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In 2014, French economist Jean Tirole won the 8 million Swedish kronor (about $975,000) award for his research on market power and regulation.

The force said both constables exercised their right to tender resignations under regulation 13, a provision specific to probationary officers.

Russian fighter jets launched their bombing campaign in Syria on Wednesday in support of the war-torn country's President Bashar al-Assad.

The award is being given for their key contributions to the experiments which demonstrated that neutrinos change identities.

Hailemariam is chairperson of the country's ruling party the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) that won the majority vote of the elections in May 2015.

Such a move "would end" Obama's plans to bring US troops home before he leaves office on January 20, 2017, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

A spokesman for the Trades Union Congress said that 60,000 people were involved in the protest in the northwestern city of Manchester. Police have not given an estimate.

The incident took place on Thursday on the campus of the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, which is about 180 miles south of Portland - the Capital of Oregon. It has some 3,000 students.

Of the 600,000 Syrian children of schoolgoing age in Turkey only about a third are attending classes.

While Modi's reference to sons and daughters of politicians being corrupt is seen as a reference to culture of corruption in the country, the reference to son-in-law is seen as a barb at alleged land deals entered into by Vadra with the some state governm...

India and China are landlocked Nepal's two giant neighbours.

The prince is due to appear in court on October 19. If convicted, he faces up to eight years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has given his military commanders until early November to end the insurgency, which has claimed at least 17,000 lives and left more than two million homeless since 2009.

The role that the media and entertainment industry can play in development and generation of employment opportunities in India was discussed during the meeting.

Hacking attacks on US companies and government agencies have become a growing source of tension ahead of the visit by Xi, who will meet Obama on Friday.

The European Union, meanwhile, sketched out plans to boost aid to encourage Syrians in Turkey to stay put rather than join the exodus.