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The pregnant child caught in a media storm

The case of a 10-year-old left pregnant after rape has shocked India and seen the family hounded.
India
Kenya holds its breath before tight poll

The election campaign falls silent - but the country is holding its breath, fearing violence.
Africa
Meet the men negotiating with IS

Four men are negotiating with Islamic State over the release of Yazidi women
World

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Amla holds up England's victory bid - clips, TMS & updates

Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis combine for South Africa on the fourth afternoon of the final Test at Old Trafford.
Cricket
Premier League at 25, football news & gossip

A look back over 25 years of the Premier League, Community Shield reaction, plus the latest news and transfer gossip.
Sport
England's Tuilagi & Solomona sent home

Manu Tuilagi and Denny Solomona are sent home from an England training camp over "team culture issues", says the Rugby Football Union.
Rugby Union

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The shipyard that changed humanity

Its immense impact should not be forgotten
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The Soviet station no one can decode

“MDZhB” has been broadcasting since 1982. No one knows why.
Future
NYC's secret transit system

A hidden, sometimes illegal network for commuters in the Big Apple
Capital
Ten tasty dishes to try in Norway

Our guide to some delicacies you must try
Good Food
Stunning early panorama photos of a lost Alaska

In the early 20th Century topographers used panorama photographs to survey the Alaskan frontier.
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The men of violence making a fresh start

Ten years after a contested election led to 1,500 deaths in Kenya, two perpetrators of that violence...
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Japanese practising nuclear attack drills

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