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  • NewsThe Independent

    Man who lost 238 times in bid for public office ready to contest elections again

    K Padmarajan, 65, has contested elections for range of offices, from local council to Indian presidency, and lost all of them

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Baltimore Key Bridge collapse latest news: ‘Structural failure’ to blame as massive cleanup begins

    Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into Patapsco River on Tuesday after cargo ship collided with crucial support, leaving at least six construction workers dead

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Chicks killed, crushed and trodden on at award-winning hatchery, disturbing video appears to show

    Exclusive: Undercover activist claims baby birds destined for chicken meat suffer on fast production line as others ground up alive

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  • CelebrityThe Independent

    Here are all the allegations made against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

    Federal agents with US Homeland Security raided two of the rapper’s houses in Los Angeles and Miami as he faces a string of accusations, reports Andrea Cavallier

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  • SportAssociated Press

    Siena hires former Syracuse standout Gerry McNamara as its new coach

    Gerry McNamara has signed a deal to take over as coach at Siena, deciding to leave Syracuse after two decades as a standout player, assistant and eventually ascending to associate head coach for the Orange. McNamara's signing was announced by Siena on Friday and makes him a collegiate head coach for the first time. McNamara has been on the Syracuse staff since 2009 — first as a graduate assistant, then more than a decade as an assistant under Jim Boeheim and last season he became associate hea

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Watch live: Vigils for Moscow concert attack victims one week on

    Watch live as a vigil is held on Friday, 29 March, to pay tribute to victims of last week's Moscow concert hall attack. A branch of the Isis terror group claimed responsibility for the attack at the Crocus City Hall concert complex. The death toll rose to 140 on Wednesday after another victim died in a hospital, Russian officials said.

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  • SportAustralian Associated Press

    Alonso snubs Liverpool and Bayern to stay at Leverkusen

    Xabi Alonso, who has taken Bayer Leverkusen to the top of the Bundesliga is to stay at the German club despite interest from Liverpool and Bayern Munich.

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