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Rescued from child labour, Indian fishermen’s daughters ace school exams

CHENNAI: There is quite a celebration in the two-room tenement where Shalini Munnuswamy lives with her parents. Rescued from bonded…

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India’s ruling party wins power in northeast, widens influence

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party on Thursday won power for the first time in the northeastern…

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Disappearing phone booths spur innovation at India child helpline

MUMBAI: India’s much vaunted mobile telecom revolution has caused a lot of anguish at the country’s only toll-free emergency helpline…

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US civilian charged over Japan woman’s death ahead of Obama visit

TOKYO: An American working at a US military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa was arrested on Thursday on…

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Chinese official’s HK visit ‘important breakthrough’

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong visit by a top leader of China’s Communist Party, which included talks with pro-democracy lawmakers,…

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Nepal’s fractured Maoists unite to form new party

  KATHMANDU: Nepal’s former rebel Maoists joined hands with hardline splinter groups to form a new political party on Thursday…

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Hopes fade for over 130 feared buried under landslides in Sri Lanka

ARANAYAKA: Hopes faded on Thursday for the survival of about 130 people trapped under the mud and rubble of two…

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Over 200 families feared buried under landslides in Sri Lanka

ELANGAPITIYA VILLAGE: Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses…

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Thousands of underage migrants live in shadows across Europe

Outside the train station in Rome, teen migrants sell drugs from school backpacks and trade sex for cash or clothes.…

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Philippine communist rebels welcome Cabinet post offer

MANILA: Communist rebel leaders welcomed on Wednesday a possible offer from the Philippines’ presumptive president-elect of four Cabinet posts, raising…

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