At least three people were confirmed dead after a landslide covered an expressway in China's Guizhou province, rescuers said on Monday. Three bodies were pulled out from a car buried by the
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George Bush Sr. hospitalised with respiratory problems
Former US president George W.H. Bush has been transferred, as a precautionary measure, to a hospital in Houston after suffering respiratory problems, according to a statement from his
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Missing Mexican missing students’ parents call for justice
The parents of the 43 students missing in Mexico Wednesday called upon the international community not to forget their children and to pressure the government to provide answers to the fate of their
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Peter Jackson gets Hollywood star
THE kid was Peter Jackson. Forty years later, Jackson realised a dream on Monday when he was back on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The three-time Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker was presented
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Zuckerberg reads Chinese president’s book
ZUCKERBERG, who has long sought market access to China, where Facebook is blocked, was quoted by Chinalco as saying he purchased several copies of Xi's book so he and colleagues could learn about
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Obama riffs on his presidency with Colbert
HIS daughters mock his big ears, he leaves his socks on the floor and sitting behind Stephen Colbert's desk, he says, gives him a greater sense of power. WHEN President Barack Obama was not
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US prepares for CIA torture report release
US embassies and military bases are preparing for security threats ahead of the release of a report on CIA interrogation techniques in the wake of September 11. THE Senate Intelligence
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30 new spider species found in China
Chinese scientists have discovered 30 new spider species in the depths of the Xishuangbanna tropical rain forests, situated in the southern part of Yunnan province with the Lancang (Mekong) river
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US court reserves decision in 1984 case against Congress
A US court has reserved its decision on whether a 1984 rights violation case against India's Congress Party could go before the federal court or dismissed due to lack of "touch and concern" with the
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Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi’s wife, child arrested in Lebanon
Two senior Lebanese officials say authorities have detained a wife and son of the leader of the Islamic State group. A military official says the woman and her son were detained about 10 days ago
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Two killed, several injured in Yemen blast
At least two people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday when a car bomb hit Yemen's capital Sanaa, a media report said. "Two people were dead in the remote detonated car bomb blast
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