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BBC News
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Top aid envoys are ramping up pressure on Burma, as reports from the country suggest aid is still not reaching the region worst hit by Cyclone Nargis.
A BBC reporter visiting the Irrawaddy Delta said there was little sign of help from the government, w..
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CNN
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Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Monday that "of course" he would travel to Tehran, despite reports about a possible assassination attempt. Russia's Interfax news agency, citing a source in Russia's intelligence services, said Sunday that suicide..
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Toronto Star
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Prosecutors say they plan to launch a speedy appeal of a Toronto judge's ruling that Canada's marijuana possession laws are unconstitutional.
CBC News reports the judge made the ruling in dismissing charges against a 29-year-old Toronto man charged wit..
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BBC News
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Almost 900 students have been buried by collapsed buildings during an earthquake in south-western China, state media reports.
President Hu Jintao urged "all-out" efforts to rescue victims of the quake, which hit 92km (57 miles) from Chengdu, Sichuan's..
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BBC News
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Authorities in Brazil are investigating reports that a young woman was left in a police cell with some 20 men for a month and repeatedly sexually abused.
The governor of the state of Para, where the reported case took place, has promised a full inquiry..
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BBC News
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that he will visit Iran on Monday as planned, despite reports of a possible plot to kill him there.
"Of course I'm going," Mr Putin told a news conference, ending earlier uncertainty about the visit.
Th..
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BBC News
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Six Italian men have been shot dead near a train station in Duisburg, western Germany, an attack reports say could be linked to a criminal feud.
Five bodies were found in two cars outside an Italian restaurant, while a sixth man died on the way to hosp..
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BBC News
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An explosion has damaged a Russian naval submarine undergoing repairs in the Arctic, but there are no reports of any casualties, Russian media say.
Officials have not specified whether the submarine is nuclear-powered.
The background radiation level..
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FOX News
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The latest witness in the Madeleine McCann case insists he is innocent and has no idea where she may be, Sky News reported. Russian computer expert Sergey Malinka denied reports that he has past convictions for sexual offenses and said his relationship wi..
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CNN
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Police searching for a 4-year-old British girl who disappeared 11 days ago in southern Portugal sealed off a villa Monday near where she is believed to have been abducted, according to news reports.
Detectives were questioning three people in Portimao,..
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CNN
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Authorities have barred ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from returning to Bangladesh, newspapers said, amid reports the government wants her and her archrival to go into exile to reduce political unrest.
The military-backed government ordered authoriti..
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