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Rescuers dig after Central America storm kills 146

People caked in dirt searched for their loved ones as the stench of mud and sewage from flooded drains filled the air of towns outside Guatemala City …
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U.S. believes it killed al Qaeda leader

The CIA has stepped up the pace of unmanned aerial drone attacks, targeting not only high-level al Qaeda and Taliban targets but largely unknown foot …
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Australian zoo uses Facebook to find monkeys

Symbio Wildlife Park, south of Sydney, said thieves broke into the park on Sunday night and stole a breeding pair of Cotton top Tamarins, their two …
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Spain vows labour reform by June with deal or not

Negotiations on thrashing out a deal were held on Monday after the Labour Ministry said it would extend a deadline for agreement by a week. But …
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Magnitude 6.4 quake hits off India’s Andamans

The USGS said the quake struck at 1:21 a.m. on Tuesday (1951 GMT on Monday) 75 miles (120 km) east of Port Blair at a depth of 79.4 miles (127.7 …
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Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disaster

Researchers have said they have found at least two massive underwater plumes of what appears to be oil, each hundreds of feet deep and stretching …
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Gunmen attack hospital in Pakistan, kill 8 people

Rana Sanaullah, the law minister in Punjab province, says five of the people killed in the attack in the city of Lahore shortly before midnight …
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Missing piece found in particle puzzle

The CERN physics research centre near Geneva, relaying the announcement from the Gran Sasso laboratory in central Italy, said the breakthrough was a …
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Update: U.S. says IAEA report shows Iran’s nuclear defiance

"This latest IAEA report clearly shows Iran’s continued failure to comply with its international obligations and its sustained lack of cooperation …
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Israel boat raid sparks condemnations, protests

Turkey’s prime minister said that Israel had violated international law and shown that it does not want peace in the region. "It should be known that …
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Greece to ban smoking Sept 1 in indoor public places

Last year’s ban was very largely ignored because of exemptions for small bars and restaurants, complex rules and the failure to crack down on …
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Mexico names final squad of 23 for World Cup

Dos Santos, younger brother of Giovani who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray and is in the reduced group, was the major casualty when the final squad …
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Ten dead as Israel storms aid ships, sparks outcry

European nations, as well as the United Nations and Turkey, voiced outrage at the bloody end to the international campaigners’ bid to break Israel’s …
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Iran expands atom work, bomb fear remains

Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) the extra machines will support its work to refine uranium to 20 percent purity. They …
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U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Iraq mark Memorial Day

As some soldiers paused, violence raged on in both places. In Afghanistan, U.S.-led NATO forces launched airstrikes against Taliban insurgents who had …
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Gulf oil spill threat widens, protests planned

U.S. government and BP officials are warning that the blown-out deepwater well feeding the catastrophic spill may not be shut off until August as …
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Rescuers dig after Central American storm kills 96

The first named storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, Agatha slammed into Guatemala on Saturday, dumping more than three feet (one metre) of …
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European Union signals it plans tougher tobacco rules

At an anti-smoking conference on World No Tobacco Day, EU Health Commissioner John Dalli said he believed "the time has come to strengthen our …
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