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Teenager stabbed to death at exclusion school

Emergency services were called shortly before 9 a.m. to the Park Campus in West Norwood, a newly built co-educational pupil referral unit. The …
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Undersea cable set to boost West Africa broadband

The 7,000 km (4,350 mile) fibre optic Main One Cable runs from Portugal to Nigeria and Ghana, and also branches out to Morocco, the Canary Islands, …
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Taliban attack U.S. aid support company in Afghan north

The pre-dawn attack happened in relatively peaceful Kunduz province when Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers stormed the offices of Development …
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Strong quake hits off Vanuatu, no reports of damage

The quake was centred 138 miles (222 km) north northwest of the island of Santo and at a depth of 21.7 miles. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in …
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Storm compounds oil spill along U.S. Gulf Coast

BP and U.S. Coast Guard officials said they would probably need to wait until Saturday to put most of their spill-response teams back to work on the …
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U.S. Senate gives rare honor to Byrd

A renowned figure in U.S. politics, Byrd died on Monday at age 92. His body was lain out in a flag-draped casket on a platform on the Senate floor, …
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Drug hitmen kill Mexican official ahead of vote

The violence unfolded in two states just south of the U.S. border and was the latest sign that Mexico’s drug war is growing more intense. Gunmen …
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Australia strikes compromise tax deal with miners

"There will be no resources super profits tax," Prime Minister Julia Gillard said in announcing the new profit-based resources rent tax in …
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U.S. House approves funds for Afghan surge

The House’s Democratic leaders, who had procrastinated for weeks over the bill, did not act in time to get the $33 billion to the troops by July 4 …
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Sinai Bedouins tell Egypt to stop repression

Clashes between Bedouin tribesmen and Egyptian police have intensified recently in the desert peninsula. Moussa el-Delhi, a key Bedouin leader, told a …
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Vengeful new militant group emerges in Pakistan

The emergence of the Ghazi Force was part of the outrage among many deeply religious Pakistani Muslims over the July 2007 attack by security forces …
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Yahoo board approves up to $3 billion of buybacks

The Internet company bought back $385 million in stock in the first quarter. That’s more than Yahoo spent on share buybacks in 2008 and 2009 …
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Petraeus briefs NATO on progress in Afghan war

Petraeus said there would be no change in the counterinsurgency strategy implemented by his predecessor, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was ousted last …
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Poland foresees U.S. interceptors in place by 2018

The interceptors, which target short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, are part of President Barack Obama’s revamped missile defence …
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In speech, Obama to argue for immigration overhaul

Obama was to lay out his rationale in a speech, his first as president on the issue. He wasn’t expected to announce any new proposals or policy …
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German policy changes possible after Merkel debacle

The struggle to get Christian Wulff elected to the largely ceremonial post of head of state on Wednesday, even when Merkel had a clear majority on …
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Trial centering on France’s richest woman opens

A delay would give lawyers more time to study stunning new evidence: secret recordings by the butler of the heiress to the L’Oreal cosmetics …
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Factbox: German commentaries on Merkel’s presidential setback

Following are extracts from Thursday’s German newspapers on Merkel’s nine-hour ordeal in the Reichstag:BILD (Centre-right, mass …
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