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Demonstrations pose biggest challenge yet to prime minister and expose government influence over mediaTurkish protesters controlled Istanbul's main square again on Sunday after two days of violent clashes with rampaging riot police, despite being dismissed as an "extremist fringe" by the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.The...(more)
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Staff Sergeant Robert Bales due to plead guilty to March 2012 massacre of 16 people, in return for life sentenceRelatives of 16 Afghan civilians killed by a US soldier during a midnight rampage through two villages have expressed fury over a plea bargain that could see...(more)
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Hotel security guard is charged with murder after shooting of spokesman for Ati people, who claim ancestral land rightsIt is considered one of the world's most beautiful islands, a still-not-totally-discovered destination where tourists can frolic on white sands by day and sip cocktails by night in...(more)
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The family of an American woman, believed to be the first American killed during fighting in Syria, say she was brainwashed into going.
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Three storm chasers were among the nine killed in the deadly EF-3 tornado that ripped through El Reno, Okla., on Friday. Colorado storm chaser Tim Samaras, 55, his son Paul Samaras, 24, and his longtime chase partner Carl Young, 45, were killed, Tim Samaras' brother confirmed...(more)
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A wildfire burning close to two foothill communities north of Los Angeles is growing rapidly.
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Homes are evacuated across southern Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland as rivers reach dangerous levels following days of rain.
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An Essex Sunday league football team celebrates its title success with an open top bus parade around their home town.
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A number of people are killed in rare clashes on Lebanese soil between Syrian rebels and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, say reports.
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The president of the the Indian cricket board is to step aside until IPL spot-fixing investigations are completed.
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Yes, the economy is improving, but too many Americans are being left behind, while the rich keep getting richerThe front pages of American newspapers are filled with stories about how the US economy is recovering. There is some truth to that. Since President George W Bush...(more)
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Supreme constitutional court ruling expected to widen rift between Egypt's judiciary and Islamist-dominated governmentEgypt's supreme constitutional court (SCC) has ruled that the country's upper house of parliament and constitution-drafting assembly were elected illegally.The shura council is the only body in Egypt with legislative powers, following a...(more)
