Indian Man Found Dead With Towel Around Neck At Japanese Detention Centre

Japan's 17 immigration detention facilities held 1,317 people as of Friday (Reuters)

Tokyo:  An Indian man died on Friday at a Japanese immigration detention centre in an apparent suicide, the latest death in a system widely criticised over medical standards, monitoring of detainees and mental health care.

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Washington:  Two years ago when Katie Pladl turned 18, like many adopted children, she attempted to find her biological parents. Using social media she succeeded and reconnected with her father Steven Pladl, her mother and her siblings.

But the reunion took a turn when Katie Pladl got pregnant with her father's baby,

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Indian-Origin Chef Makes It To The Guest List Of The Royal Wedding

Rosie Ginday is among the 1200 people to receive an invite to the Royal Wedding next month.

London:  A prominent Indian-origin chef and social entrepreneur was among the 1200 people to receive the royal envelope that is an invitation to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding at Windsor Castle next month.

Rosie Ginday,

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Australia's ''Punk Turtle'' Risks Being Last Of The Mohicans

The Mary River turtles decreased in number because of pigs, foxes and predators and people (Reuters)

Sydney:  Australia's Mary River Turtle - with its green Mohican-style hair and ability to breathe through its genitals - is one of the world's most distinctive reptiles.

It is also now officially among the most endangered.

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UK Should Press For UN-Led Investigation In Syria: Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn has said parliament should be consulted before any military action (File)

London:  Britain should press for an independent U.N.-led investigation into the suspected chemical attack in Syria rather than wait for instructions from the U.S. President Donald Trump on how to proceed, opposition leader Jeremy

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Donald Trump Says US Will Join Pacific Trade Pact If Terms Are Improved

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso said Donald Trump "is a person who could change temperamentally" (File)

Washington:  U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would only join the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade pact his administration walked away from last year, if it offered "substantially

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