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Hoax Busted: 'China Miner Found Alive after 17 Years Underground' is Fake

The story gained much readership but many did not consider the fact that the report was being propagated by a fake news generating website.

May 11, 2014

US Will do Everything Possible to Bring Back Kidnapped Nigerian Girls: Michelle Obama

US First Lady Michelle Obama on 10 May said that her husband President Barack Obama has directed his administration to do everything possible to find the kidnapped Nigerian girls and bring them back home.

May 11, 2014

Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls Being Transported Out of Nigeria - Report

The abducted girls may get sold off as sex slaves for prices as low as $12.

May 11, 2014

Karnataka SSLC (Class 10) Results Declared; Where to Check Online

The results of the Karnataka SSLC (Class 10) exams has been declared.

May 11, 2014

Fake Sign Language Interpreter for Obama at Mandela Memorial Becomes Face of Live Video Streaming App Ad

The Israeli company was so adamant on taking Thamsanqa Jantjie for the ad that it went to the extend of having him released from a South African psychatric hospital for a day to shoot the video.

May 11, 2014

Seemandhra: Committee to Submit Suggestions on New Capital by 31 August

The Sivaramakrishnan Committee, appointed to suggest an existing city or a region as the capital city of Seemandhra - the residual Andhra Pradesh after Telangana has been carved out - will submit its suggestions to the Centre by 31 August.

May 11, 2014

Kidnappers in Nigeria's Delta Release Three Dutch Nationals - Police

Kidnappers in Nigeria's Niger Delta region released three Dutch nationals held since May 4, Anka Mustapha, a spokesman for Bayelsa state's Joint Task Force, which includes the military and police, told Reuters on Saturday.

May 11, 2014

East Ukraine Referendum Raises Fears of Dismemberment

Pro-Russian separatist leaders pressed a referendum on self-rule across eastern Ukraine on Sunday that has raised fears in Kiev and the West of civil war and dismemberment.

May 11, 2014

Election Front-Runner BJP Could Curb Beef Exports

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says it plans to clamp down on beef exports if it takes power after general elections that end on Monday, threatening supplies from one of the world's biggest shippers of the meat.

May 11, 2014

Mother's Day 2014: 12 Inspiring Quotes, Sayings to Share with Your Mom

Mother's Day 2014: Here are 12 eternally inspiring quotes and sayings to share with your mom.

May 10, 2014

'Kill You Next': MH370 Missing Passenger's Girlfriend Sarah Bajc Receives Death Threats from China Number, Break-ins

The girlfriend of an American passenger on board MH370 has received death threat, mysterious calls and two break-ins attempts.

May 10, 2014

Groups say Thailand Should Face U.S. Sanctions over Trafficking

Thailand should be liable to potential U.S. sanctions for failing to crack down on trafficking in migrant workers, a group of human rights and labour organizations said on Friday.

May 10, 2014

U.N. Security Council Threatens Action over Girls' Abduction in Nigeria

The U.N. Security Council on Friday expressed outrage at the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian school girls in two attacks by Islamist militants, demanding their immediate release and threatening to take action.

May 10, 2014

Nigerian President says Believes Kidnapped Girls Still in the Country

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believed 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants last month in an attack that has stirred global outrage are still in his country and have not been moved to neighbouring Cameroon.

May 10, 2014

Election Commission says Exit Polls can be Issued on Monday

News organisations will be allowed to release their exit polls for general elections after 1830 India time (1300 GMT) on Monday, the last day of voting, Election Commission officials told Reuters.

May 10, 2014