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A suspected suicide bomber kills a former government official and his guard and injures nine others in north-west Pakistan, police say.
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The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt.
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Woman who took in boy eight years ago was fatally stabbed, beatenWith their mother unable to care for them, the four grandchildren of Chicago police Officer Hester Scott came to live with her about eight years ago, family members said.
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The 1,018 places the London 2012 Olympic torch will visit and the highlights on its journey are revealed.
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Convicted terrorist's family home at centre of court battle
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Greek leaders are to announce the leader of a new unity government to tackle the euro debt crisis, after PM George Papandreou agreed to resign.
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Four Chicago police officers received minor injuries Sunday night when two squad cars collided at a South Side intersection, police said.
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Organisers of a firework display held close to the M5 crash scene say they will work closely with police investigators, as details of victims start to emerge.
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The Keystone project has emerged as a defining issue for Obama, cast as a choice between the environment and the economySeveral thousand protesters, some shouldering a long black inflatable replica of a pipeline, formed a human chain around the White House on Sunday to try to...(more)
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For every Guatemalan determined to participate in Sunday’s presidential runoff, there appeared to be another who described the election as a choice between deadly diseases.
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Residents in central Oklahoma tend to damaged homes after experiencing the largest quake in state history, magnitude 5.6. Some are worried the Wilzetta fault may be becoming more active.Central Oklahoma was recovering Sunday after a swarm of weekend earthquakes, including the largest in state history, buckled...(more)
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T-shirts, coffee mugs and other merchandise being offered on campsites that have sprung up in cities across countryThe revolution could be trademarked in the US as more entrepreneurs seek to profit from the Occupy demonstrations.T-shirts began to appear days after the first protest on 17 September,...(more)
