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PICTURE OF THE DAY: Eerie Remains Of 1,000-Year-Old Mummified Monk Inside Buddhist Statue Unveiled By CAT Scan

Scientific tests have revealed that an ancient Buddhist statue contains the perfectly preserved remains of a 1,000-year-old mummified monk, ...

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TransAsia Flight 235 Crash Live: At Least 12 Killed As Taiwan Plane Clips Bridge And Plummets Into River

A TransAsia flight clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and plummeted into a shallow river near the island's capital of Taipei on Wedn...

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Isis Video Of Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto Purportedly Shows Journalist Being Beheaded

Islamic State (Isis) militants have released a video which appears to show the murder of a journalist at the centre of hostage negotiations ...

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Prayers Offered For Japanese Hostages As Islamic State's Ransom Deadline Passes (Photos)

Prayers were offered Friday at Tokyo's largest mosque for two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants who had d...

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Charlie Hebdo Protests Erupt Across Southern Asia

Tens of thousands across Afghanistan, Pakistan and Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir took to the streets on Friday for southern Asia's bigg...

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Only In Dubai: Rolls-Royce Introduces Phantom Drophead

Rolls-Royce unveiled its Indian-themed Maharajah Phantom Drophead coupe for Dubai recently. The Carrara white cabriolet features wood trim, ...

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TENNIS: Djokovic, Sharapova Beat Berdych, Kvitova To Claim China Open Titles

World number one Novak Djokovic claimed his fifth China Open title with a straight set demolition of Czech Tomas Berdych as Russian woman te...

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India Becomes The First Asian Nation To Reach Mars And The First Country To Succeed On Its First Attempt

India's space program took a giant technological leap Wednesday by putting a satellite into orbit around Mars, making it the first in As...

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Gaza LIVE: Hamas Executes 4 Palestinians In Mosque On Charges Of Spying For Israel

Continuing with its practice of executing Palestinians suspected of spying for Israel, Hamas killed four more "collaborators".  ...

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