... that Indian politician Akhtarul Iman withdrew his candidacy for the
2014 Indian general election ten days before the poll, stating that he did not want to split the Muslim vote?
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UN conference?
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Separation of the iceberg from the Larsen C Ice Shelf
A giant
iceberg, covering approximately 5,800 km2 (2,200 sq mi), breaks away (separation pictured) from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in
Antarctica.
After covering 450 kilometres (280 mi), the Turkish March for Justice concludes in Istanbul at a mass rally attended by hundreds of thousands of people.
The Iraqi government declares victory in the Battle of Mosul.
The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) is a subspecies of
brown bear that inhabits the islands of the
Kodiak Archipelago in southwest
Alaska. One of the largest bears alive today, it commonly reaches sizes of 300 to 600 kg (660 to 1,320 lb). Its diet, lifestyle, and physiology are similar to other brown bear
subspecies, such as the mainland
grizzly and the now-extinct
California grizzly bear.
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