Advisory: Alerts and stories on Thai election exit poll withdrawn

Four alerts and a story on an exit poll indicating opposition winning most seats is wrong and is withdrawn. The poll was taken before voting began. The same information was used in the main trunk story, which is also withdrawn.

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Israel's Netanyahu, in close election race, visits U.S. ally

With Israel's election just two weeks away, Benjamin Netanyahu will get to showcase his close ties with Donald Trump in a U.S. visit just days after the president backed Israel's hold over the occupied Golan Heights.

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Moroccan teachers start new protest over working conditions

More than 10,000 Moroccan teachers staged a new protest in the capital Rabat on Sunday to demand better working conditions, a witness said, hours after police had dispersed an earlier demonstration with water cannon.

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Is this the end for Islamic State?

As US-backed forces say the militants have been defeated, Paul Adams looks at whether the group could still cause damage.

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Jet Airways: The riches to rags story of India's oldest private airline

The airline was once the shining face of Indian aviation, but now it is struggling to survive.

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Thousands of motorbikers protest at Philippines' new plate regulation

More than 10,000 motorcycle riders staged a motorcade on Sunday in the main highways of the Philippine capital Manila to protest at new regulations forcing them to display bigger license plates, saying the measure would not solve the problem.

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UK could face risk of election if parliament takes control of Brexit: Barclay

A British election could be the consequence of parliament seizing control of the Brexit process this week if lawmakers back proposals contrary to the pledges the government was elected on, Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay said on Sunday.

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Norway cruise ship towed to port after nearly 500 people rescued

Rescue services had airlifted 479 people to safety from a luxury cruise liner with engine trouble off the coast of Norway by Sunday morning and began towing the vessel to a nearby port.

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Royal adviser fired over Khashoggi murder absent from Saudi trial: sources

A Saudi royal adviser fired over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is not among the 11 suspects on trial at secretive hearings in Riyadh despite Saudi pledges to bring those responsible to justice, sources familiar with the matter said.

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Richard Branson calls for new Brexit vote

The Virgin owner says the UK is close to 'disaster', and many leave voters had changed their minds.

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Exit poll has Thai opposition winning most seats but not enough for government

Thai voters flocked to the polls on Sunday for the first election since a 2014 coup, and an exit poll indicated the populist party linked to exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra would win the most seats, but not enough to form a government.

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The making of militants in India's 'paradise on earth'

Kashmiri farmer Yusuf Malik learned that his son Owais, a 22-year old arts student and apple picker, had become an armed militant via a Facebook post.

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Britain must resolve Brexit but changing PM May wouldn't help, Hammond says

Britain must find a way to leave the European Union in an orderly fashion rather than trying to oust Prime Minister Theresa May, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday.

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Mozambique says death toll rises to 446 after cyclone

Mozambique has recorded more deaths from a cyclone and floods around southern Africa, a government minister said on Sunday, with hundreds left in camps after homes were destroyed.

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Huge fossil discovery made in China's Hubei province

The fossils found on a river bed in eastern China are estimated to be about 518 million years old.

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In pictures: The lifeguards of Lagos

The men who watch over the Atlantic Ocean, saving the lives of the swimmers of Nigeria's main city.

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Mozambique death toll rises to 446 after cyclone: minister

The death toll after a powerful cyclone in Mozambique has risen to 446 from 417, the minister of land and environment, Celso Correia, said on Sunday, adding that 531,000 people had been affected by the disaster.

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Can't get the staff: Scenic Highlands at eye of Scotland's Brexit storm

Glen Mhor Hotel, a picturesque base for tourists hunting Scotland's Loch Ness monster, is struggling to find staff for the summer season as workers from the European Union snub Brexit Britain.

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