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London Olympics calls for ban on S Korean footballer for 'political message’
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Romney to announce vice-president candidate – Paul Ryan top contender
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is to reveal his choice for running mate in the November election on Saturday, with Wisconsin representative...
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Libyan General killed in Benghazi
A senior Libyan army general is shot dead in the eastern city of Benghazi.
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Nine militants arrested for Sinai attacks by Egypt
Egyptian government forces arrest nine militants connected with attacks on...
Egyptian government forces arrest nine militants connected...
Clinton visits Turkey to discuss the ousting of Assad
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Turkey for meetings to discuss...
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Boat carrying Syrian refugees lands in southern Italy
More than 2,000 Syrians fleeing the conflict have reached Turkey in the past...
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Russia deputy PM attacks Madonna after Pussy Riot remarks
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Dmitry Rogozin accused the singer of moral lecturing as...
Former MEP on bribery charge over Strasbourg ‘deal’
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Three dead as Ernesto sweeps through Gulf of Mexico
Tropical storm Ernesto claims the lives of three people as torrential rain...
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Libya’s NTC hands over power to elected congress
Libya’s first elected assembly has taken power from the National Transitional...
Libya’s first elected assembly has taken power from the...
Syrian rebels losing ground as government strikes harder
Rebel fighters are starting to lose control over their strongholds with a lack...
Rebel fighters are starting to lose control over their...
US to clean herbicide from Vietnam 37 years after war
The United States has committed almost $50 million for the clean-up of...
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First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, undergoes heart surgery and is recovering well according to NASA spokesman.
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Syrian rebels lose faith in US for ‘little more than words’
Syrian rebels and opposition figures begin to lose faith in the United States...
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At least 20 suspected terrorist killed in Egyptian air strikes
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No one injured during hurricane in Mexico
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Typhoon and rain leave 850,000 stranded in Philippines
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Obama administration to focus on helping rebels
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