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'Asleep' pilot missed destination in Australia, officials say'Asleep' pilot missed destination in Australia, officials say
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The plane took off from Devonport, in Tasmania's north

A small plane overshot its destination in Australia by almost 50km (30 miles) after its pilot fell asleep in the cockpit, air safety officials say.

The pilot was the only person on board the freight flight from

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Why is India's largest camel fair strugglingWhy is India's largest camel fair struggling
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Afghan Shias in the firing line: 'IS wants to wipe us out'Afghan Shias in the firing line: 'IS wants to wipe us out'
Image caption Kabul's Hazaras are feeling under attack

Tears and wails of grief fill the air around a hilltop cemetery in the outskirts of Kabul. "Why did you leave us" one distraught mother cries out. Another lovingly caresses the photograph of her dead child.

Families of about 50 students killed in a suicide

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The man who spent decades befriending isolated Sentinelese tribeThe man who spent decades befriending isolated Sentinelese tribe
Image copyrightTN PanditImage caption A photograph of Mr Pandit handing a coconut to a Sentinelese man in 1991

Not many people know more about the Sentinelese than Indian anthropologist T N Pandit.

As a regional head for India's Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Mr Pandit embarked on visits to their isolated island

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Indonesia tsunami: 'Itan absolute miracle' my child survivedIndonesia tsunami: 'Itan absolute miracle' my child survived

When a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, hundreds of children were separated from their parents. More than 2,000 people died, with large areas being declared mass graves. But in recent weeks there have also been some extraordinary reunions.

Fikri and Jumadil go missing

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Benoit Quennedey: French official 'suspected of spying for North Korea'Benoit Quennedey: French official 'suspected of spying for North Korea'
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Benoit Quennedey is a senior civil servant at the French Senate

A senior official in the French Senate has been arrested on suspicion of spying for North Korea, French media reports say.

Benoit Quennedey was arrested on Sunday night over the "collection and delivery of

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