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Sectarian violence erupts anew in Iraq
At least 15 people were killed Saturday in Baghdad and Anbar provinces, police said, in what appeared to be a continuation of sectarian violence.
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Nigerian military kill terror suspects
At least 10 suspected terrorists were killed and 65 others captured as Nigerian troops continued their "massive deployment" against insurgent groups, a defense ministry spokesman said Saturday.
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Dozens Injured at Parade in Virginia
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DAMASCUS, Va. — As many as 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man plowed his car into a group marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town. National Twitter Logo.
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Censoring contemporary art
"On China" host Kristie Lu Stout talks with guests about censorship of contemporary art in China.
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Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
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BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York that derailed in Connecticut and struck another commuter train, injuring more than 70 people, investigators ...
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The orphans of North Korea
Yoon Hee spent 10 years on the streets in North Korea after abandonment, nearly freezing to death in the winters, plucking grass for food and crying so hard at night only the pain in her face could stifle her tears.
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Got THE ticket for tonight's big Powerball drawing?
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(CNN) -- Two dollars and a dream. That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Missouri, convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball jackpot. "People are more important than money.
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Baby pandas enjoy life in China
Twin baby pandas born abroad return to China's Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
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Art in China: On script and cutting edge?
Four months before the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, a woman fired a gun in China's National Art Gallery -- all in the name of art.
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Controversial abuse ad in Saudi Arabia
Last month, thousands of people in Saudi Arabia opened up their newspapers to find a full-page picture of a woman with a black eye clearly visible underneath her burqa.
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Gay footballer chose to escape 'prison'
Four walls, a bed and a slop bowl. If prison represents physical confinement and a loss of every personal freedom, what does imprisonment of the mind feel like?
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Jailed American in 'special prison'
North Korea said Wednesday that the U.S. citizen it sentenced last month to 15 years of hard labor has begun his stay at a "special prison."
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Report: N. Korea launches missiles
North Korea fired three short-range missiles, South Korean Defense Ministry is quoted as saying.
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Ethics an obstacle to women's careers?
Women are less ready to compromise their ethics in pursuit of success at work, a recent study has suggested.
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Africa's football factory scoring big
In football-obsessed Kenya, like much of Africa, the beautiful game is more than just a sport -- it's an inescapable way of life for millions of young people, a sacred carnival that's staged passionately everywhere from grandiose stadiums to gravel fields and dusty patches of land.
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Beijing to Chinese abroad: Be polite!
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang has called on his nation's tourists to improve their behavior, stressing it was important to project a "good image of Chinese tourists," official state media outlet Xinhua reported.
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Feds to probe Connecticut train crash
Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the hospital.
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Pakistani lawmaker killed ahead of vote
Pakistani lawmaker Zahra Shahid Hussain, who alleged vote rigging in Karachi, is shot to death ahead of a highly contested re-run of balloting in her district, sources tell CNN.
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Protests turn violent at Turkish march
Protesters in a Turkish border town hit by twin car bombs a week ago clash with police as they voice their anger over the government's response to the deadly attack.
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