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Thousands rally in Amman for dead pilot

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION). STORY: Activists, political parties and civil society associations marched in the Jordanian capital Amman on Friday (February 6) to condemn the killing of the Feb 6, 2015
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Nitish Katara Murder Case: Delhi HC rejects death sentence, awards life term to Vikas Yadav, 2 other

New Delhi, Feb 06 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday awarded life imprisonment without remission for 25 years to Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav's son Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal, who had earlier been convicted for the murder of Nitish Katara. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 50 lakh each on the duo, while Sukhdev Pahalwan, another convict in the case, was awarded a 20-year prison term. Nitish's mother, Neelam Katara, however, expressed her disappointment over the court's rejection of her capital punishment plea for both Vikas and Vishal. The Delhi Police and Neelam Katara had filed appeals to award the death penalty to both brothers on grounds that their offence fell under the 'rarest of rare' category. Nitish Katara, a business executive, was abducted from a marriage party in Ghaziabad on the intervening night of February 16-17, 2002 and was later killed by the Yadav brothers. Feb 6, 2015
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Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari appeals Muslim community to vote for AAP in Delhi polls

New Delhi, Feb 06 (ANI): Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari on Friday appealed Muslim community to vote for AAP in the Delhi assembly elections. The people of national capital are due to vote on Saturday and the results will be announced on February 10. Bukhari said that keeping in view BJP's anti-secular statements and the ideology of RSS against the community, he has decided to support AAP. Meanwhile, asked on his take on Congress, he said that the party has been given chance to improve failing which he or Delhi does not expect Congress to give an able government. Feb 6, 2015
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First look of 'NH 10'

Mumbai, Feb 6 (ANI): The star cast of upcoming Bollywood film 'NH 10' attended its trailer launch on Thursday in India's showbiz capital, Mumbai. Produced under the banner of Eros International Media Limited and Phantom Films, the film is directed by Navdeep Sharma. The film features actress Anushka Sharma and Neil Bhoopalam in the lead role. When asked whether the film showcases women empowerment since the film posters bear Anushka Sharma holding a stick with a tagline 'Not Turning Back', director Navdeep Sharma said anyone could relate with the film. Anushka Sharma, who is co-producing the film, said becoming a producer was not a pre-meditated thought. 'NH 10' showcases a young couple living in the national capital region of Gurgaon and their struggle to come out of a difficult situation while hitting National Highway 10 on a holiday. The film releases on 6th March. Feb 6, 2015
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BJP, Congress hopeful of positive results ahead of Delhi assembly polls

New Delhi, Feb 06 (ANI): BJP and Congress remained hopeful of positive results for their respective parties ahead of the Delhi assembly elections. The national capital will go to polls on Saturday and the counting of votes will take place on February 10. While BJP remained confident of gaining majority, Congress leaders were optimistic of a significant improvement in its performance in the polls. Feb 6, 2015
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Delhi Police plans special security to protect religious places

New Delhi, Feb 06 (ANI): Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on Friday said that special security plans have been worked out for the protection of all religious places in the national capital, especially churches. In wake of the recent attacks on churches in the national capital, a delegation from the Christian community was assured by Home Minister Rajnath Singh that the ruling dispensation at the Centre would never tolerate any discrimination in the name of caste, colour, language or religion. Since December 2014, five churches in the national capital have been attacked. St. Alphonse Church in Vasant Kunj area was the latest one to be vandalised and desecrated by unknown persons on February 2. Feb 6, 2015
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Delhi Polls- A riveting duel between comrades turned rivals results of which are yet to be witnessed

New Delhi, Feb 06 (ANI): New Delhi is in the middle of election frenzy with two major players - Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party and Kiran Bedi of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -locked in a tight race to the finish. Delhi goes to polls on Saturday for the second time in 14 months after the last elections threw up a hung assembly. Never before has a state election transfixed the attention of a nation as it has done this time around where two former bureaucrats, Magsaysay awardees and anti-corruption activists, are pitted against each other. The capital city, an amalgamation of people from almost all the Indian states, is witnessing a too-close-to-call fight between BJP and AAP, which captured people's imagination with its promise of corruption free rule. Congress party, which ruled the capital for the past 15 years, has been reduced to a fringe player amid seething anger over a slew of corruption scandals that tainted its last stay in power. Feb 6, 2015
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Bangladesh Gonojagoron Mancha protest against political violence throughout the nation

Dhaka, Feb 06 (ANI): Bangladesh Gonojagoron Mancha (people's resurgence platform) took to streets in Dhaka to protest a spate of political violence and militancy in the country. Activists gathered at the Shahbagh area with the Bangladesh flag and chanted slogans against the violence that has gripped the nation since the start of this year. The country has been in the grip of an indefinite transport blockade from January 05 since opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia made the announcement after being prevented from holding a rally in the capital. At least 53 have died in attacks in past one month as vehicles are targeted with bombs. On this day in 2013, Gonojagoron Mancha was formed by thousands of protestors to protest the life imprisonment of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah, who convicted of genocide during 1971 liberation struggle from Pakistan. Feb 6, 2015
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Climate change providing impetus to child trafficking: Kailash Satyarthi

New Delhi, Feb 06 (ANI): Nobel laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi warned that children end up bearing the brunt of natural calamities caused by climate change as families get displaced, they are forced into child labour, prostitution and child trafficking. Satyarthi was speaking at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) in the national capital. The DSDS, which is a global platform for experts to hammer out goals for 2015 climate talks, aims at discussing sustainable development goals with emphasis on energy and environment and clean energy for all. Thousands of children, mostly from poor rural areas, are taken to the country's cities every year by trafficking gangs who sell them into bonded labour or hire them out to unscrupulous employers, promising to send their parents their wages. Meanwhile, Chairman of UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra Pachauri said that the job of child rights activists like Satyarthi was only going to get infinitely more difficult with the impact of climate change. Feb 6, 2015
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Bodies and grief on the streets of Damascus

--STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES -- Panic on the streets of Damascus after Islam Army insurgents bombard Syria's Capital City. Bodies and grief fill the streets. The video which can not be Feb 6, 2015