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'Titanic' is coming to theatres? again, for its 20th anniversary!

Image Courtesy: Popsugar Twenty years it's been, and yet, here we stand as if it were only yesterday? No, of course, we are not Death Eaters, but it sure feels like we are all a group of secretive romantics when it comes to Titanic, which, it was announced Wednesday evening, is returning to the screens next month to commemorate its 20th anniversary. The tragic romance will hit theatres once again on December 1, 2017, Titanic's official Twitter account revealed, alongside a video
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Belfast tower block catches fire, 4 treated

Flames are seen coming from the side of the 15-storey Coolmoyne House, housing block in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 15, 2017, in this image taken from social media. Robert Cullen/via REUTERS  BELFAST: Four people needed medical treatment after a fire spread through part of a 15-storey social housing block in Belfast on Wednesday, ambulance services said. Photographs on social media showed flames pouring from one side of the Coolmoyne House tower block in the west of the city. The cau
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Fresh videos show special needs children being tortured in Lahore

LAHORE: Two more video clips of torture of special needs children of a government-run institute in Lahore surfaced on Wednesday. At least two such videos emerged last month, in which bus conductors were seen torturing children of Gung Mahal School for the Deaf & Dumb ? a government institute in Gulberg. The videos drew public ire prompting authorities to arrest the staffers and produce them before a court, where both the parties informed the judge that they had reached an understanding.
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UN council fails to push Saudi coalition over Yemen blockade

A malnourished Yemeni child receives treatment at a hospital in the port city of Hodeida on November 05, 2017. ? AFP United Nations, US: A week after hearing dire warnings of mass famine in Yemen, the UN Security Council appeared powerless on Wednesday to push the Saudi-led coalition to lift its blockade of humanitarian aid. Sweden called for a meeting on the crisis a week ago after the military coalition shut down Yemen?s sea and air ports as well as borders in response to a missile attack by
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South Korea postpones university exam after rare earthquake

Debris are seen caused by earthquake in Pohang, South Korea, November 15, 2017. Photo: REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea postponed its annual university entrance exam by a week on Wednesday after a rare earthquake rattled the country, shaking buildings and causing damage but no deaths. Minister of Education Kim Sang-kon said the hugely competitive exam, scheduled for Thursday, would be postponed for the first time ever because of a natural disaster. It was the country?s second-biggest earthquake on r
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Indonesian police officer killed in shooting near Freeport mine

Indonesian security forces carry the body of a police officer who was shot and killed near Freeport-McMoRan Inc's giant Grasberg copper mine, during his funeral in Timika, Papua province Indonesia November 15, 2017. Photo: REUTERS  JAKARTA:  An Indonesian police officer was killed and a second wounded on Wednesday, after both were shot in the back in an area near Freeport-McMoRan Inc?s giant Grasberg copper mine in the eastern province of Papua, police said. The officers were patrolling an are
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Migrant-smuggling gang caught in Bulgaria

SOFIA: Bulgarian authorities have smashed a gang suspected of smuggling migrants into Western Europe, prosecutors said in a statement on Wednesday. Eight people were charged with smuggling offences after they transported migrants from Turkey into Romania, and then to Hungary and Austria, the statement said. Six members of the gang were detained following a coordinated operation in Sofia and the Danube towns of Vidin and Lom on Tuesday. The migrants had paid between 4,000 euros ($4,700) and 6,
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Despite EU caution, France pursues tough line on Iran missile program

A Iranian precision-guided ballistic missile is launched as it is tested at an undisclosed location on October 11, 2015. ? Reuters FILE PARIS: France said on Wednesday it wanted an ?uncompromising? dialogue with Iran about its ballistic missile program and a possible negotiation over the issue separate from Tehran?s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Paris has already suggested that new European sanctions against Iran could be discussed over its missile tests, something EU foreign policy chi
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$1 mn in artwork 'stolen during NYC party'

NEW YORK: A fine arts publisher in New York is seeking the return of gold figurines worth an estimated $1 million which were apparently stolen during a party at his Manhattan home. Alexis Gregory, 81, had invited 25 people to attend a piano recital and art exhibition at his Upper East Side apartment on Friday, a police spokesman told AFP on Wednesday. Shortly after 11:00 pm, after the guests had left, it was discovered that "seven to eight gold figurines were missing," the spokesman said. The
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Eleven dead in Tanzania plane crash: aviation company

Eleven people have died after a plane belonging to a safari company crashed in northern Tanzania. Photo: AFP file  NAIROBI: Eleven people have died after a plane belonging to a safari company crashed in northern Tanzania, according to the aircraft?s owners, Coastal Aviation. ?We are deeply saddened to report that eleven people have died after a single-plane accident this morning in Northern Tanzania,? the company said in a statement published on its website. Coastal Aviation, which conducts f
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Homelessness afflicts four million US youth: study

More than four million children and young adults are homeless in the United States. Photo: AFP file  CHICAGO: More than four million children and young adults are homeless in the United States, researchers said Wednesday in a study billed as the first overall estimate of youth homelessness in the country. The study released by the University of Chicago defined homelessness broadly to include both those living on the streets and in shelters, and people who are ?couch surfing? ? temporarily stayi
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Aid slow to reach quake-hit Iranian villages

KOUIK: Iranian survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed more than 400 people pleaded Wednesday for water, tents and other emergency supplies as aid trickled into remote villages near the Iraqi border. The government ordered rescuers to keep searching for people trapped under rubble after the 7.3-magnitude quake which struck the mountainous region late Sunday, toppling buildings and leaving thousands homeless. At least 432 people were killed in Iran, all in the western province of Kermans
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Erdogan pledges military support for Qatar on Doha visit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan being welcomed by Qatar´s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani as they review an honour guard upon his reception in the capital Doha. -AFP1 DOHA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged his country's continued military support for Qatar during a visit to Doha on Wednesday, according to state media, amid an ongoing Gulf political crisis. Erdogan also signalled the "readiness" of Turkey's private sector to help Qatar with its multi-billion projects f
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EU countries pledge to take 34,000 refugees

BRUSSELS: EU states have pledged to take 34,000 refugees directly from Africa and the Middle East, officials said Wednesday, a day after the UN slammed the bloc's "inhuman" cooperation with Libya to stop migrant boats. Sixteen countries have so far offered places to meet the European Commission's goal announced in September of taking at least 50,000 refugees over the next two years under the bloc's resettlement programme. The scheme is aimed at discouraging migrant boats from making the risky
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UN agrees to send 900 extra peacekeepers to C. Africa

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously agreed to beef up the UN mission in the Central African Republic with 900 extra troops and step up measures to prevent *** abuse by peacekeepers. The council voted 15-0 to extend the mandate of the MINUSCA force for a year following negotiations between France, which drafted the resolution, and the United States, the biggest financial contributor to UN peacekeeping. Despite its repeated calls for cuts to peacekeeping, the United
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Israel to tax Google, Facebook within a year

Israel plans to tax internet giants such as Google and Facebook within a year. Photo: AFP file  JERUSALEM: Israel plans to tax internet giants such as Google and Facebook within a year, the head of the tax authority said in remarks published on Wednesday. Israel Tax Authority chief Moshe Asher told Haaretz newspaper that taxing tech giants would make Israel among the ?first? in the world, as the European Union still grapples with the thorny process. ?Our goal is to obtain as much data as we ca
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World?s first ?self-healing' sports car unveiled

Lamborghini teamed up with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston to design and create the car. Photo: Lamborghini World?s first self-healing sports car, Terzo Millennio, has been unveiled by Lamborghini. The car can use its sensors to detect any damage and self-repair itself by filling the crack with nanotubes. The car is powered by supercapacitors rather than conventional batteries. Lamborghini teamed up with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute o
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Global index shows terrorism on decline in Pakistan

Terror incidents have declined in Pakistan, according to the report by Global Terrorism Index released Wednesday. Pakistan ranks fifth on the index, a marked improvement as it ranked fourth in 2007. ?Pakistan recorded a decrease in the number of people killed by terrorism with a 12 per cent reduction to 956 deaths. This is the lowest number of deaths since 2006,? report added. This is the third consecutive year that Pakistan has witnessed fewer terrorist attacks and deaths. In 2016, ther
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Tillerson, in Myanmar, calls for credible probe of atrocities

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson talks to media during a press conference after he met with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi at Naypyitaw, Myanmar November 15, 2015. ? Reuters NAYPYITAW: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Wednesday for a credible investigation into reports of human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims committed by Myanmar?s security forces after a meeting with its civilian and military leaders. More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Banglades
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Four Pakistanis part of Forbes new '30 under 30' list

Forbes magazine's '30 under 30' for 2018 list features four individuals of Pakistani origin. The list, released on Tuesday, features 600 individuals who have made successful strides in different professions.  Some of the industries included in the list are consumer technology, games, finance, healthcare, energy, science and etc.  The four Pakistanis were selected by Forbes for their achievements in education, e-commerce, enterprise technology and retail.  Raza Munir Raza Munir's startup, Cl
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Deadline for filing tax returns extended till November 30

ISLAMABAD: The deadline for filing of income tax returns has been extended till November 30. Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Wednesday approved the extension of the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns/Statements by companies, salaried individuals, other individuals and AOPs. It was felt that the taxpayers could not find ample time for filing their tax returns. A recent study of the World Bank has found that Pakistan suffers an annual tax loss of Rs3.2 trillion due to weak enforcement
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NSC raises concerns over enemy's efforts to destabilize Pakistan

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/10257770e5456197adc67e8116b82010.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMTUvMjAxNyA0OjM5OjQ0IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9MWRLNjlqVGJVVEFtckZTMmtSM2dtUT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) on Wednesday expressed concerns over the enemy's attempts to destabilize Pakistan.
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Butter shortage chills France's patisserie-loving soul

PARIS: There can arguably be no greater threat to the French way of life than a lack of butter. For months France has been gripped by a slow burning panic that it is running out of the golden ambrosia, which is the base of croissants and pains au chocolat as well as the whole mouth-watering panoply of French patisseries. Supermarket shelves have been emptied of butter as shoppers worry they will have nothing to put on their breakfast tartines of toasted baguette, while worried bakers fear a "c
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Lebanon accuses Saudi Arabia of holding its PM hostage

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s president on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of holding hostage prime minister Saad al-Hariri along with his family - the first time he has explicitly said he was being held - and called this an act of aggression. ?We will not accept him remaining a hostage whose reason for detention we do not know,? President Michel Aoun said in a statement. Hariri?s abrupt resignation as premier in a statement televised from the Saudi capital Riyadh on Nov 4 thrust Lebanon to the front of a
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WATCH: Shah Rukh?s son AbRam dances for siblings

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan holds his son AbRam and stands near the fence of his house to greet fans who have gathered outside on his birthday in Mumbai. Photo: courtesy AP Just in time for Children?s Day, Bollywood's King Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, shared video of his youngest son, AbRam Khan, on Twitter.  In the video, the four-year-old can be seen doing 'childly' dance for his elder siblings Aryan and Suhana.  Shah Rukh captioned the video as: "A madly happily childly dance for Aryan &
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