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Sikh's free meals for thousands exemplifies service

[2015-08-28 07:44]

Harjeet Singh can usually be found riding around New Delhi on his Harley-Davidson Superlow, or helping foreign companies set up operations in India. At home, the businessman has staff to clean and cook for his family. But at the gurdwara where he worships alongside other Sikhs, he sweeps the floor, cleans dirty dishes and helps prepare meals for thousands not as fortunate as him.

Schools barred from showing gay film

[2015-08-28 07:44]

A film about children with same-sex parents has been barred from public schools throughout Australia's most populous state, at least during school hours.

Young hopefuls compete to become first black African in space

[2015-08-28 07:44]

In half a century of space travel, more than 500 people have glimpsed the Earth from the unique vantage point of the cosmos. Yet no black African has been among them.

Around the world

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Qatar Airways has relaxed controversial policies that saw cabin crew fired if they became pregnant or got married within the first five years of employment, airline officials said on Wednesday.

Leader signs peace deal despite concerns

[2015-08-28 07:44]

South Sudan's president signed a peace deal on Wednesday to end a 20-month conflict with rebels, but he told regional African leaders at the ceremony that he still had "serious reservations".

Pyongyang calls for advancement of relations with ROK

[2015-08-28 07:44]

Both the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea should value the spirit of the agreement advancing inter-Korean relations that was reached during recent negotiations, a senior DPRK official has said.

Merkel to meet Balkan leaders over crisis

[2015-08-28 07:44]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and western Balkan leaders were scheduled to gather in Vienna on Thursday in a bid to find a coherent approach to tackling the biggest migration crisis to hit Europe since World War II.

Army sent to stop caste-related riots, violence in Gujarat

[2015-08-28 07:44]

The Indian army patrolled riot-hit areas of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Thursday after the death toll rose to seven in two days of caste-related violence.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

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A new umbrella group of Muslim rebels who are waging a bloody insurgency in southern Thailand called for a resumption of stalled peace talks on Thursday, but it was unclear whether the Thai military junta would recognize them.

'Just waiting to go boom!'

[2015-08-28 07:44]

The motive in the shooting of two Virginia journalists during a live television interview once again highlighted ongoing racial tensions in the United States.

Deal signed to host first nuclear fuel bank to assist nonproliferation

[2015-08-28 07:44]

The International Atomic Energy Agency and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on Thursday to locate the world's first bank of low-enriched uranium in the ex-Soviet nation to ensure fuel supplies for power stations and prevent nuclear proliferation.

Ultra-Orthodox men stage cinema protest

[2015-08-27 07:39]

Crowds of angry ultra-Orthodox Jewish men with long beards and wearing black-and-white garb and large black hats, protested in the streets of Jerusalem earlier this month against a new movie theater opening its doors on the Sabbath.

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