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Boko Haram Offers to Swap Kidnapped Nigerian Girls for Prisoners

The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange for its members being held in detention, according to a video posted on YouTube on Monday. May 13, 2014
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Election Front-Runner BJP Could Curb Beef Exports

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it plans to clamp down on beef exports if it takes power after general elections that end on Monday, threatening supplies from one of the world's biggest shippers of the meat. May 11, 2014
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LS Polls: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed accuses NC of using boycott calls for its own benefits

Srinagar, April 27 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Sunday attacked National Conference (NC) that governs Jammu and Kashmir, and said that it was using boycott calls for its own benefits. Addressing a news conference in Srinagar Sayeed said that NC’s presence on political front in the state had become a permanent threat to peace and stability. Many people stayed away from voting on April 24 in the Anantnag constituency of Kashmir, after a string of attacks on village elders. Police said the attacks were the work of militants determined to derail the poll. The constituency was one of six in Jammu and Kashmir. Sayeed added Kashmir will face grave consequences if the NC is allowed to disrupt the democratic institutions and processes, the way it did in 1987, following which the state for over two decades, till now is facing a worst ever political turmoil Apr 27, 2014
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IPL 7: Team Analysis, Strengths, Weaknesses and Key Players of All Eight Franchises

The wait is now over. Well, almost. The players are raring to take centre stage brushing aside all the distractions off field. With one day to go and so much talk about the all the glitz and glamour in the tournament, the IPL is all set to reveal its core content. Here's how the eight teams look like at the start of the tournament... Apr 15, 2014
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Birthday Boy Mohammad Amir's World Cup Dreams Crushed

Mohammad Amir turns 22 today, and if predictions are to be remembered, he should have been among the most destructive of bowlers in the present day. But spot-fixing allegations and a five-year ban means he won't be eligible to play for Pakistan in the World Cup 2015. Apr 13, 2014