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Market blaze in Tunis 

World
2012-5-25

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Man in custody over New York boy missing since 1979 

World
2012-5-25

A PERSON in custody has implicated himself in one of New York City's highest profile crimes in history, one that helped launch a missing children's movement across the United States. A law enforcement official...

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Solar jet on first transcontinental flight 

World
2012-5-25

AN experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight yesterday, aiming to reach North Africa next week. Pilot Andre Borschberg planned to take the jumbo jet-size...

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Zuma's lawyer sobs at portrait hearing 

World
2012-5-25

A LAWYER for South Africa's president broke down in tears yesterday as he tried to convince three judges that the display of a portrait that depicts the president's genitals is unlawful. The three South Gauteng...

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No smoking please, we are in New Zealand 

World
2012-5-25

THERE are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country? New Zealand's government yesterday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40 percent hike in tobacco...

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Iran blasts West as nuke talks hit snag 

World
2012-5-25

IRAN accused world powers yesterday of creating "a difficult atmosphere" that had hindered talks on its atomic energy program, signalling a snag in diplomacy to defuse fears of alleged Iranian effort to develop nuclear...

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Auction of Reagan blood vial called off 

World
2012-5-25

AN auction house yesterday cancelled the sale of a vial containing dried blood residue said to be from Ronald Reagan, announcing the seller will instead donate the item to the late United States president's foundation. ...

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Pedophile to be castrated chemically 

World
2012-5-25

SOUTH Korea plans to chemically castrate a sex offender convicted of repeated crimes against children, the country's first use of the punishment, officials said yesterday. The 45-year-old man will get an injection...

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Thais go gaga as the Lady wants fake Rolex 

World
2012-5-25

LADY Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok - for a fake Rolex. The singer made the comment to her 24 million Twitter followers, sparking an online uproar yesterday in Thailand where some fans called it offensive,...

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US orders Confucius Institute teachers to leave the country 

World
2012-5-24

THE US State Department has ordered Chinese academics with a J-1 visa and teaching at the Confucius Institutes in the US to leave the country before June 30 and said their visas won't be extended, in a move that could...

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45 Chinese arrested in Nigeria for 'illegal textile trade' 

World
2012-5-24

FORTY-FIVE Chinese nationals were arrested by Nigerian immigration authorities for "conducting illegal textile trade," the People's Daily reported today. These Chinese, 34 men and 11 women, were caught on Tuesday...

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With kids, career, no time to direct, says Brad Pitt 

World
2012-5-24

BRAD Pitt, in Cannes to promote his latest movie "Killing Them Softly", has no intention of following fiancee Angelina Jolie into directing, he told Reuters yesterday. The 48-year-old, one of Hollywood's biggest...

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Phony 'dying bride' ordered to repay victims 

World
2012-5-24

A New York bride who faked having terminal cancer to swindle well-wishers into funding her dream wedding and honeymoon to the Caribbean yesterday was ordered to repay more than US$13,000 to her victims, prosecutors...

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Pakistani who helped US gets 33 years in jail 

World
2012-5-24

A PAKISTANI doctor who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison yesterday for conspiring against the state, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country's relationship...

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Early easing of nuke sanctions unlikely despite Iran's appeals 

World
2012-5-24

DIPLOMATS from six world powers offered Iran new proposals yesterday to ease international concerns about its nuclear program, but appeared to reject Tehran's appeals to ease economic sanctions to help move along...

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DNA search for yeti announced 

World
2012-5-24

EUROPEAN researchers are planning to use new techniques to analyze DNA that could help crack the mystery of whether Bigfoot exists. In a project announced this week, Oxford University and Lausanne Museum of Zoology...

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Secret Service's conduct 'troubling' 

World
2012-5-24

THE US lawmaker leading an inquiry into the nation's Secret Service prostitution scandal reported yesterday dozens of "troubling" episodes of past misbehavior and appealed to insiders to come forward with what they...

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Bomb threat in Buenos Aires 

World
2012-5-24

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Free choice as Egypt votes for new president 

World
2012-5-24

MORE than 15 months after Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians streamed to polling stations yesterday to freely choose a president for the first time in generations. Waiting hours in line, some debated to the...

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First it was an octopus, now an elephant ... 

World
2012-5-24

WHO'S going to win the European Championship? Just ask an elephant - or a pig. Poland's answer to Paul the Octopus - who gained worldwide fame for his 2010 World Cup predictions - is Citta the elephant. Ukraine...