India election:
Delhi votes in first real test for Modi
Polling stations have opened in Delhi for state
elections billed as the first real test of Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's popularity. Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
has fielded former policewoman Kiran Bedi as its pick for chief
minister.But polls suggest she is likely to lose to Arvind Kejriwal,
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ISIL crucifies, buries Iraqi children alive
A United Nations watchdog says ISIL militants
have been killing Iraqi children belonging to different minorities
in the country by crucifixion or burying them alive. According to
the report released on Wednesday by the UN Committee on the Rights
of the Child, “several cases of mass executions as well as reports
of be-headings,
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Ukraine crisis:
Leaders upbeat after Moscow talks
The leaders of Russia, France and Germany have
held “constructive and substantive” talks on ending the conflict in
Ukraine, diplomats say. Russian President Vladimir Putin, France's
Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met for more
than four hours in Moscow.
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