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Surrendered militant joins school after returning to Kashmir

Rajouri, Nov 24 (ANI): A surrendered militant has joined back school after a span of nine years in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Mohammad Riaz was picked up by the militants on his way back home from school in a village in Rajouri district when he was just a 16-year-old school going boy. Riaz, who was taken to Pakistan to be trained in one of the militant camps, has now returned to the country under the rehabilitation policy of the state government that gives people like Riaz a chance to start afresh. Nov 25, 2013
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Negotiators see some progress in Geneva nuclear talks

After a one-hour meeting between EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday morning, Catherine Ashton's spokesman Michael Mann said they had "useful" and "intensive" session. Duration: 00:41 Nov 22, 2013
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Nation pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on her 96th birth anniversary

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The nation on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 96th birth anniversary. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi were among the first to pay floral tribute to the late leader. A number of functions and welfare programmes are being organized across the country as a mark of respect. Born in a politically active Nehru family, she was the Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1984. She was elected to Parliament for the first time in 1964 and also served as the country's Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the government of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Nov 19, 2013
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Bangladesh lawyer calls for free and fair elections as political battle intensifies

Dhaka, Nov 16 (ANI): Senior advocate of Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Abu Mohammad Aminuddin urged the feuding parties, the Awami League and the BNP, to end the impasse over the issue of caretaker government and called for free and fair elections, as tensions mounted ahead of the polls. Aminuddin while talking to a reporter in Dhaka on Saturday (November 16) said that the leading parties should discuss about the forthcoming elections, as there is no provision of caretaker government in the present constitution. Commenting over the political uncertainty within the country, Aminuddin highlighted the difference over religion in politics between the two parties. Aminuddin also said that the BNP was associating with Jamaat with an aim to win the votes of the fundamentalists. Nov 16, 2013
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Shi'ite Muslims take to streets during Muharram procession in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Nov 16 (ANI): Shi'ite Muslims took to streets in Bangladesh on Friday; flogged themselves with steel-tipped flails and slashed their bodies with knives to express solidarity with Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, observing ‘Ashura’ the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram. Imam Hussein was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in the 7th century battle of Karbala. Crowd of mourners, men and women came out in droves and observed Ashura. Ashura falls on the tenth day of a 40-day mourning period during the Islamic calendar's first month, Muharram, which commemorates the death of Imam Hussein. Shi'ites express their mourning by crying, flagellating themselves and listening to verses and sermons about how Hussein and his family were martyred. Nov 16, 2013
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2nd Test Day 2 Overview: India vs West Indies Live Streaming Information

The second Test between India and West Indies had a slow start on Thursday with the visitors putting up a low score but Sachin Tendulkar, who is playing his 200th and final cricket match, entertained the crowd with his bat, not disappointing his fans. The match will also be live streamed online. Nov 15, 2013
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Deadly sectarian clashes in Pakistan during Ashura

Sectarian clashes in Pakistan's garrison city Rawalpindi left dozens dead on Friday as worshippers massed to mourn the seventh century martyrdom of Hussain, the grandson of prophet Mohammad, officials said. Duration: 0:46 Nov 15, 2013
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