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Earnest earlier on Thursday said that the US Navy scrambled four fighter jets to intercept Russian warplanes earlier this week near a US aircraft carrier operating off the Korean peninsula in the Sea of Japan.

The find came as a "big surprise", and challenges mainstream theories on the formation of our Solar System, said scientist Andre Bieler of the University of Michigan.

The standoffs began ahead of the visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to India as his first overseas destination soon after he took over the post in 2013 as goodwill gesture.

The families survived the hurricane because they evacuated to a shelter before landfall, which occurred just 20 kilometers to the south.

In a press interaction with Pakistani media, Aziz was responding to questions on the statement made by the US in which it ruled out any meditation effort unless both India and Pakistan ask for it.

Indian students spent an estimated 130 million pounds in 2013-14 compared to 407 million pounds by the Chinese and 217 million pounds by the Americans.

"The eye of the hurricane has already made landfall in Emiliano Zapata" in Jalisco state, near the major port of Manzanillo, National Water Commission director Roberto Ramirez told Milenio television on Friday.

The US servicemember, who died of wounds suffered during the rescue mission, was the first to be killed in action since the US-led campaign against IS in Iraq was launched in June 2014, a US defense official said.

The two leaders also expressed concern over violence along the Line of Control, and pledged their support for confidence-building measures and "effective mechanisms" that are acceptable to both parties, it said.

A transcript of the speech delivered by Biswal on October 14 was released by State Department on Tuesday. "It will come as no surprise to this audience that we conduct more military exercises with India than any other country and we are fast becoming Indi...

"It is the responsibility of the US and the international community to help resolve the problem of Kashmir, which was the main issue with India," Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said on Tuesday.

Criticized for being more style than substance, Trudeau has used attacks on his good looks and privileged upbringing to win over voters, who recalled his father's rock-star presence and an era when Canada had some sizzle on the world stage.

A full 90 per cent of global road traffic deaths occur in low-and middle-income countries, even though they count only 54 per cent of the world's vehicles.

In a statement on Saturday, delegates from 73 countries participating in the 81st Congress of Pen International in Quebec City in Canada, also expressed solidarity with the writers and artistes, who have returned their prestigious awards in protest.

The unnamed hunter was reported to have paid $60,000 to shoot the male elephant, which was at least 50 years old, on private land near the border with South Africa, sparking condemnation by tour operators and conservation groups.

The White House announced to launch its anti-bullying campaign in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu along with Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese on during National Bullying Prevention Month.