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Turkey goes bananas, to deport 7 Syrian refugees over banana eating controversy

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7 Syrian refugees are set to be deported from Turkey over a banana controversy over eating bananas.
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Pakistan: Islamists clash with Police over Charlie Hebdo cartoon, kill four cops

OpIndia Staff -
In April, too, this year, Pakistan had reached the brink of a civil war after Imran Khan government failed to contain the riots led by TLP.
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From physical abuse of minors to 16-hours unpaid labour: Members of ‘United Nation of Islam’ indicted by US court for atrocities on children

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Islamic organisation, United Nation of Islam, told minor children in their captivity that doing unpaid labour was their "duty to Allah"
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Cameraman who had worked with CNN, ABC, NBC arrested for threatening to kill Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and his kids

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Cameraman Eugene Huelsman had called office of Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz in January and threatened to kill him
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France shuts down Allonnes mosque and Islamic school for harbouring ‘radical Islam’ and promoting ‘armed jihad’, plans to close 7 more

OpIndia Staff -
France govt has ordered the closure of a mosque in Allonnes near Le Mans for harbouring ‘radical Islam’ and ‘legitimising terrorist attacks’
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Indonesia: Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of former president, performs Sudhi Wadani ceremony, formally converts to Hinduism from Islam

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Sukmawati Sukarnoputri performed the ‘Sudhi Wadani’ ceremony and formally re-converted to Hinduism from Islam.
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‘Insulate Britain’ protestors stick their faces and hands on the road with superglue, some regret later: Read what it is all about

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'Insulate Britain' protestors stuck themselves to the roads with superglue as police desperately struggled to remove them.
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Japanese princess Mako marries commoner Kei Komuro losing royal status: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Japanese emperor Naruhito's niece princess Mako married her former classmate Kei Komuro in a low key wedding in Japan.
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China locks down Lanzhou city fearing a new Covid outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
The draconian measures of the Chinese government can be seen as a part of the China's zero Covid-19 policy which rejects the idea of living with Covid and relies heavily on containment measures to curb its spread.
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Samsung heir fined SKW 70 million for drug abuse, had earlier served 20 months in prison for fraud

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The Seoul Central District Court fined him 70 million won (US$60,055) and directed an additional forfeiture of 17 million won (US$14580) under the Narcotics Control Act.
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