PNG quake leaves 67 dead as aftershocks rock homes: Red Cross
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- At least 67 people were killed by a major earthquake that devastated Papua New Guinea's remote…
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Syria’s Assad says Ghouta campaign must go on
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday his forces must push on with their campaign to retake…
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Crucial abuse hearing for top Vatican official opens in Australia
by Daniel DE CARTERET Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- A crucial hearing opened in Melbourne Monday to determine…
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China to raise defense budget by 8.1% in 2018
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China announced on Monday an 8.1 percent defense budget increase for 2018, giving the world's largest…
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Berlusconi’s right-wing coalition ahead in Italy vote: exit polls
by Dario Thuburn Agence France Presse ROME Italy (AFP) -- Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing coalition was set to win…
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Overworked nuns rebel against clergymen in Vatican magazine
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) -- Three nuns lashed out on Friday against the menial work they have to do…
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Merkel vows to work for the ‘good for Germany’ as SPD paves way for her fourth term
by Hui Min Neo Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany -- (AFP) Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday vowed to work…
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Baby born on British roadside after snow blocks hospital dash
LONDRES, United Kingdom (AFP) -- It may have been a frosty welcome, but the dramatic birth of a British baby on…
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Police commander slain after kidnapping in Mexico’s Acapulco
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP) -- A police commander was kidnapped in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco and then shot to death,…
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Regime forces advance in Syria’s battered Ghouta
by Hasan Mohammed © Agence France-Presse DOUMA, Syria (AFP) -- Government forces seized territory inside Syria's rebel Eastern Ghouta Saturday, intensifying…
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