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Yarls Wood: This is not supposed to exist in England, says former inmate

South African who spent three months in detention centre said she would rather die than go back

Feb 8, 2016

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India: PM Narendra Modi supporters defend Delhi Police brutality towards anti-government student protesters

Students were beaten with batons and female protesters were dragged to the ground by their hair.

Feb 1, 2016

Germany's Merkel says refugees to return home once war is over

Merkel has resisted pressure from some conservatives to cap the influx of refugees, or to close Germany's borders.

Jan 31, 2016

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DRC: Free and fair vote in elections could end Congo crisis and break conflict mining curse

Armed groups in DRC earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year by trading conflict minerals

Jan 26, 2016

UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic paid minor girls in exchange for sex: Report

UN peacekeepers have allegedly paid 50 cents to three dollars for girls as young as 13 in exchange for sex at M'Poko camp in Bangui.

Jan 12, 2016

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Protesters hand over petition calling for release of dissident Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi

Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam.

Jan 8, 2016

Syria: Over 55,000 people including 2,500 children killed in 2015, says monitoring agency

2015 saw fewer deaths than 2014, when 76,021 people had been killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Jan 1, 2016

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Refugee crisis: UNHCR says over 1m enter Europe by sea in 2015

More than 1m refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by sea in 2015, while almost 4,000 died or went missing in perilous journeys, the UNs refugee agency said on 30 December.

Dec 31, 2015

Kim Dotcom, German internet mogul, may be extradited to US

Kim Dotcom once headed the Megaupload online file-sharing site.

Dec 23, 2015

China sees first gay marriage rights case as man goes to court after being refused marriage certificate

The civil affairs bureau in Changsha rejected the application claiming that only "one man and one woman" can be married in the country.

Dec 22, 2015

Bengal tea garden workers in crisis; reel from starvation, water scarcity

Deaths in the region's tea gardens have made headlines this year.

Dec 21, 2015

Europe survives 'year of hell'; but worse expected to come in 2016

If Britons vote to leave the bloc, next year could be worse.

Dec 20, 2015

Gurgaon hospital refuses to hand over child's body until bill paid

The mother, a domestic help, was asked to pay Rs.4.5 lakh for treatment.

Dec 18, 2015

Quality of food served in schools under mid-day meal scheme poor: CAG

The scheme is currently operational in 27 states and seven union territories.

Dec 18, 2015

Politics of cow hit cattle traders hard at Asia's largest Sonpur cattle fair

Traders are at their wits' end over the drastic fall of their business at Sonpur.

Dec 17, 2015

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