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At least 50 people were killed and over 100 others, including media persons, were injured on Friday when a suicide bomber struck a Shia procession at Quetta in southwest Pakistan, the latest in a slew of strikes targeting religious minorities in the country.
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A peculiar sight greeted drivers in Moscow on Friday: Zebras walking back and forth across some of the city’s busiest intersections. It was part of a police campaign to call attention to the importance of crosswalks, known as zebra crossings, which are routinely ignored in the Russian capital, contributing to the horrific number of pedestrians who are mowed down by cars.
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The Hare Krishna temple in the east Midlands town of Leicester was partly gutted when suspected gas bottles used for cooking in the temple exploded. Temples authorities said all those present in the temple were safe, and had been accounted for.
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A cargo aircraft today crashed near Dubai International Airport, and the crew members were killed in the accident, local TV channels reported. The plane came down on the Emirates Road motorway, setting some cars on fire, they reported.
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The quake, which hit 30 kilometres west of the southern city of Christchurch, shook a wide area with initial radio reports saying items were tossed from store shelves and roof tiles cracked by the strong temblor.
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For decades, farmers in Maharashtra’s Satara village would spend their day waiting for power to irrigate their fields. Now that’s changed, thanks to a simple innovation. Today, sitting at home, farmers like Shobha can turn on the water pump a few kilometres away in the fields.
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An explosion on Friday ripped through a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester in central England, causing fire inside the complex and trapping several worshippers.
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An airport official has said that an aircraft – believed to be a cargo plane – has crashed outside Dubai. There was no immediate word on casualties. Some unconfirmed reports said the plane went down on a stretch of highway, but the state news agency WAM reported the crash was in an unpopulated desert area.
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Teen Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir was the first to be grilled by Scotland yard detectives on Friday after being provisionally suspended by the ICC.
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An explosion and a fire have been reported at the Hare Krishna temple in Leicester, UK. Some people are said to be trapped inside the temple.
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