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Narendra Modi: Is hardline Hindu politics failing India's PMNarendra Modi: Is hardline Hindu politics failing India's PM
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Last week's electoral losses in five states for India's ruling party has led to speculation that its agenda of promoting hardline Hindu politics has backfired. The TheIndianSubcontinent's Priyanka Pathak reports.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost to the main opposition Congress party in the

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Japan explosion: Fire and collapsed buildings after blastJapan explosion: Fire and collapsed buildings after blast
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North Korea condemns latest US sanctionsNorth Korea condemns latest US sanctions
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Tension on the DMZ has eased but US-North Korea talks appear stalled

North Korea has denounced the latest US sanctions, saying they could "block the path to denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula forever".

Washington said it put the sanctions on three top officials,

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What can New Zealand teach us about BrexitWhat can New Zealand teach us about Brexit
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption New Zealand's economy was forced to diversify after the UK joined the European Economic Community

Brexit is, to put it mildly, an unusual event.

But there are precedents for some aspects of it.

New Zealand provides one example. The country faced a sudden, adverse change in

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Japan explosion: Dozens injured in Sapporo restaurant blastJapan explosion: Dozens injured in Sapporo restaurant blast
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A huge explosion and fire has hit a restaurant in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.

Japanese police say 41 people were injured in the explosion, with one of them in a serious condition.

The cause of the explosion in the Toyohira

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Cambodia makes record breaking ivory haul at portCambodia makes record breaking ivory haul at port
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Cambodia has seized more than 3.2 tonnes of African ivory hidden in a storage container from Mozambique, a customs official has said.

The discovery of 1,026 tusks at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port on Thursday followed a tip off from the US embassy.

The shipment arrived in the country last year and its unknown recipient

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