Majority of Brazil senators back Rousseff impeachment
by Sebastian Smith BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff prepared Thursday to cede power to her vice president-turned-enemy,…
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EU Celebrates Silver Year in the Philippines
The European Union celebrated 25 years of partnership with the Philippines at the Europe Day reception in Makati City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skhBEEEo-DM&feature=youtu.be
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Yemen Qaeda hits army with 3 suicide bombings: military
ADEN , Yemen (AFP) -- Al-Qaeda militants, including three suicide bombers who blew up vehicles, attacked Yemeni government troops outside…
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Cricketer in Bangladesh beaten to death with stump
DHAKA , Bangladesh (AFP) -- A teenage cricketer in Bangladesh was allegedly killed by a stump-wielding batsman after he taunted…
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Security tight in Bangladesh for strike over Islamist’s hanging
DHAKA , Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh Thursday deployed thousands of police in the capital to prevent violence, after the main…
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British ‘barbarians’ need manners lesson, says China paper in rudeness row
BEIJING , China (AFP) -- The British media is riddled with "barbarians" who would benefit from a lesson in manners…
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Tourists jump for lives from burning Australia boat
SYDNEY , Australia (AFP) -- More than 40 tourists, many of them elderly Chinese, were recovering Thursday after jumping into…
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Shaking felt in Taipei as 5.6-magnitude quake hits
TAIPEI , Taiwan (AFP) -- Buildings shook violently in Taiwan's capital Taipei Thursday as a 5.6-magnitude quake hit off the…
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Four Indonesians held hostage in the Philippines freed
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Wednesday, May 11 said that the four Indonesian sailors who had been…
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