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Hiker's dog lost in forest rescued by helicopter after strangers fund search

A lost border collie has been rescued alive after her owner fell from a tall waterfall in New Zealand bush

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India has begun its long-delayed population census. Here's why it matters

India has begun the world’s largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country

Amsterdam celebrates 25 years since the world's first same-sex weddings

Amsterdam is marking 25 years since the world's first gay marriages were celebrated in the Netherlands

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Chang Ung, North Korean ex-IOC member who brokered Olympic joint marches with South, dies

Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died at 87

Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and social activist, dies aged 88

Lewis was the father of Avi Lewis, who was elected leader of the progressive New Democratic party one day before his father diedStephen Lewis, the Canadian diplomat, politician and human rights advocate, who spent decades tirelessly working to focus global attention on the HIV/Aids epidemic, has died of cancer.Lewis, who served as the Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, as well as the head of Ontario’s New Democratic party (NDP), was 88. Continue reading...