Twenty- three killed in fire on train in southern India

A fire on an overnight train killed at least 23 people Saturday in southern India as it ripped through a carriage packed with sleeping passengers, officials said.

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Thirty-four children die in Muzaffarnagar relief camps

At least 34 children have died in relief camps set up for thousands of people who fled their homes during Hindu-Muslim clashes in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in September, an official report says.

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Storms leave 50,000 UK homes without power

Some 50,000 homes in Britain were without power on Christmas Day following recent storms while hundreds of people were evacuated Wednesday due to flooding. Meanwhile London Gatwick Airport was struggling with power outages in parts of its North Terminal causing delays to departing flights.

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Diabetes risk gene ‘from Neanderthals’

A gene variant that seems to increase the risk of diabetes in Latin Americans appears to have been inherited from Neanderthals, a study suggests. We now know that modern humans interbred with a population of Neanderthals shortly after leaving Africa 60,000-70,000 years ago.

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