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Nawaz Sharif was the 15th prime minister in Pakistan's seven-decade history (File Photo)

Islamabad:  Pakistan will hold general elections on July 25, a presidential spokesman said Saturday, offering the prospect of what would be only the second ever democratic transfer of power in the nuclear-armed country.

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In Dublin constituencies, the vote was running 75 percent for repeal. (AFP)

DUBLIN, Ireland:  The Irish are poised to end, perhaps in a landslide, one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the developed world, according to incoming tallies of the votes cast in Friday's referendum.

The early count of votes on Saturday

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Vedanta has previously denied that the smelter has been responsible for air and water pollution.

London:  The UK's Opposition, Labour Party, has called for Vedanta to be delisted from the London Stock Exchange following the death of 13 people during violent protests against the mining giant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.

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The melted camera was one of the furthest from the pad, a quarter of a mile away.

Washington:  As photographs of NASA's "melted camera" spread like wildfire on the Internet, triggering assumptions of many kinds, the space agency has explained that a grass fire started by the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this week
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Katie Price's new man Kris Boyson 'is desperate to be the ex-glamour model's next husband'
Friends of the pair also say he's bragging about his bond with the TV star, 40, who's known for her calamitous love life and string of ruined relationships
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Hugh Grant beams as he and wife Anna Eberstein marry in intimate ceremony - and his generous wedding gift to the community is revealed
The bride eschewed a traditional white dress and opted for a shirt and mini-skirt as the long-time bachelor finally tied the knot
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