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Brazil Congress votes on Rousseff impeachment
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» BRASíLIA - Brazil's lower house of Congress is set to vote Sunday on whether to authorize impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, bringing to a head a crisis...
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Iran not sending representative to OPEC meet: minister
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» TEHRAN - Iran will not be sending any representative to a key oil summit in Doha aimed at negotiating a production freeze, Tehran's petroleum minister said on...
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Vandeweghe seals US Fed Cup win over Australia
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - The United States booked a place in the Fed Cup World Group in 2017 when Coco Vandeweghe came from a set down to beat Australia's Samantha...
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Swim great Hackett 'questioned by police over mid-air incident'
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» SYDNEY - Olympic swimming great Grant Hackett has hit the headlines for the wrong reasons again, after he was reportedly questioned by Australian police over...
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Double murder suspect extradited from Hong Kong to US: police
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» HONG KONG - A Chinese national arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly murdering his two teenage nephews in the United States has been extradited back to the US,...
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Social networks offer comfort, confusion in Japan quake
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» TOKYO - People trapped under buildings that collapsed in Japan's double earthquakes used social media to chat to friends and keep their spirits up while they...
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Preparations in 'final stages' for N. Korea nuclear test: report
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» SEOUL - A surge in activity at North Korea's atomic test site suggests preparations for a fifth nuclear test are in their final stages, possibly before a key...
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Best in the world
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/04/2016
» Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon has won the Singapore Open, her third title in a row, qualifying her to become Thailand's first World number one in the sport.
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Four centuries after his death, Cervantes intrigues and enchants
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» MADRID - He is best known for "Don Quixote", but the eventful life of Spain's revered author Miguel de Cervantes was just as intriguing as any adventures...
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Japan twin quakes turned hills into deadly cascades of mud
AFP, Published on 17/04/2016
» MASHIKI (JAPAN) - When powerful -- and shallow -- twin earthquakes struck southern Japan barely 24 hours apart, the verdant hills that gracefully dominate the...