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Bangladeshi Man Swims Across River To Enter India, Caught By Border Forces
Another Bangladeshi national attempted to flee to India by swimming across a river, a day after a Hindu girl crossed over to the Indian side.
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US Woman, 22, Found Beaten To Death Days After Judge Released Ex-Boyfriend From Jail
A 22-year-old university student in the United States was found beaten to death and wrapped in a sheet in the back seat of her car - days after her boyfriend was let out of jail.
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Forced To Give Birth After Rape, Honduran Woman Seeks UN Remedy
On a November day in 2015, Fausia went to fetch water from a river near her home in rural Honduras. She was attacked by two men who beat and kicked her and put a knife to her throat.
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UK Man Who Brutally Killed His Wife Had Abused His Previous Partner Too
A 28-year-old UK-based man brutrally murdered his wife, chopping her body into over 200 pieces. He kept here chopped body parts in the kitchen for seven days and dumping them into a river with the help of a friend.
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Why Did Baltimore Bridge In US Collapse And How Much Will It Cost To Fix?
Divers recovered the remains of two of the six missing workers more than a day after a cargo ship smashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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US Cop Makes First Arrest Of His Career, Found Dead With Suspect Next Day
A 35-year-old US police officer was found dead at the bottom of a river on Thursday, hours after he made his first ever arrest. The bodies of Robert John Leonard, a newly-appointed deputy sheriff in Tennessee, and the woman he arrested were found.
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Barbed Wires And Bleeding Migrants: A Day At The US-Mexico Border
The sun had barely risen above Eagle Pass, Texas, when the migrants wading across the Rio Grande from Mexico had a crisis on their hands.
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Strong Connectivity Essential To Build Developed India: PM Modi
Strong connectivity is essential for building a developed India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today while flagging off the world's longest river cruise 'MV Ganga Vilas' which will travel 3,200 km in 51 days to reach Dibrugarh via Bangladesh,
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Flood Evacuation Orders Issued In Sydney After Days Of Heavy Rain
Australian emergency services on Sunday issued flood evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in Sydney and beyond as river levels climbed after days of heavy rain.
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Yamuna Will Be Cleaned By December 2023 Not 2025: Delhi Minister
Advancing the deadline for the cleaning of the Yamuna in Delhi, Water Minister Satyendar Jain Tuesday said the river will be completely cleaned by December 2023 and not 2025.
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Guinness Glory For Clean Ganga Mission On Day 1 Of River Festival
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records on the first day of the Ganga Utsav -- the River Festival 2021 for the highest number of photos of handwritten notes uploaded on Facebook in an hour.
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World Wetlands Day 2021: What Are Wetlands, Theme And Significance
World Wetlands Day 2021: The theme for World Wetlands Day this year is 'Wetlands and Water'. It emphasizes the importance of wetlands as a "source of freshwater and encourages action to restore them and stop their loss". Wetlands include mangroves and marshes, peatlands, rivers, lakes and other water bodies, deltas, floodplains and swamps in forest...
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What It Looks Like When India's 1.3 Billion People Stay Home
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the world's largest lockdown, effectively commanding one out of every six people on earth to stay home in an effort to stem the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The humongous state-run railways recorded the first suspension of services in its 167-year history, and millions of migrant day laborer...
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She Caught Fiance Sexually Assaulting Bridesmaid. She Married Him Anyway
Two days before his wedding, the groom spent the afternoon floating down the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania with his wedding party. Groomsmen and bridesmaids passed around beers and shots of vodka as they guided paddle boards and rafts downstream.
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World Rivers Day: Interesting Facts About Rivers
World Rivers Day: The three longest rivers in the world are River Nile, river Amazon and Yangtze river.
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Bangladeshi Man Swims Across River To Enter India, Caught By Border Forces
Another Bangladeshi national attempted to flee to India by swimming across a river, a day after a Hindu girl crossed over to the Indian side.
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US Woman, 22, Found Beaten To Death Days After Judge Released Ex-Boyfriend From Jail
A 22-year-old university student in the United States was found beaten to death and wrapped in a sheet in the back seat of her car - days after her boyfriend was let out of jail.
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Forced To Give Birth After Rape, Honduran Woman Seeks UN Remedy
On a November day in 2015, Fausia went to fetch water from a river near her home in rural Honduras. She was attacked by two men who beat and kicked her and put a knife to her throat.
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UK Man Who Brutally Killed His Wife Had Abused His Previous Partner Too
A 28-year-old UK-based man brutrally murdered his wife, chopping her body into over 200 pieces. He kept here chopped body parts in the kitchen for seven days and dumping them into a river with the help of a friend.
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Why Did Baltimore Bridge In US Collapse And How Much Will It Cost To Fix?
Divers recovered the remains of two of the six missing workers more than a day after a cargo ship smashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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US Cop Makes First Arrest Of His Career, Found Dead With Suspect Next Day
A 35-year-old US police officer was found dead at the bottom of a river on Thursday, hours after he made his first ever arrest. The bodies of Robert John Leonard, a newly-appointed deputy sheriff in Tennessee, and the woman he arrested were found.
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Barbed Wires And Bleeding Migrants: A Day At The US-Mexico Border
The sun had barely risen above Eagle Pass, Texas, when the migrants wading across the Rio Grande from Mexico had a crisis on their hands.
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Strong Connectivity Essential To Build Developed India: PM Modi
Strong connectivity is essential for building a developed India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today while flagging off the world's longest river cruise 'MV Ganga Vilas' which will travel 3,200 km in 51 days to reach Dibrugarh via Bangladesh,
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Flood Evacuation Orders Issued In Sydney After Days Of Heavy Rain
Australian emergency services on Sunday issued flood evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in Sydney and beyond as river levels climbed after days of heavy rain.
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Yamuna Will Be Cleaned By December 2023 Not 2025: Delhi Minister
Advancing the deadline for the cleaning of the Yamuna in Delhi, Water Minister Satyendar Jain Tuesday said the river will be completely cleaned by December 2023 and not 2025.
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Guinness Glory For Clean Ganga Mission On Day 1 Of River Festival
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) got registered in the Guinness Book of World Records on the first day of the Ganga Utsav -- the River Festival 2021 for the highest number of photos of handwritten notes uploaded on Facebook in an hour.
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World Wetlands Day 2021: What Are Wetlands, Theme And Significance
World Wetlands Day 2021: The theme for World Wetlands Day this year is 'Wetlands and Water'. It emphasizes the importance of wetlands as a "source of freshwater and encourages action to restore them and stop their loss". Wetlands include mangroves and marshes, peatlands, rivers, lakes and other water bodies, deltas, floodplains and swamps in forest...
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What It Looks Like When India's 1.3 Billion People Stay Home
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the world's largest lockdown, effectively commanding one out of every six people on earth to stay home in an effort to stem the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The humongous state-run railways recorded the first suspension of services in its 167-year history, and millions of migrant day laborer...
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She Caught Fiance Sexually Assaulting Bridesmaid. She Married Him Anyway
Two days before his wedding, the groom spent the afternoon floating down the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania with his wedding party. Groomsmen and bridesmaids passed around beers and shots of vodka as they guided paddle boards and rafts downstream.
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World Rivers Day: Interesting Facts About Rivers
World Rivers Day: The three longest rivers in the world are River Nile, river Amazon and Yangtze river.
