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New edible mushrooms among thousands of recently discovered fungi

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From The Nightingale to Hotel Mumbai: Adelaide film festival launches biggest program yet

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Nightmarch by Alpa Shah – among India’s Maoist guerrillas

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Indian men accused of stealing gold tiffin box 'ate their lunch out of it'

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