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India and Sri Lanka release detained fishermen

Chennai, Jan 17 (ANI): Addressing mediapersons in Chennai, Inspector General of the Indian Coast Guard SP Sharma said that jailed fishermen were exchanged with Sri Lanka. However, he said that one Indian fisherman was unwell to go on onboard and therefore a total of 51 Indian fishermen returned back. He stated this on the sidelines of three-day Coast Guard Sailing Cup 2014 that started on Wednesday. The Indian navy handed over 52 fishermen to Sri Lanka, while 51 Indians went the other way. One Indian remains in hospital in Sri Lanka and 236 others are still detained there. Some 152 Sri Lankan fishermen remain in India. Jan 17, 2014
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Danish woman gang-rape case: Two accused sent to police custody

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): A Delhi court sent two suspects to police custody till Jan 20, who were accused in the gang rape and robbery of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in the national capital. The tourist was robbed of her cash, iPad and telephone. She refused a medical examination and has since left India to return to Denmark, police said. Acting on a tip off, police nabbed two suspects and recovered some belongings from them. The lawyer representing the suspects in court, Mohammad Azam, said that they would remain in police custody for three days. The other suspects in the case are still at large. Jan 17, 2014
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Rahul Gandhi not PM candidate, will head Congress poll campaign: CWC

New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi announced that the party's Vice President Rahul Gandhi will head the campaign for the upcoming general elections. Dwivedi announced this decision while addressing mediapersons after the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in the national capital. The CWC meeting was held to announce Gandhi's role for the upcoming 2014 elections and other issues. When questions were raised about Congress being tight lipped about the announcement of its PM candidate, Dwivedi retaliated that it is not a trend to be followed. Jan 17, 2014
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Chadians in the Central African try to flee

Chadians living in the Central African Republic try to flee the violence. AFP journalists saw dozens of people packed into lorries headed north and accompanied by Chadian MISCA troops.Duration:00:41 Jan 17, 2014
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Hollande's ex-partner says 'page needs to be turned'

Segolene Royal, the former partner of French President Francois Hollande and mother of his four children, declines to comment directly on Hollande's alleged affair with a French actress, saying that 'the page needs to be turned.' Duration: 00:28 Jan 17, 2014
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Candles are lit in Beirut as Hariri killing trial opens

Candles surrounded the statue of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri on Thursday evening in the Lebanese capital, as the trial of those accused of his killing begins in the Hague, Netherlands. Duration: 00:37 Jan 17, 2014
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Amnesty condemns Nigeria's anti-gay marriage law

Nigeria provoked international outrage earlier this week after President Goodluck Jonathan ratified a controversial bill outlawing gay marriage and same-sex unions under threat of imprisonment. Duration: 00:48 Jan 17, 2014
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Saad Hariri welcomes the start of his father's killing trial

Four Hezbollah members went on trial in absentia at a special UN tribunal on Thursday accused of murdering Lebanon's former premier Rafiq Hariri in a 2005 car bombing, as sectarian tensions ran high in the Middle East country. Duration: 00:54 Jan 17, 2014
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Panda cub Bao Bao prepares for first big showing in DC

The giant panda cub of Washington's National Zoo, Bao Bao - "treasure" or "precious" in Mandarin -, will make its first public appearance this Saturday in front of thousands of eager onlookers. Duration: 01:00 Jan 17, 2014
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