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- VIDEO: Dublin patron saint's heart stolen
- Fresh from deal with U.S., N.Korea vows "sacred war" on South
- China says defence budget to rise 11.2% in 2012
- Indian college turns rural women into engineers
- French stiletto king takes red soles to dance at Crazy Horse
- Pristine Norwegian fishing area divided on prospect of oil
- The real lives behind new hit book on Mumbai slums
- No plans to reduce public holidays: Muhyiddin
- 35 foreigners detained in immigration op
- Calm weather a respite in U.S. tornado zone where 39 died
- Afghan army chief warns against another NATO blunder
- China boosts defence spending by 11.2 percent
- Japan emperor leaves hospital after heart bypass
- Romney catches Santorum in Ohio dead heat
- China lead pollution poisons 160 children
- EU breast cancer deaths 'to drop 9%' in 2012: study
- Radiation fears haunt Japanese food shoppers
- Rescue, cleanups continue in U.S. tornado zone, 39 dead
- China lead pollution poisons 160 children - report
- China boosts defence budget by 11.2 percent for 2012
| VIDEO: Dublin patron saint's heart stolen Posted: 04 Mar 2012 01:04 AM PST The preserved heart of Dublin's patron saint has been stolen from the city's Christ Church Cathedral
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| Fresh from deal with U.S., N.Korea vows "sacred war" on South Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:17 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened "sacred war" against the South in a huge rally in the capital Sunday just days after the secretive state agreed with the United States to suspend its nuclear weapons tests and allow back international nuclear inspectors. 
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| China says defence budget to rise 11.2% in 2012 Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:46 PM PST China's defence budget will rise 11.2 percent in 2012 to 670.27 billion yuan ($106.41 billion), a government spokesman said Sunday, amid growing concerns about Beijing's military build-up.
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| Indian college turns rural women into engineers Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:45 PM PST It gives no degrees and the teachers and pupils often do not share a common language, but India's Barefoot College has been transforming the lives of rural women for four decades.
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| French stiletto king takes red soles to dance at Crazy Horse Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:44 PM PST Christian Louboutin, the French designer whose red soles and teetering high heels make female fashionistas swoon, has taken his shoes to dance at the Crazy Horse, the Paris cabaret that insists its strip show is art.
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| Pristine Norwegian fishing area divided on prospect of oil Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:43 PM PST Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect of the black gold has sparked heated debate.
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| The real lives behind new hit book on Mumbai slums Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:42 PM PST In her Mumbai shack, Manju Waghekar wonders if she will regret revealing the grim secrets of corruption, alcoholism and death among her friends and family for a searing new book on life in an Indian slum.
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| No plans to reduce public holidays: Muhyiddin Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:38 PM PST The government has no plans to reduce public holidays when the minimum wage proposal is implemented as it has taken into account productivity.
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| 35 foreigners detained in immigration op Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:37 PM PST Thirty-five foreigners, including five women, were detained in an operation mounted by the Immigration Department at three locations here early today.
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| Calm weather a respite in U.S. tornado zone where 39 died Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:06 PM PST CRITTENDEN, Kentucky (Reuters) - Calm weather gave dazed residents of storm-wracked towns a respite early on Sunday as they dug out from a chain of tornadoes that cut a swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least 39 people. 
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| Afghan army chief warns against another NATO blunder Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:04 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - The burning of Korans at a NATO base in Afghanistan advanced the Taliban's cause and any repeat of similar "negligence" by Western forces would be disastrous, the Afghan army chief of staff has warned. 
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| China boosts defence spending by 11.2 percent Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:03 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China will boost military spending by 11.2 percent this year, the government said on Sunday, unveiling Beijing's first defence budget since President Barack Obama launched a "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence across the Asia-Pacific. 
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| Japan emperor leaves hospital after heart bypass Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:10 PM PST TOKYO, March 4 — Japan's Emperor Akihito was discharged from hospital today following successful coronary bypass surgery, media reported. Akihito, 78, wants to attend a state memorial service to mark the anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, although doctors have told him that he should not return to official duties for at least a ... 
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| Romney catches Santorum in Ohio dead heat Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:37 PM PST WASHINGTON, March 4 — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has surged into a dead heat with Rick Santorum in the Ohio primary, setting up a cliffhanger race on Tuesday, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released today. The former Massachusetts governor and former US senator from Pennsylvania are tied with 32 per cent support from likely ... 
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| China lead pollution poisons 160 children Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:30 PM PST BEIJING, March 4 — Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 children, Xinhua said today in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins. Children from Dongtang town in Renhua country were found to have "elevated" levels of lead in their blood after inhaling ... 
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| EU breast cancer deaths 'to drop 9%' in 2012: study Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:02 PM PST The number of women dying from breast cancer in the European Union is expected to drop by nine percent this year thanks to advances in treatments, researchers said on Wednesday.
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| Radiation fears haunt Japanese food shoppers Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:32 PM PST For Japanese shoppers, food safety was taken for granted until the Fukushima crisis. Now many have lost faith in government guarantees and fear that radiation could have contaminated their diet. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Rescue, cleanups continue in U.S. tornado zone, 39 dead Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:32 PM PST HENRYVILLE, Ind./CRITTENDEN, Kentucky (Reuters) - Rescue teams and residents combed through storm-wracked towns to assess damage on Saturday from a chain of tornadoes that cut a 1,000-mile (1,600-km) swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, as the death toll rose to at least 39 people. 
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| China lead pollution poisons 160 children - report Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:27 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 children, Xinhua said on Sunday in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins. 
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| China boosts defence budget by 11.2 percent for 2012 Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:14 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China will boost military spending by 11.2 percent this year, the government said on Sunday, unveiling Beijing's first defence budget since President Barack Obama launched a "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence across the Asia-Pacific. 
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