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Kerron Clement powers to 400m Olympic hurdles title
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Kerron Clement of the United States stormed to victory in the men's 400m hurdles on Thursday, holding off a furious late challenge from Kenya's...
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Team GB confirm athlete robbed in Rio
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - British Olympic officials have confirmed press reports that an athlete was robbed while returning to the Olympic Village in Rio.
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Philippines worried for poor despite strong growth
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» MANILA - The Philippine economy expanded 7.0 percent in the second quarter, official data showed Thursday, but President Rodrigo Duterte's new government said...
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Uber buying self-driving truck startup Otto
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - The US ride-sharing service Uber announced Thursday it had acquired the commercial transport-focused tech startup Otto as the company presses...
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Photo of dazed Syrian boy symbolises Aleppo's plight
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» ALEPPO (SYRIA) - A shocked Syrian boy pictured sitting in an ambulance covered in blood and dust after an air strike became a symbol of civilian suffering in...
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Twitter axes 235,000 more accounts in terror crackdown
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter on Thursday announced that it has cut off 235,000 more accounts for violating its policies regarding promotion of terrorism at the global...
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Was 'Iceman Otzi' a Copper Age fashionista?
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» PARIS - The 5,300-year-old Alpine mummy known as the Tyrolean Iceman died wearing leather clothes and accessories harvested from no less than five wild or domesticated...
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Alistair Brownlee defends Olympic triathlon title
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Alistair Brownlee defended his Olympic triathlon title with his brother Jonny taking the silver medal on Rio's Copacabana on Thursday.
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Britain stun 'superpower' for rare badminton medal
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - British underdogs Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge stunned "superpower" China to bag a rare badminton medal for Team GB with bronze...
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US star Eaton heads Canada's Warner in decathlon
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - US star Ashton Eaton will head into the final three events of the Olympic decathlon on Thursday with a slender 115-point lead over Canadian rival...