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Naples fights mafia, with first bookshop in 50 years

Rosario Esposito La Rossa opened "Scugnizzeria" last week. Photo:AFP NAPLES: In the hinterlands of Naples a revolution is afoot: locals tired of drug lords are taking the fight to the mafia and their weapon of choice is the humble book. Tucked away between squats and roadside traders of broken toys rises the first bookshop in nearly 50 years. Now one of the poorest areas in southern Italy is attempting to cast off the stereotype of Kalashnikov-wielding teens and get its young off the streets b
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Restrictions imposed on Ashura processions in IoK

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/a28d5b896b4644b358543dfb704168c9.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMS8yMDE3IDM6MDc6NDEgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1WR0tUc0wzNzV6eDZCRyt3a0lJZTJ3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] SRINAGAR: The authorities continued to impose strict restrictions in Srinagar to prevent people from participating in Ashura processi
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Five injured, suspect arrested as Canada probes ´act of terrorism´

The crime spree began Saturday evening outside a football stadium in the city of Edmonton. Photo: AFP file   MONTREAL: Canadian police arrested a man early Sunday suspected of stabbing an officer and injuring four pedestrians in a series of violent incidents being investigated as an "act of terrorism." The crime spree began Saturday evening outside a football stadium in the city of Edmonton and ended hours later with a high-speed chase in which the driver of a rented truck ploughed into pedes
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Afghan airstrike kills 10 security forces officials in Helmand

At least nine Afghan police were wounded in the "erroneous" airstrike in Gereshk district. Photo: File KANDAHAR: An Afghan airstrike killed 10 security forces in volatile Helmand province on Sunday, an official said, as the military attempts to push back Taliban insurgents. At least nine Afghan police were wounded in the "erroneous" airstrike in Gereshk district and an investigation is underway, Helmand governor Hayatullah Hayat told AFP. "The airstrike happened as Afghan forces were pushing
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Two dead in France knife attack: police

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/4576c303e72149cd1cbb7bd97de4d23e.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMS8yMDE3IDI6NTU6MjIgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1mb002SVB6RHpERTk2RzdsNVEraVh3PT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MARSEILLE: A man armed with a knife killed two people at the main train station in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille in France
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Yasir Shah double leaves Sri Lanka in trouble

Yasir Shah took 2-25 as Sri Lanka struggled to 69-4, needing a rearguard action to save the Test. Photo: AFP File  ABU DHABI: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah grabbed the key wicket of Dinesh Chandimal to leave Sri Lanka fighting to avoid defeat after the fourth day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The prolific wicket-taker took 2-25 as Sri Lanka struggled to 69-4, needing a rearguard action to save the Test. Pakistan will be expecting to push for victory in the opening match of a tw
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Govt avenging Nawaz's disqualification by increasing petrol prices: Bilawal

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/48df38a90b46cd059aac285f09ab938a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMS8yMDE3IDI6NDg6NTAgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1OMk1tbEE4aFdtVWMwTlZWQlRmWmFnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz's (PML-N
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Madagascar plague kills 24, triggering WHO fears

ANTANANARIVO: The World Health Organization said Sunday it was boosting its response to a plague outbreak in Madagascar that has killed 24 people, as the government banned public meetings to reduce infections. In a televised address Saturday, Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana said no public meetings or demonstrations would be allowed in the capital, Antananarivo, which has seen six deaths in recent days. "At airports and bus stations, measures will be taken for passengers to avoid
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Paris experiments with 'car-free day' across city

PARIS: In a bid to cut down on pollution, Parisians were encouraged to roller-blade, bike or stroll through the City of Light on Sunday for a "car-free" day. Sunday marks the third time the French capital has experimented with a car ban, but it is by far the most ambitious with the zone set aside for pedestrians or cyclists covering the entire historic heart of the city ? 105 square kilometres. "This initiative requires an enormous amount of preparation," city mayor Anne Hidalgo told Le Parisi
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Norway agrees to host Israeli nuclear whistleblower

Mordechai Vanunu spent more than 10 years of his sentence in solitary confinement.Photo: AFP  OSLO: Norway has agreed to host former Israeli nuclear technician and whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, his Norwegian wife has told local television. "We made a request for family reunification as that´s exactly the case here, for spouses and a family to be able to live together," Kristin Joachimsen told TV2 late Saturday. "So even if I know the affair is controversial in some circles, it´s the family
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Amitabh and Aishwarya submit documents for Panama Papers case

Amitabh Bachchan and his now daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are among celebrities whose names appeared on Panama Papers. The latest reports suggest that the two recently submitted documents of their financial dealings with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the issue. According to a source, ?The replies have been received. They could be soon summoned as part of the probe.? The documents have been submitted through their representative while the ED had asked that it is
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Gulf states say goodbye to tax-free reputation

The UAE is one of the six Gulf Cooperation Council states to have agreed to introduce VAT at five percent next year as they seek to revitalise their economies-AFP DUBAI: Hard hit by a drop in oil income, energy-rich Gulf states will next year introduce value-added tax to a region long known for being tax-free. Some have hailed introducing VAT as the start of "exciting, dramatic" change in the region, but the measure is also expected to push prices up for all residents including citizens and low
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Nawaz to return to Islamabad today: sources

Fromer PM Nawaz Sharif. Photo: AFP  Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to depart for Islamabad from Lahore today to attend the corruption case hearing against him on Monday (tomorrow).  Sources said Nawaz will hold consultations with his political and legal aides on various issues.  Reports also state that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will also hold meetings of its central working committee and general council next week to appoint Nawaz as the party's president after h
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Pakistan lose three wickets on day four of first Test against Sri Lanka

Azhar Ali plays a shot during the third day of the first Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Photo: AFP  Pakistan continues to bat against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the first Test match between the two teams at Abu Dhabi?s Sheikh Zayed Stadium. At present, Pakistan is trailing by 83 runs at a loss of seven wickets. In their first innings, Sri Lanka scored 419 runs whereas, by the third day of the match on Saturday, Pakistan had scored 266 runs for a loss o
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Libyan goes on trial over 2012 Benghazi attack that killed US envoy

The damage inside the US consulate building in Benghazi on September 13, 2012, following an attack in which the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed The damage inside the US consulate building in Benghazi on September 13, 2012, following an attack in which the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed-AFP A Libyan militant accused of leading the September 11, 2012 attack on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi that left the US ambassador and thre
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COAS off to Kabul to meet President Ashraf Ghani, others

Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa at the Defence Day event on Sept 6 at GHQ, Rawalpindi this year. Photo: File  RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa left for Kabul on Sunday, according to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army's media wing.  Gen Bajwa will hold a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other senior civilian and military officials during the day-long visit, the army said further. The two countries often trade accusations of fomenting militancy an
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Extra security arrangement this year: CM Sindh

Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah. Photo: File  KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that extra strict security measures had been put in place due to the visit of Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin ? the head of the Bohra community ? to the city. Shah was addressing media personnel after monitoring the Ashura procession in the city. He said that around 27,000 foreign nationals were visiting the city?s Saddar area in the last two weeks due to the presence of the Bohra community leader. 
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'Not appropriate,' envoy tells Britain's Boris over Kipling poem in Myanmar

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visits Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar January 21, 2017. REUTERS LONDON: Britain?s ambassador to Myanmar was forced to interrupt Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier this year as he tried to recite a nostalgic colonial poem by Rudyard Kipling in public during a visit to the country?s most famous Buddhist site. Johnson, who helped lead the Leave campaign in the 2016 Brexit referendum, is caught on camera starting to recite Kipling?s poem, Mandalay,
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Movie Review: Judwaa 2

Actor Naseeruddin Shah once said Bollywood "films that should never have been made are being re-made". David Dhawan, who directed a series of crass comedies in the 90's probably doesn't agree, because he's made the same film twice. Once in 1997 with Salman Khan and 20 years later - in the Bollywood tradition of nepotism - with his own son in the lead. To Varun Dhawan's credit, he is the best thing about a film that simply doesn?t hold up. Twenty years ago, "Judwaa" barely passed the test of an
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Uber's Kalanick rekindles power struggle, names two to board

SAN FRANCISCO: Uber Technologies Inc co-founder Travis Kalanick said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former chief executive. Kalanick?s move on Friday sought to pre-empt a move by new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi to restructure the board and gain greater control, a person familiar with the co-founder?s decision said. Uber said in a statement on Friday the company was surprised by Kalanick?s action. Com
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OJ Simpson set for imminent release from Nevada prison

LOS ANGELES: Onetime ?Trial of the Century? defendant OJ Simpson could be freed as early as Sunday from prison in Nevada, where he has been held since 2008 for a botched robbery, but the time and place of his release remain secret, his plans largely unknown. Simpson, 70, won his freedom from a Nevada parole board in July after nine years behind bars, at a hearing that did not take into account his 1990s trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and a friend, Ron Goldman. The one
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Replicant or human? 'Blade Runner 2049' reignites existential debate

LOS ANGELES: Was Harrison Ford?s Officer Rick Deckard a human or a Replicant robot in 1982?s ?Blade Runner?? That is the question that fans of Ridley Scott?s sci-fi thriller have been pondering for 35 years and now in a long-awaited sequel, that question is explored further. Out in theaters Oct. 6, ?Blade Runner 2049? takes place 30 years after the original film, when human-like robots called Replicants were hunted by police officers called ?blade runners? in a dystopian Los Angeles. In the n
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New petroleum prices implemented from Sunday

ISLAMABAD: The new petroleum prices announced by the government have been implemented, following which petrol and diesel prices were raised by Rs2 per litre from Sunday. After the raise, new petrol price stood at Rs73.50 and new high-speed diesel prices became Rs79.40. New light-diesel price stood at Rs46, whereas, the price of kerosene oil was raised by Rs4 and stood at Rs48. According to the finance ministry, the raise in the prices of petroleum products came into effect after the approval
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Saudi authorities pursue Twitter user over women's driving threat

Many Saudis welcomed Tuesday?s announcement by King Salman lifting the ban by next year, but others expressed opposition online or in quiet conversations after decades of support for the policy by prominent clerics RIYADH: Saudi Arabia?s public prosecutor issued an arrest warrant on Saturday for a Twitter user who called for anyone who supports women driving to be killed, days after a royal decree ended a long-time ban on women taking the wheel. The Twitter user, who was not named, was alleged
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Trump lays blame on Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response

US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Washington, US, August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files  SAN JUAN: U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday placed blame squarely on Puerto Ricans for the slow recovery from Hurricane Maria after critics and the mayor of San Juan complained his administration?s response to the U.S. territory?s plight was insufficient. Eleven days after the devastating storm wiped out powe
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