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Why is Taj Mahal turning green?
Wednesday, 25 May 2016 10:57India's iconic Taj Mahal has been threatened in recent weeks by insect poo - environmentalists say that bugs from the polluted Yamuna river nearby are invading the monument, leaving greenish-black patches of waste on its pristine white marble walls.
Fmr. Maldives President 'given UK asylum'
Tuesday, 24 May 2016 09:03The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, has been granted refugee status in the UK, according to his lawyer.
30 climbers sick on Everest after 2 deaths
Monday, 23 May 2016 14:01About 30 climbers have suffered frostbite or become ill on Mount Everest, after two more died from apparent altitude sickness.
Naked man attempting suicide enters lion cage (video)
Monday, 23 May 2016 12:29A man who stripped naked and entered a lion enclosure in a Chilean zoo has survived the incident, but the lions were killed.
Obama's Vietnam trip marks warming ties
Monday, 23 May 2016 10:45Barack Obama has arrived for the start of his three-day visit to Vietnam, only the third by a sitting US president since the end of the Vietnam War.
Hottest day recorded in India
Friday, 20 May 2016 13:57A city in India's Rajasthan state has broken the country's temperature records after registering 51C, the highest since records began, the weather office says.
Second Chibok girl rescued
Friday, 20 May 2016 10:52A second schoolgirl from the more than 200 seized in the Nigerian town of Chibok has been found, the army says.
Taiwan's first female leader sworn in
Friday, 20 May 2016 10:20Tsai Ing-wen has been sworn in as the new president of Taiwan, the island's first female leader.