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- Skydiver 'lucky to be alive' after parachute fails
- Tokyo to ask Seoul to let court rule on island row
- Taliban leader urges insurgents to cut civilian deaths
- Japan to send back Chinese sea activists to avoid row
- Miss World pageant meets Chinese mining city
- VIDEO: Syrian farmer 'to take on regime'
- VIDEO: Romania crops devastated by drought
- South Korean presidential candidate vows unconditional aid for North
- More than 30 died in South Africa mine crackdown - police
- Finland prepares for euro break up scenario-report
- More than 30 dead in clashes at S.African mine: police
- Stain on the history of Parliament
- AUDIO: Pussy Riot husband: 'Putin will decide'
- VIDEO: Assange mother 'shocked' by UK
- At least 30 died in South Africa mine crackdown - police
- Brussels transformed by flower carpet
- First kiss
- Pandelela to attend Merdeka celebration in Sibu
- China's Hu gives show of support for North Korea
- China to issue verdict in Gu murder case on Monday - court
| Skydiver 'lucky to be alive' after parachute fails Posted: 17 Aug 2012 12:34 AM PDT A New Zealand skydiver was lucky to be alive after a jump from 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) went wrong, thanks to swampy ground cushioning the impact of his landing, reports said Friday.
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| Tokyo to ask Seoul to let court rule on island row Posted: 17 Aug 2012 12:25 AM PDT Japan on Friday said it wanted South Korea to go to the International Court of Justice for a ruling on a disputed island chain, as Tokyo looks to get some diplomatic leverage in a damaging row.
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| Taliban leader urges insurgents to cut civilian deaths Posted: 17 Aug 2012 12:06 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Reclusive Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has urged insurgent fighters to "emphatically" avoid civilian deaths after a swathe of suicide bombings this week that killed 63 people, but said militants had successfully infiltrated security forces. 
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| Japan to send back Chinese sea activists to avoid row Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:41 PM PDT TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan is to send home 14 Chinese activists who were detained after some of them landed on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, but sour notes from Beijing and South Korea showed the latest flare-ups in territorial disputes were far from over. 
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| Miss World pageant meets Chinese mining city Posted: 17 Aug 2012 12:01 AM PDT More than 100 beauty queens from around the globe have descended on the northern Chinese mining city of Ordos on the edge of the Gobi desert ahead of the Miss World final this Saturday.
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| VIDEO: Syrian farmer 'to take on regime' Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:39 PM PDT The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse meets some of the Syrians who have fled to Turkey and yearn to return and take on the Syrian army.
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| VIDEO: Romania crops devastated by drought Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:39 PM PDT Severe drought in Romania has damaged crops and raised concerns over the country's economy.
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| South Korean presidential candidate vows unconditional aid for North Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:24 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Moon Jae-in, the most popular South Korean opposition presidential candidate, said on Friday that if elected this year he would offer no strings attached economic aid to North Korea in a radical departure from current policy that has seen ties between the two states frozen. 
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| More than 30 died in South Africa mine crackdown - police Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:24 PM PDT MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Heavily armed South African police patrolled Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Friday, where more than 30 striking miners were killed the previous day in a police crackdown that drew comparisons with apartheid-era brutality. 
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| Finland prepares for euro break up scenario-report Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:24 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - European leaders must prepare for the possibility that the euro zone breaks up, Finland's foreign minister, Erkki Tuomioja, said in the Daily Telegraph on Friday. 
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| More than 30 dead in clashes at S.African mine: police Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:22 PM PDT More than 30 people died in clashes between police and workers on a wildcat strike at a South African platinum mine, a minister said Friday, after one of the country's deadliest days since apartheid.
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| Stain on the history of Parliament Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:46 PM PDT Amending outdated law is an effort of the Prime Minister's transformation plan. However, it should not be done hastily. Since there is a controversy, they should then review or revoke it, instead of blindly insist on implementing it.
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| AUDIO: Pussy Riot husband: 'Putin will decide' Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:12 PM PDT A judge in Moscow is due to give her verdict later in the trial of three members of the Russian punk band, Pussy Riot. Pyotr Verzilov, husband of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, has said he thinks the verdict will be decided by President Putin.
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| VIDEO: Assange mother 'shocked' by UK Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:43 PM PDT Julian Assange's mother, Christine, says the UK has been ''exposed as nothing but a puppet state of the US'', as Ecuador grants asylum to the Wikileaks founder.
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| At least 30 died in South Africa mine crackdown - police Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:37 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police minister Nathi Mthethwa confirmed on Friday that more than 30 people were killed in a security crackdown on striking miners at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine the previous day. 
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| Brussels transformed by flower carpet Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:03 PM PDT Every two years the Belgian capital unfurls a gigantic carpet of flowers created by 120 volunteers. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT A plaque outside a strip mall in the Hyde Park neighbourhood marks the location where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama shared their first kiss in Chicago.
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| Pandelela to attend Merdeka celebration in Sibu Posted: 16 Aug 2012 09:50 PM PDT London Olympic diving bronze medallist Pandelela Rinong Pamg will be a special guest at the state-level Independence Day celebration here on Aug 31.
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| China's Hu gives show of support for North Korea Posted: 16 Aug 2012 09:55 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Hu Jintao on Friday met the powerful uncle of North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un, in a clear show of support for the impoverished ally as it takes tentative steps to rebuild its shattered economy. 
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| China to issue verdict in Gu murder case on Monday - court Posted: 16 Aug 2012 09:36 PM PDT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese court is due to deliver its verdict, and likely sentence, on Monday in a case against Gu Kailai over the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, in the latest chapter in a scandal that toppled her once-powerful politician husband, Bo Xilai. 
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