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Sweden’s architects host annual gingerbread competition

The 26th Swedish gingerbread competition organised by the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design has crowned its winner. There were over 160 entries and the winner by popular vote was an economic student who built an intricate miniature city, sinking over 40 hours into the design. Winner Ecalina Asp explained that the theme was ‘hemlighet’, which is Swedish for ‘secret’, and ‘hem’ means home.

Dec 19, 2016

Manipur: Internet services banned till December 25; indefinite curfew in Imphal east district

Vandalism, mobs and violence in Manipur after Meiteis react to Naga economic blockade.

Dec 19, 2016

Indian Mujahideen Head Yasin Bhatkal arrested by NIA

2013 Hyderabad Blasts: Yasin Bhatkal, 4 others sentenced to death by special NIA court in Dilsukhnagar blasts case

All five had been convicted in the 2013 Hyderabad blasts case by the special NIA court on December 13 this year.

Dec 19, 2016

Watch: PM Modi slams Opposition parties on note ban, black money and development at Parivartan Rally in Uttar Pradesh

With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections just around the corner, the prime minister was addressing a Parivartan Rally in Kanpur.

Dec 19, 2016

Is Donald Trump mentally unstable? Psychiatry professors express concern, ask Obama to conduct 'medical evaluation'

In August, US President Obama had questioned Trump's temperament and had said that the Republican billionaire was "unfit to serve as President."

Dec 19, 2016

West Bengal accident: CRPF jawan, pregnant wife dead after police jeep rams into motorcycle

CRPF jawan Shambhu Tirkey and his pregnant wife Leena Lakra were returning home after a medical check-up.

Dec 19, 2016

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CCTV footage shows man stabbed 10 times in unprovoked attack in Barking

Police have released CCTV footage of the moment a man was stabbed 10 times in an unprovoked attack in east London. The father-of-two spent a week recovering from his injuries in hospital after puncturing his lung as well as suffering injuries to his chest, stomach, bowel and liver. He was stabbed after walking home from a pub on 28 October at around 9:45pm. As he walked down Pelham Avenue, he was approached from behind by the suspect, who suddenly stabbed him multiple times.

Dec 19, 2016

China offers to return seized US naval drone, but President-Elect Donald Trump says: 'Keep it!'

The US had demanded that China should "immediately" release the underwater naval drone "unlawfully" seized by the mainland.

Dec 19, 2016

California wedding tragedy: 1 dead, 5 injured after eucalyptus tree falls on wedding party

The tree collapsed when the wedding party members were taking pictures after the ceremony.

Dec 19, 2016

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Oren Aharon Cohen charged with kidnapping says he thought toddler was a ‘midget’

A man who broke into an apartment in Tempe, Arizona and held a child has been charged with burglary and kidnapping after the child’s father woke to find Oren Aharon Cohen in his apartment holding his two-year-old daughter. Cohen claims that he was “black-out drunk” when he entered the apartment. He has said he would never hurt a child, claiming he thought the girl was a “midget”.

Dec 19, 2016

Kerala student ragged in Karnataka college

Kerala ragging case: 5 accused surrender after ragging leads to kidney damage in first-year student

The accused students surrendered before the deputy superintendent of police at Changanassery near Kottayam.

Dec 19, 2016

Gujarat Assembly elections: Will the date be advanced? Here is why the BJP is contemplating that exact move

The BJP is planning to prepone the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections to counter the influence of AAP and Hardik Patel.

Dec 19, 2016

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Evacuations of Aleppo continues after buses burned

Nearly 500 people were evacuated from eastern Aleppo late at night on Sunday (18 December), after three days of delays stopped the process. The evacuations grounded to a halt on Friday (16 December) after pro-government forces demanded that people also be moved out of two Shi’ite villages besieged by insurgents. Then on 18 December, armed men burned five buses that were supposed to be used for evacuation.

Dec 19, 2016