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China pays tribute to Kunming dead

Chinese leaders pay tribute to the victims of the Kunming train station attack at the opening session of an advisory body meeting. Meanwhile, defiant residents queue to donate blood. Duration: 01:06 Mar 3, 2014
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Police investigate rail station attack which killed 33 in southwest China

China, March 02 (ANI): Chinese police carried out investigative work after an attack at a train station on Saturday which killed at least 33 people and injured more than 130 in southwest China. Official state-run news agency Xinhua described the incident as an "organised, premeditated violent terrorist attack". Police shot dead four of the attackers and detained one, Xinhua said, while approximate five others are on the run. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed footage of local police carrying out investigative work in the aftermath of the incident as onlookers watched cautiously from a distance. CCTV also showed police wrapping a long, sword-like knife in a plastic bag, amid heavy security at the station. China blamed militants from the restive far western region of Xinjiang on Sunday for the attack Mar 2, 2014

Stuff You Didn’t Know Women Invented

When did you last see a woman’s name in a list of remarkable inventors? The fact that we live in a male dominated society is no news but women have always been as creative and determined as men. The only difference is that men at no point had to face any obstacles that women had to fight against. They were seldom given equal opportunities. Feb 24, 2014
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Odisha law minister Maheshwar Mohanty shot at in Puri, injured

Bhubaneswar, Feb 22 (ANI): Odisha's law, tourism and culture minister Maheshwar Mohanty, was injured when two unidentified men opened fire at him near his house in Puri. Mohanty, 59, was driving a scooty back home from a function when two miscreants, who were apparently following him on a two-wheeled vehicle, opened fire at him in a narrow lane near Amala Club in the heart of the town at around 8pm on Friday, sources said. The minister sustained a bullet injury on his left arm and suffered head injuries after he fell from the scooty on being fired at. Mohanty, was taken to a hospital and subsequently shifted to Bhubaneswar on doctor's advice. Feb 22, 2014
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India seeks more security at embassy in Rome after getting hate mails & live bullet

New Delhi, Feb 21 (ANI): Ministry of External affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin asked asked Italy government to beef up security at its embassy in Rome after the mission got a live bullet and several hate mails, in wake of diplomatic tensions over the trial of two Italian marines in New Delhi. Earlier, Rome has expressed its disappointment over the slow pace of trial. Italian authorities have also lobbied the European Union and the United Nations on the case. Feb 21, 2014
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