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Oinam Bembem Devi The star of Indian women football

Manipur, July 25 (ANI): At the tender age of 10 when Oinam Bembem Devi first started playing football, she couldn_t have imagined herself playing internationals in a few years_ time. When she turned 15 in 1995, Bembem Devi made her international debut for India. It was the start of the greatest career in Indian women_s football. The 36-year-old, who hails from Pishumthong Leishangthem Leikai, is the captain of Manipur women_s football team. She represented the Indian women_s team thrice in 2003, 2010 and 2012 as the captain and aspires to be a coach after retirement. Bembem Devi is the first woman from Manipur to have bagged the title of _Best Footballer_ twice.

Jul 25, 2014

Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Polls: 50:50 Seat-sharing Leading to Cracks in Cong-NCP, BJP-Shiv Sena Alliances?

Seat-sharing in the polls on a 50:50 basis is the biggest issue of contention between long-standing alliances of the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party and between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena.

Jul 25, 2014

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Beatings and addiction: Pakistan drug _clinic_ tortures patients

A so-called drugs rehab _clinic_ is closed down in Pakistan after police find scores of _patients_ chained up alleging serial abuse. Duration 03:05

Jul 25, 2014

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Wreckage of missing Algerian airliner found in Mali

The wreckage of an Air Algerie plane missing since early Thursday with 116 people on board has been found in Mali near the Burkina Faso border, an army coordinator in Ouagadougou said. Duration: 01:06

Jul 25, 2014

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Surgeons remove 232 teeth from Indian teenager

Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said Thursday. Duration: 00:42

Jul 25, 2014

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France to use military in Mali to find Air Algerie plane

President Francois Hollande vowed Thursday to deploy all of France_s military means in Mali, where it has hundreds of troops, to track down an Algerian plane. Duration: 00:49

Jul 25, 2014

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Bill Gates: Health, agriculture key to Africa_s development

Health and agriculture development are key if African countries are to overcome poverty and grow, US software billionaire Bill Gates said Thursday, as he received an honourary degree in Ethiopia. Duration: 00:36

Jul 25, 2014

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Israeli shell hits UN-run school in Gaza, kills at least 15

Fifteen people were killed, including a baby, Thursday when an Israeli shell slammed into a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering Palestinians fleeing fighting between Hamas and the army, medics said. Duration: 00:48

Jul 25, 2014

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Iraqis protest treatment of Mosul_s minority Christians

Hundreds of people demonstrated Thursday in Arbil, capital of Iraq_s autonomous Kurdistan region, to condemn the forced displacement of Iraqi Christians and call for their protection. Duration: 00:50

Jul 25, 2014

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More MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands

Planes carrying more bodies recovered from the MH17 crash site in Ukraine were flown to the Netherlands on Thursday, a day after the first of the 298 dead arrived. Duration: 01:06

Jul 25, 2014

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Funerals in Gaza after Israeli strikes

Washington_s top diplomat John Kerry Thursday pressed efforts to end bloodshed in Gaza, reaching out to allies of Hamas as the Islamist movement_s war with Israel raged into a 17th day. Duration: 00:59

Jul 25, 2014

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Burkina Faso officials still looking for Air Algerie plane

The chief of staff of the Burkina Faso President has said _bad weather_ could have _caused_ the crash of the Air Alg__rie plane, which went missing after taking off from Burkina Faso for Algiers with 116 passengers on board. Duration: 00:50

Jul 25, 2014

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Train rams school bus in India killing at least 11 children

Indian families grieve over the bodies of their children at the site of the collision between a school bus and a train at Thoopran Mandal of Medak District, about 58 kilometers from Hyderabad, on July 24. Duration: 00:43

Jul 25, 2014

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UK's Hammond: cycle of violence 'triggered by Hamas'

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, to discuss possibilities for a ceasefire and an end to the ongoing violent conflict in Gaza. Duration: 00:46

Jul 25, 2014

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Russian protest leader convicted of fomenting mass riots

A Russian court on Thursday convicted an opposition leader and his colleague of organising "mass riots" ahead of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president in 2012. Duration: 00:35

Jul 24, 2014

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