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India has issued a tsunami alert to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and coastal regions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh after strong tremors were felt in different cities including Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram.

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Rare copy of historic manuscript dating back to 1823 goes under hammer in New York.

Israeli soldiers accused of theft in raid on Kafr Qaddum home.

Mother who was told she gave birth to stillborn baby finds daughter alive in refrigerated hospital morgue.

Boy's step father was arrested on charges of narcotics possession.

World's best-preserved baby mammoth body goes on show in Hong Kong shopping mall.

Pyongyang prepares alleged weather satellite launch but US and South Korea claim rocket is ballistic missile.

Protesters in Bahrain continued to demonstrate as tensions over the planned F1 Grand Prix continue to rise.

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A video posted on YouTube shows a thrill-seeking woman getting blown away by an airplane at the end of a famously short runway at Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.

Rumours that Iran plans to 'shut down the internet' and replace it with an entirely more controllable national intranet denied.

Violence continued in Syria despite a UN- backed deadline for the government to withdraw troops and heavy weapons from the cities.

Militant Islamist group helps Mali rebels seize Gao.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Britain had the right to extradite five suspected terrorists to the United States but only after all court procedures had been exhausted.

Conflicting reports emerge about health of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.

The "Ridiculously Photogenic Guy" Zeddie Little is ruling the net now, but was "the Cigar guy" more charming than him?

European Court of Human Rights says radical cleric and four other men can be extradited from UK to US.

US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said test would be blatant violation of international obligations under Security Council resolutions.

Victoria Nuland the US State Department spokeswoman appealed to North Korea not to conduct a nuclear test or launch a satellite.

As UN prods Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stick to deadline for ceasing hostilities, clashes between the rebels and the government forces spill over border into Turkey and Lebanon.

Lucky ticket-holder comes forward but plans to stay anonymous, lottery officials say.

The rebels, refusing to recognise the Syrian regime, said they would not provide any written guarantee on laying down arms as sought by the government.

Obese women are likely to have children child with autism spectrum disorder or another developmental disorder.

The government bond markets could be weakened by July after the implementation of "Volcker Rule" in the U.S., said the Head of the U.K.'s Debt Management Office (DMO) on Monday.

The world's biggest gay beauty pageant saw black Africans contesting for the first time, despite facing violent threats from their government.

Homophobes are a group of people who have negative feeling to homosexuality, but new research claims that homophobes are more attracted to the same sex.

Prayers and celebrations marked Easter across the world.

The Assad regime wants a written guarantee from the rebels to cease hostilities which they have rejected.