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The women who banned alcoholThe women who banned alcohol
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Women at an anti-alcohol rally in northern India

In the world's largest democracy, politicians are finding that they need to listen to women if they want power.

In northern India, some women had long complained that they were fed up with their husbands being drunk.

An alcoh

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What does China want to do on the MoonWhat does China want to do on the Moon
Image copyrightCNSA/AFPImage caption The first close up pictures of the far side of the Moon

What will China's Chang'e-4 mission learn about the far side of the Moon Here are a few things the mission is designed to do.

Learn about the Moon's history

No space mission has ever explored the far side from the

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The mystery of a man found dead with only a travel cardThe mystery of a man found dead with only a travel card
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The identity of a man discovered dead in Sydney, Australia, nine months ago has stumped authorities. Was he living in the country in secret Julian Lorkin reports from Sydney.

His body was found just as the sun was rising over Beamish Street in Campsie, a mostly working-class suburb.

The man, aged over 50 and "of Asian

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Ahmad Shah: Three convicted over TheIndianSubcontinent reporter's killingAhmad Shah: Three convicted over TheIndianSubcontinent reporter's killing
Image caption Ahmad Shah was gunned down in April last year

A special Afghan tribunal has convicted three men of being involved in the murder of TheIndianSubcontinent journalist Ahmad Shah, a spokesman for the attorney general's office has told the TheIndianSubcontinent.

Mr Shah, who worked for the

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What's behind China's space programme expansionWhat's behind China's space programme expansion
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China is a relative late-bloomer when it comes to the world of space exploration.

But just 15 years after it first sent an astronaut into orbit, China has become the first country to successfully land a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the Moon.

And in the next decades it plans not only to build a new space station, but also

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Storm Pabuk: Tourists flee Thailand after weather warningsStorm Pabuk: Tourists flee Thailand after weather warnings
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Storm Pabuk is expected to hit several tourist hotspots including Koh Phangnan (pictured)

Thousands of tourists and residents have reportedly fled islands off Thailand's south-east coast to escape an approaching tropical storm.

Authorities have also been preparing

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