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Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Saturday that Wim Kok "was a man to look up to - if only for his long service and great importance for our country." Kok, who died on Saturday, hitched his Dutch Labor Party to the right-wing Liberal Party and centrist Democrats 66 to form two ruling coalitions . from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NRVArU

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The 47-year-old Australian national, who has been holed up in a back room of the Ecuadorean embassy in central London for over six years, was placed under a new set of house rules after he was allowed limited internet access recently after a seven-month hiatus. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Pcxc9d

The official, who declined to be identified, also told Reuters that Jamal Khashoggi's DNA samples were being procured from Turkey, meaning that investigators would not need to ask Saudi Arabia for samples at the moment. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R6siYL

German prosecutors have said businessman Trinh Xuan Thanh, who had sought asylum in Germany, was abducted in a Berlin street by Vietnamese secret service agents and taken back to Vietnam, where he was tried and jailed for life. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NQr69S

"Over the course of the operation, a total of more than 87,500 rebels have been eliminated, 1,411 settlements have been liberated and more than 95 percent of Syria's territory," Shoigu was quoted as saying at a forum in Singapore in a ministry statement. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Cu9K0m

The Islamic State group early Saturday released two women and four children they had been holding since July in the first part of an exchange with the Syrian government that will set free dozens of women related to members of the extremist group, opposition activists said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2q1x6CY

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For around $100 and a few drops of saliva, a number of companies offer to decipher the genome of their clients and by comparing their DNA to other profiles, tell them where their ancestors came from. Timothy Caulfield, a specialist in health care law, warns that the DNA tests might even be reinforcing racial interpretations of society. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PK9TQY

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The aircraft, developed and built by the state-owned aircraft firm Aviation Industry Corporation of China, took off and later landed on the water in Hubei province's Jingmen, state-run China Daily reported. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PP6gcQ

In the run-up to the elections, two candidates were killed while polling in Kandahar was delayed for a week after a rogue guard gunned down the powerful provincial police chief. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OBFrMm

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