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Mubarak jailed in corruption retrial
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in jail on corruption charges after a retrial in Cairo.
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‘25,000 Rohingyas, Bangladeshis boarded boats in 2015
An estimated 25,000 Rohingyas and Bangladeshis boarded smugglers' boats on the Bay of Bengal between January and March this year – almost double the number over the same period in 2014, according to a UNHCR report released on Fri…
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Russia to stage massive WW2 parade
Russia is due to stage its biggest ever military parade in the capital Moscow to mark 70 years of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.
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3 UK party leaders resign after poll defeat
Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage have all resigned following the disastrous performance of their respective parties in the UK's General Election overnight.
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PM congratulates Cameron, invites for visit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated her British counterpart David Cameron on his reelection in the UK parliamentary polls, held on Thursday, inviting him to visit Bangladesh.
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Bangladeshis among 111 rescued from Thai jungle
A total of 111 suspected Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh were rescued from jungle of Thailand's southern Songkhla province.
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10 Indian-origin MPs in UK parliament
A record number of 10 Indian-origin candidates including Keith Vaz, Priti Patel and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law were elected to the British Parliament.
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Senior Al Qaeda leader killed
A senior commander in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been killed in a U.S. drone strike,
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Ed Miliband to resign as Labour leader
A devastated Ed Miliband is expected to resign on Friday after talking to staff at the party’s headquarters, admitting the scale of the crushing defeat had taken him and his staff by surprise.
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David Cameron on track to remain PM
David Cameron is on course to secure an astonishing electoral triumph as Tories fended off a Labour challenge in the key English marginals and early results suggested the Conservatives could even win enough seats to secure an ove…
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Norway, Philippines envoys killed
The ambassadors of Norway and Philippines and four others were killed when an army helicopter crashed in Naltar area of Gilgit on Friday, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan.
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Russian diplomats found dead after Nepal earthquake
The Russian embassy in Nepal has confirmed the deaths of two young diplomats, Alexei Lipeev and Maria Yakovleva, after their bodies were discovered in the mountain village of Langtang, the settlement that was worst affected by th…