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In this April 26, 1994, photo, Sen. Harris Wofford, D-Pa., salutes at the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers during the opening session of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convention. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Harris Wofford died in the hospital late Monday night, Jan. 21, 2019, of complications from a fall Saturday in his Washington apartment, his son, Daniel Wofford, said. He was 92. (Peter Diana/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Harris Wofford, rights activist and senator, dies at 92

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

Indian police arrest 61 Rohingya Muslims this week

By WASBIR HUSSAIN and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 file photo, an unidentified couple gets married at Taft Point, upper left, in California's Yosemite National Park. A Northern California coroner says a young couple from India was intoxicated when the pair fell to their deaths from the scenic overlook in Yosemite. Autopsy reports provided by the Mariposa County sheriff's department Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 concluded that 30-year-old Meenakshi Moorthy and her husband, 29-year-old Vishnu Viswanath, were both &quot;intoxicated with ethyl alcohol prior to death.&quot; (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers, File)

Coroner: Couple intoxicated during fatal Yosemite fall

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

8 drown when boat capsizes in river in southern India

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Avalanche in Kashmir Himalayas kills 3, leaves 7 missing

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Illustration on the futuer of U.S. energy production by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

With facts and data, reality beats the so-called Green New Deal

By Steve Everley

In this Dec. 26, 2018 photo, Maymoona Rashid holds the only photograph she has of her brother Mudassir Rashid Parray in Hajin village, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Mudassir, who was then 14-years-old, and another teenager walked away from a local soccer pitch in the Kashmiri town of Hajin on a hot day in August, only to return home months later in body bags. Dying with his teammate in an 18-hour firefight in December, Mudassir became the youngest militant slain fighting Indian troops in a three-decade insurgency in Kashmir. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

In life and death, fight against India joins Kashmir teens

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, photo, a thick layer of dust is seen over the tent city set up for the spiritual-cleansing Kumbh Festival in Prayagraj, India. The skies over the confluence of sacred rivers in north India where millions of Hindu priests and pilgrims have come to wash away their sins for the Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, that begins this week are thick with toxic dust, a sign that Indian government officials are struggling to grapple with India's worsening air pollution. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India’s mega Hindu festival begins under cloud of toxic air

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, police officers, who are above the age of 50, pray at the Sabarimala temple, one of the world's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The historic temple had barred women age 10 to 50 from entering the temple. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Women strive for larger roles in male-dominated religions

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Thailand players react at the end of the AFC Asian Cup group A soccer match between United Arab Emirates and Thailand at Al Maktoum Stadium in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

UAE, Thailand make Asian Cup last 16, heartbreak for India

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Hindu devotees march in a procession to participate in spiritual-cleansing baths in the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati at the Kumbh Festival, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. India's Hindu nationalist-led government is splurging on a religious megafest, spending unprecedented sums as part of a strategy to focus on the country's majority Hindu population ahead of a general election due this year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India’s gov’t boosts massive Hindu festival, eyeing election

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

16 injured in Kashmir protests after 2 rebels killed

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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2016 file photo, Indian spiritual guru who calls himself Dr. Saint Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim Insan, center, greets followers as he arrives for a press conference ahead of the release of his new movie &quot;MSG: The Warrior Lion Heart,&quot; in New Delhi, India. The popular and flamboyant spiritual guru in India, who is serving 20 years in prison for raping two female followers, was convicted Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, of murdering a journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati 16 years ago in another case. Judge Jagdeep Singh convicted the guru, and three other people and will sentence them on Jan. 17. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)

Indian guru in prison for rape is convicted of murder

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India's forward Sunil Chhetri kicks the penalty to score the opening goal during the AFC Asian Cup group A soccer match between Thailand and India at Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

India striker overtakes Messi in national team scoring

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

Supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party celebrate India's Parliament Wednesday approving a bill providing a 10 percent quota in government jobs for poor upper caste members in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

India establishes job quotas for poor upper caste members

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, Indian businessman Vijay Mallya is surrounded by the media as he leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London. An Indian court has declared tycoon Vijay Mallya a fugitive economic offender, a ruling that empowers authorities to confiscate his properties and assets. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

India declares tycoon Mallya a ‘fugitive economic offender’

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6 schoolchildren, bus driver die in road accident in India

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India deports second group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar

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In this Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, photo, a Catholic nun stands at the foyer of the St. Francis Mission Home in Kuravilangad in the southern Indian state of Kerala. For decades, nuns in India have quietly endured sexual pressure from Catholic priests, an AP investigation has revealed. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s hidden years of nuns abused by priests

By Tim Sullivan - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, photo, a nun partakes in the sacrament of confession at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Kottayam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. An AP investigation has uncovered a decades-long history of nuns in India enduring sexual abuse from within the Catholic church. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

AP finds long history of nuns abused by priests in India

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press