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Gurgaon: armed men assault toll booth staff, flee with cash

Gurgaon, Oct 17 (ANI): A group of men allegedly armed with chains, iron rods and hockey sticks assaulted Delhi-Gurgaon expressway toll staff and looted Rs 1.85 lakh. The whole incident was caught on a CCTV camera, installed on the Gurgaon-Pataudi Road. The men came in a black Scorpio with a red beacon light, beat up the toll plaza staff, grabbed the cash and fled. The police have registered an FIR in the case, however no arrest has been made as yet.

Oct 17, 2013

Obama says Washington must 'regain' trust of Americans

President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to heal the wounds of a debt ceiling and government shutdown showdown, and warned Washington must stop governing by crisis. Duration: 01:05

Oct 17, 2013

Near 100 African migrants rescued in Strait of Sicily

The Italian coast guard released video footage of the arrival in Sicily on Wednesday of a Liberian-flagged cargo ship that rescued 93 African migrants -- the latest in over 32,000 who have arrived on Italy and Malta so far this year. Duration: 00:30

Oct 17, 2013

French forces continuing its patrols in Gao

The United Nations on Wednesday appealed for extra troops for its Mali peacekeeping force which faces a new surge in Islamist attacks. Duration: 00:45

Oct 17, 2013

University study reveals chimpanzees catch yawns

New research from Lund University, Sweden, has shown for the first time that chimpanzees catch yawns from humans, and that the susceptibility to contagious yawning develops gradually with age – just like it does in humans. Duration: 00:55

Oct 17, 2013

Schoolgirl's deportation sparks new Roma storm in France

A new row over France's treatment of Roma migrants erupted Wednesday after a 15-year-old girl was detained by police during a school trip and deported to Kosovo. Duration: 00:42

Oct 17, 2013

Navalny and co-accused return to Moscow free men

Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny on Thursday returns to Moscow a free man after a court in the northern Kirov region turned his five-year penal colony sentence in a controversial fraud case into a suspended term. Duration: 00:45

Oct 17, 2013

Jihadists renew attacks on northern Malian town of Gao

In Mali, the city of Gao is once again under attack by Islamists: in the latest spate of attacks, jihadists wounded two civilians when they blew up a bridge a week ago, a day after shelling the town and injuring a soldier. Duration: 0:58

Oct 17, 2013

Greenpeace Russia demands the release of arrested activists

The Greenpeace Russia team is working towards the releases of its colleagues in prison and to have the legal proceedings against them dropped. Duration: 00:58

Oct 17, 2013

Roma girl's deportation sparks outcry in France

As national row over teenage Kosovar schoolgirl's expulsion from France continues, local activist tells the story of her arrest during a class outing. Duration: 01:37

Oct 17, 2013

Israel army protect Palestinian pupils from settlers

Palestinian children living in the West Bank village of Tuba need an Israel army escort to protect them from extremist settlers on their way to school. Duration: 00:59

Oct 17, 2013

Search for bodies after deadly Laos plane crash

Rescuers battle hazardous conditions in the search for bodies from a Lao Airlines plane which plunged into the Mekong River with 49 people on board, more than half of them foreigners. Duration: 00:36

Oct 17, 2013

Iranians react to Geneva nuclear talks

Washington and Tehran are upbeat after Iran agreed to hold fresh nuclear talks with world powers next month and made a "breakthrough" proposal to allow spot checks on its nuclear sites. Duration: 01:32

Oct 17, 2013

France re-opens kindergarten veil case

A French appeals court re-opens the case of a female kindergarden employee fired for wearing an Islamic headscarf. Duration: 00:55

Oct 17, 2013

French trial of Norwegian extremist Vikernes postponed

A Paris court postpones the trial of Norwegian extremist Kristian Vikernes, accused of provoking racial hatred and of crime war apology, to June next year. Duration: 00:34

Oct 17, 2013