Emperor urges Japan to be ‘open to the outside’
Japan's Emperor Akihito urged his country to be open to the outside world at a ceremony marking 30 years of…
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North Korean leader rides train on way to Vietnam
by Poornima WEERASEKARA Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armoured train chugged across…
7 years ago
Cardinal calls for global recognition of sex abuse in Catholic Church amid refusal of some clergy to admit issue
A leading cardinal has acknowledged the global scale of the child sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church…
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North Korean leader’s train arrives in China
by Matthew Knight and Claire Lee North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armoured train arrived in China late Saturday ahead…
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Japan’s Okinawa to vote on controversial US base move
Residents of Japan's Okinawa go to the polls Sunday in a closely watched referendum on the controversial relocation of a…
7 years ago
Singer R. Kelly gets $1 million bail
A US judge set a $1 million bail for R&B superstar R. Kelly on Saturday after prosecutors laid out in…
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Toxic alcohol kills 98 in India, hundreds hospitalised
Ninety-eight workers have died and at least 200 others have been hospitalised in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, officials…
7 years ago
Cardinal admits Catholic church files on paedophile priests ‘destroyed’
A top Catholic cardinal admitted Saturday that Catholic church files on priests accused of sexually abusing children were destroyed or…
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Venezuela border tensions turn violent amid aid distribution bid
President Nicolas Maduro's security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday on a crowd awaiting the distribution of humanitarian…
7 years ago
Bashir declares year-long state of emergency across Sudan
by Jay DESHMUKH / Abdelmoneim ABU IDRIS ALI Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared a nationwide state of emergency on Friday…
7 years ago
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