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Apoorva Lakhia shared a memorable experience with Amitabh Bachchan during the filming of Ek Ajnabee, recounting a late-night visit to a Bangkok strip club.

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Zammar reportedly took credit for influencing Ramzi bin al-Shibh and the rest of the Hamburg group. Owing to Zammar’s ...

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The problem is so huge that the possibility of creating a red-light district has been discussed. Those who work by themselves are not committing a crime, since prostitution is considered a job in ...

Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained 10 senior officials of Istanbul district municipalities over alleged ...