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Northern Irish police uncover large bomb in abandoned van

Some 350 people were evacuated from their homes in the border village of Aughnacloy in County Tyrone late on Thursday, after police were made aware …
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Got any spare change? Give it to Romania

Romania’s cash-strapped government is asking for donations to a fund set up to boost budget revenues and cushion the impact of the economic crisis, …
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Iran calls U.N. sanctions ‘illegal and invalid’

In a defiant statement read out by a hardline cleric at Friday prayers, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the sanctions broke the U.N. …
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Edinburgh book festival welcomes 750 authors worldwide

Nick Barley took over as director of the world’s biggest annual book festival from nine-year veteran Catherine Lockerbie last October, and has added …
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Poland’s Kaczynski visits twin’s tomb on eve of poll

Poles will elect a successor on Sunday to Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in Russia on April 10 along with 95 others, including his wife …
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China stabbing kills one, wounds 11

The 19-year-old suspect started hacking at people in the street around midday on Wednesday on the outskirts of the relatively affluent manufacturing …
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Violence erupts over Bangladesh city poll, 30 hurt

They said supporters of Manzur Alam, contesting the post of city mayor and backed by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ally …
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Tax, jobs bill blocked in U.S. Senate

The bill would have extended popular business tax breaks, stopped a 21 percent Medicare pay cut for doctors treating elderly patients and extended …
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Afghan debate spotlights Pentagon’s mixed messages

The apparent mixed messages come at a sensitive moment for the Pentagon, where some worry that a wave of negativity is undercutting public support …
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Ash crisis costs European airports ?300 million

The Airport Council International Europe says the volcanic ash crisis "essentially broke our recovery," after logging growth of 5.2 percent in …
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Twenty five dead in French Riviera floods, new storm coming

The rescue operations are finished and attention was turning Thursday to clean-up, the regional administration for the Var region said in a statement. …
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Italy bitter about European Union food labelling rules

The European Parliament on Wednesday voted for a draft proposal which toughens mandatory nutritional information on food labels with the aim to …
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Cautious women trump wealthy men in United Kingdom

The survey by consultancy MDRC published this week shows women now make up 51 percent of the population of British people with more than 500,000 …
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Mandela attends great-granddaughter’s funeral

The funeral came as disappointed South Africans faced the strong possibility they will become the first host nation to fail to reach the knockout …
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Switzerland wants to forget shock win over Spain

The 1-0 victory in Durban on Wednesday sent shock waves around the world. "We won this game against the favorite of the tournament, but we keep the …
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Germany commemorates 1953 workers’ uprising

Lawmakers in Germany’s parliament said Thursday that the 1953 uprising was an early cry for freedom from eastern Europe and for German …
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A quarter of children are victims of crime in Britain

The figures, published in an extension of the British Crime Survey, found 2.1 million crimes of theft and violence were directed at under 16s — 24 …
Reuters

Israel says easing Gaza land blockade

A new Israeli-approved product list included all food items, toys, stationery, kitchen utensils, mattresses and towels, said Raed Fattouh, the …
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