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Al-Natah: 4,000-Year-Old Ancient Town Discovered In Saudi Arabian Oasis
Archaeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old fortified town named al-Natah in northwest Saudi Arabia, illustrating the gradual shift from nomadic to urban lifestyles.
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Opinion: Fortifying Minds, Not Rooms - Addressing Kota Student Suicides
Rajasthan's Kota - a sleepy town with a high success rate in coaching students to qualify for IITs and medical colleges. Over the past few years, that record has been clobbered by students' deaths by suicide. There have been 27 just this year.
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Day After Nagrota Terror Attack, Army Investigates Huge Security Breach
A day after seven soldiers, including two officers, were killed in a massive terror attack on an army base near Jammu at Nagrota town, combing operations are on and the army is investigating how the terrorists breached the high security area.
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Under Iraqi Town, ISIS Militants Built Network of Tunnels
Under the Iraqi town of Sinjar, Islamic State group militants built a network of tunnels, complete with sleeping quarters, wired with electricity and fortified with sandbags. There, they had boxes of US-made ammunition, medicines and copies of the Quran stashed on shelves.
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Somali Militants Launch Attack in Central Town of Baidoa: Officials
Suspected members of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants today attacked a fortified area containing regional government headquarters, an airport and a United Nations compound in the central town of Baidoa, security officials said.
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Chomu Fort: A Rajasthan palace that Bollywood loves to shoot in
A fortified palace whose history stretches over 300 years in this Rajasthan town is fast turning into a Bollywood destination for filmmakers eager to showcase the rich splendour of a bygone era.
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Al-Natah: 4,000-Year-Old Ancient Town Discovered In Saudi Arabian Oasis
Archaeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old fortified town named al-Natah in northwest Saudi Arabia, illustrating the gradual shift from nomadic to urban lifestyles.
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Opinion: Fortifying Minds, Not Rooms - Addressing Kota Student Suicides
Rajasthan's Kota - a sleepy town with a high success rate in coaching students to qualify for IITs and medical colleges. Over the past few years, that record has been clobbered by students' deaths by suicide. There have been 27 just this year.
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Day After Nagrota Terror Attack, Army Investigates Huge Security Breach
A day after seven soldiers, including two officers, were killed in a massive terror attack on an army base near Jammu at Nagrota town, combing operations are on and the army is investigating how the terrorists breached the high security area.
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Under Iraqi Town, ISIS Militants Built Network of Tunnels
Under the Iraqi town of Sinjar, Islamic State group militants built a network of tunnels, complete with sleeping quarters, wired with electricity and fortified with sandbags. There, they had boxes of US-made ammunition, medicines and copies of the Quran stashed on shelves.
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Somali Militants Launch Attack in Central Town of Baidoa: Officials
Suspected members of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants today attacked a fortified area containing regional government headquarters, an airport and a United Nations compound in the central town of Baidoa, security officials said.
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Chomu Fort: A Rajasthan palace that Bollywood loves to shoot in
A fortified palace whose history stretches over 300 years in this Rajasthan town is fast turning into a Bollywood destination for filmmakers eager to showcase the rich splendour of a bygone era.
