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One of Turkey's best known singers, Bulent Ersoy, has gone on trial charged with attempting to turn the public against military service.
The charges were brought after she suggested it was not worth sacrificing soldiers' lives in Turkey's conflict with t..
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BBC News
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Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said it is "far too early" to seek a solution to the Irish rejection of a European Union reform treaty.
He spoke ahead of talks by EU foreign ministers on how to respond to the Irish No vote on the Lisbon Treat..
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SF Gate
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Massive flooding across a broad stretch of southern China killed almost 60 people and forced 1.3 million others from their homes, state media reported Monday.
People were forced to flee their homes across nine provinces, including Sichuan, still reelin..
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BBC News
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People in the Irish Republic are voting in a referendum on whether to ratify the European Union reform treaty, in a poll anxiously watched across the EU.
All other 26 member states have left the issue to their parliaments, but Ireland is obliged to hol..
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BBC News
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Kerstin Fritzl, the 19-year-old whose illness in April alerted the Austrian authorities to a major incest scandal, will make a full recovery, doctors say.
They say the woman, who spent her life as a captive in a cellar, has taken her first steps since..
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SF Gate
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Investigators examined the scorched hull of a jetliner Wednesday to determine what caused the plane to veer off a runway and burst into flames, killing at least 29 people, officials said.
Sudan Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Abdel Hafez Abdel Rahim..
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BBC News
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Seventy people have been arrested in Australia in a nationwide operation to crack down on the use of images of child sex abuse posted on the internet.
The arrests, which include a policeman and several teachers, followed a six month investigation by po..
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BBC News
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US Navy ships are due to leave Burma's coastline because of the continued refusal of the government to allow them to help victims of Cyclone Nargis.
The navy said it would withdraw the four ships, carrying helicopters and landing craft, after 15 failed..
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MSNBC
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The new funds, from a "generous response" of donors, will go for food in more than 60 countries that have been hardest hit by the food crisis, Sheeran told a U.N. food summit.
"We have mobilized our 10,000 employees and every dollar and euro given to u..
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BBC News
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Max Mosley has won a vote of confidence to stay on as president of motorsport's governing body, the FIA.
More than a third of delegates did not back Mosley at Tuesday's meeting in Paris but he won 103 of 169 votes.
Mosley called the vote following a..
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MSNBC
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Water levels in the lake had been rising steadily and threatened to flood surrounding areas, prompting authorities to evacuate nearly 200,000 people already uprooted by the quake.
But Xinhua said with little rain forecast for the next several days, res..
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MSNBC
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The World Bank estimates that higher food prices are pushing 30 million Africans into poverty. Zoellick said African leaders wanted action, not words.
“It would be unfortunate if (bio-energy) becomes the sole point of debate, because then we would no..
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SF Gate
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China vowed Monday to prevent any outbreak of disease as it cleans up after last month's massive earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people.
Three weeks after the quake struck Sichuan province, the Health Ministry said authorities were working to ensu..
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BBC News
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A leading Turkish gay rights group will fight a court ruling that ordered it be closed for "violating morality".
Lambda, which has become increasingly vocal in calling for gay, lesbian and transgender rights in Turkey, says it will appeal against the d..
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MSNBC
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Amazon Indians from one of the world's last uncontacted tribes have been photographed from the air, with striking images released on Thursday showing them painted bright red and brandishing bows and arrows.
The photographs of the tribe near the border..
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BBC News
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Nepal is due to become a republic and end 240 years of royal rule.
A newly-elected assembly is to meet in the capital, Kathmandu, to abolish the monarchy but its key vote has been postponed for a few hours.
As the assembly was being sworn in on Tues..
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BBC News
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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to take a leave of absence or resign as he battles allegations of corruption.
Mr Barak said he would take his Labor Party out of Mr Olmert's governing coalition if he did not..
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MSNBC
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Shin Hae-suk is convinced looming beef imports from the United States pose a potential danger to her family.
The 54-year-old housewife believes the country will send South Koreans meat at higher risk of mad cow disease. "What if my child eats dangerous..
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SF Gate
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Israel's defense minister issued a tough ultimatum to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, saying he would use his considerable power to topple the coalition government if the Israeli leader does not step aside to face corruption allegations.
The c..
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BBC News
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The French president has suggested that the EU should consider capping value added tax on fuel to help countries deal with surging oil prices.
Nicolas Sarkozy warned there was no sign the oil price would dip and urged EU member states to consider his i..
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