one person and wounded eight…
Read MoreSuicide attack at Afghan funeral kills nine: Police
KUNDUZ (AFGHANISTAN) (TIP): A suicide attack at a funeral in northern Afghanistan killed at least nine people on December 2,…
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20 years on, kin of girls switched at birth sue clinic for €12m
LONDON (TIP): Sophie and Manon Serrano might be taken for sisters. The mother, 38, and daughter, 20, are the same…
Read MoreBlast from the past? New Bond film is titled ‘Spectre’
IYER HEATH (ENGLAND) (TIP): James Bond will take on a sinister organization with links to his past in the next…
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ISIS attacks govt airbase in eastern Syria
BEIRUT (TIP): ISIS militants have launched an attack overnight on a major military air base in eastern Syria in what…
Read MoreBangladesh arrests woman leader of militant outfit
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh has arrested four members of an outlawed militant group, including the chief of its women's wing, police…
Read MoreMalaysian state mulls guillotine as punishment for thieves
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): A minister in Malaysia's Kelantan state has suggested that a 'mini' guillotine could be used to amputate…
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Kalashnikov rebrands AK- 47s as ‘weapons of peace’
MOSCOW (TIP): Kalashnikov assault rifles, popular with terrorists and national armies in Asia and Africa, have been given a makeover…
Read MoreOMANI FISHERMAN LOSES APPEAL FOR MOLESTATION OF INDIAN BOY
DUBAI (TIP): A 62-year-old Omani fisherman has lost his appeal against a 27-month jail term for attempting to molest a…
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Was Mona Lisa a Chinese slave? Italian’s theory raises eyebrows
BEIJING: An Italian historian's theory that Mona Lisa might be a Chinese slave and Leonardo da Vinci's mother, making the…
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China’s anti-graft watchdog face criticism after naming female officials for practicing adultery
BEIJING (TIP): China's anticorruption officials are being widely criticized for publicly shaming two high-ranking female officials for committing adultery besides…
Read More2 car bomb attacks kill 18 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD (TIP): Two separate car bomb attacks at a group of restaurants and a market on Thursday killed 18 people…
Read MoreIndian-origin man knifed in Britain succumbs to injuries
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin man who was found stabbed at a house in Britain's Manchester city earlier this week succumbed…
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Putin speech offers few reforms for economic woes
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia will defend its geopolitical interests, President Vladimir Putin warned on December 4 as he promised economic reforms…
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Pope Francis pleads for dialogue to end extremism on Turkey visit
ANKARA (TIP): Pope Francis on November 28 called for dialogue between faiths to end the Islamist extremism plaguing the Middle…
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At least 120 dead in Nigeria mosque suicide attack
KANO, NIGERIA (TIP): At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on November 28 when two suicide bombers…
Read MoreTycoon’s wife gets $530m in UK’s costliest divorce
LONDON (TIP): The estranged wife of a London financier has been awarded $530 million in one of the biggest divorce…
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VERDICT DUE IN MURDER RETRIAL OF EGYPT’S HOSNI MUBARAK
CAIRO (TIP): An Egyptian court is to deliver today its verdict in the murder retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak,…
Read MoreChinese tycoon hires 30 Phantoms for son’s wedding
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese tycoon made headlines for hiring 30 Rolls-Royce Phantom cars for his son's wedding and organizing a…
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