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- Wave of blasts kill 19 in Iraq, scores wounded
- Car bomb explodes outside French consulate in Iraq's Nassiriya - police
- Low-fat dairy associated with reduced risk of stroke
- Wave of blasts kill 19 in Iraq, scores wounded
- Asia-Pacific nations promise growth, free markets
- Rescuers told to keep at it after China quake kills 80
- Obama widens lead over Romney despite jobs data
- Hong Kong votes after U-turn on China education plan
- Thousands protest against new round of austerity cuts in Greece
- VIDEO: 'I bathed a tiger at a Buddhist sanctuary'
- VIDEO: Protests over gambling complex
- VIDEO: Prison for drink cycling?
- Rescuers told to keep at it after China quake kills 80
- Police start searching house of Britons shot dead in French Alps
- Hong Kong votes after U-turn on China education plan
- Nicaraguan volcano spews ash cloud, residents evacuated
- Another quake hits Costa Rica
- Pussy Riot torches Putin portrait in new video, Walesa weighs in
- Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Costa Rica
- Egypt, Israel coordinating on Sinai security sweep
| Wave of blasts kill 19 in Iraq, scores wounded Posted: 08 Sep 2012 11:51 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A wave of nine blasts across Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded scores on Sunday as the government grapples with a persistent insurgency. 
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| Car bomb explodes outside French consulate in Iraq's Nassiriya - police Posted: 08 Sep 2012 11:50 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded outside the French consulate building in the Iraqi city of Nassiriya on Sunday, wounding at least two people, part of a wave of nine attacks across the country, police said. 
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| Low-fat dairy associated with reduced risk of stroke Posted: 09 Sep 2012 12:22 AM PDT The consumption of low-fat dairy products such as cheese and yogurt could help reduce risks of strokes, according to a Swedish study from Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet.
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| Wave of blasts kill 19 in Iraq, scores wounded Posted: 08 Sep 2012 11:52 PM PDT BAGHDAD, Sept 9 — A wave of nine blasts across Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded scores today as the government grapples with a persistent insurgency. The most serious incident happened overnight in Dujail, 50km north of Baghdad, when gunmen and a suicide bomber driving a car attacked a military base, killing 11 soldiers and injuring ... 
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| Asia-Pacific nations promise growth, free markets Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:56 PM PDT VLADIVOSTOK, Sept 9 — Asia-Pacific nations, including China, the United States and Russia, will promise measures to boost growth today and reject limits on food exports to try to revive the flagging global economy. Countries on the Pacific Rim were expected to end a two-day summit on an island off the Russian port city of Vladivostok by ... 
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| Rescuers told to keep at it after China quake kills 80 Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:39 PM PDT GUOHUI, Sept 9 — Rescuers in southwestern China yesterday tried to reach remote communities rocked by earthquakes that killed at least 80 people and damaged thousands of buildings, state media reported. Shallow 5.6 magnitude quakes struck an impoverished, mountainous part of the country with poor infrastructure and communications on Friday and ... 
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| Obama widens lead over Romney despite jobs data Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:20 PM PDT WASHINTON, Sept 9 — President Barack Obama, picking up support following the Democratic National Convention, widened his narrow lead over Republican US presidential challenger Mitt Romney in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released yesterday. The latest daily tracking poll showed Obama, a Democrat, with a lead of 4 percentage points over ... 
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| Hong Kong votes after U-turn on China education plan Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:10 PM PDT (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents voted for a new legislature on Sunday, a day after the territory's Beijing-backed leader backed down on a plan to introduce a compulsory Chinese school curriculum after tens of thousands of people took to the streets. 
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| Thousands protest against new round of austerity cuts in Greece Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:37 PM PDT THESSALONIKI, Sept 9 — Thousands of Greeks marched at an annual fair in Greece's second-biggest city yesterday to protest against a new round of wage and pension cuts demanded by international lenders in exchange for aid to stave off bankruptcy. The demonstration by about 15,000 trade unionists and leftists was the first major protest against a ... 
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| VIDEO: 'I bathed a tiger at a Buddhist sanctuary' Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:15 AM PDT Thailand's controversial Tiger Temple is one of the few places in the world where tourists can pet tigers.
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| VIDEO: Protests over gambling complex Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:56 PM PDT There have been protests in the Spanish capital, Madrid, over plans to build a gambling super-complex near the city.
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| VIDEO: Prison for drink cycling? Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:40 PM PDT In Poland, more than 200,000 people have been given prison sentences for cycling under the influence of alcohol. Now ministers are considering changing the laws.
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| Rescuers told to keep at it after China quake kills 80 Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:35 PM PDT GUOHUI, China (Reuters) - Rescuers in southwestern China tried on Saturday to reach remote communities rocked by earthquakes that killed at least 80 people and damaged thousands of buildings, state media reported. 
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| Police start searching house of Britons shot dead in French Alps Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:33 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French and British police began searching the house on Saturday of a British man shot dead in the French Alps with his wife and another woman and a state prosecutor said the man's brother would be officially questioned as part of the investigations. 
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| Hong Kong votes after U-turn on China education plan Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:30 PM PDT (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents voted for a new legislature on Sunday, a day after the territory's Beijing-backed leader backed down on a plan to introduce a compulsory Chinese school curriculum after tens of thousands of people took to the streets. 
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| Nicaraguan volcano spews ash cloud, residents evacuated Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:42 PM PDT MANAGUA, Sept 9 — Nicaragua's highest volcano belched an ash plume up to 5km into the atmosphere yesterday, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of nearby residents. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, authorities said. But the government issued a yellow alert, indicating emergency plans had been activated. The plume formed a ... 
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| Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:29 PM PDT SAN JOSE, Sept 9 — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck north-western Costa Rica yesterday, three days after a powerful 7.6-magnitude quake hit the Central American country. The US Geological Survey said the quake yesterday was centred 64km south-southeast of Liberia, Costa Rica, at a depth of 35km. There was no immediate report of ... 
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| Pussy Riot torches Putin portrait in new video, Walesa weighs in Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:40 PM PDT MOSCOW, Sept 9 — Russian opposition punk band Pussy Riot have released a new video in which they set fire to a portrait of President Vladimir Putin in a stunt likely to anger the Kremlin. Three of the band's members — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich — were last month given two-year jail sentences each after ... 
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| Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Costa Rica Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:15 PM PDT (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck north-western Costa Rica on Saturday, three days after a powerful 7.6-magnitude quake hit the Central American country. 
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| Egypt, Israel coordinating on Sinai security sweep Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:11 PM PDT CAIRO, Sept 9 — Egypt and Israel are coordinating on Cairo's biggest security sweep in decades against militants in Sinai, in which 32 people have been killed, an army spokesman said yesterday, the first clear statement on communication between the neighbours. Israel fears Islamist militants, possibly linked to al-Qaeda, have gained a foothold in ... 
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