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Chiang statues become targets as Taiwan confronts history
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» TAIPEI - One has been beheaded, others defaced. Some are dressed in costumes by pranksters. Statues of Taiwan's former ruler Chiang Kai-shek have been increasingly targeted as the island confronts its authoritarian past.
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Tracking the retreat of Arctic ice
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» NY-ALESUND (NORWAY) - Not so long ago, skeleton staff overwintering at the Ny-Alesund research centre could walk on the Arctic town's frozen bay and race their snow mobiles across its surface.
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New 'metallic debris' found on La Reunion island: legal source
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» PARIS - A piece of metal was found Saturday on La Reunion island, where a Boeing 777 wing part believed to belong to missing flight MH370 washed up last week, said a source close to the investigation.
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UAE to try 41 on charges of seeking 'caliphate'
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates is to try 41 people on charges of seeking to overthrow the government to set up an Islamic State group-style caliphate, prosecutors said on Sunday.
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Top general assassinated in Burundi: officials
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» BUJUMBURA (BURUNDI) - A top Burundian general and close aide to President Pierre Nkurunziza was killed Sunday in a rocket attack on his car in the capital Bujumbura, officials and witnesses said.
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Cecil the lion lights up New York's Empire State building
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» NEW YORK - A giant photo of the beloved Zimbabwean lion killed by an American trophy hunter was among images projected Saturday onto the Empire State Building in New York in a dazzling display.
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20 people feared dead in northeast India landslide: official
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» GUWAHATI (INDIA) - Rescuers were searching Sunday for some 20 villagers feared killed in a landslide triggered by torrential rain in a remote region of northeastern India, a local official said.
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Australian parliamentary speaker resigns over expenses scandal
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» SYDNEY - Australian parliamentary Speaker Bronwyn Bishop announced her resignation Sunday following public anger over her travel expenses, as Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a review would be launched into politicians' entitlements.
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Eyes on banks as Greek stock exchange to reopen
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» ATHENS - Attention will be focused on Greece's embattled banks on Monday when the Athens stock exchange reopens after a six-week shutdown over the country's debt crisis.
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Kerry: 'no question' that Iran deal will make region safer
AFP, Published on 02/08/2015
» CAIRO - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday there was "no question" the Iran nuclear deal will make the Middle East safer if implemented, as he sought to win over sceptical allies.
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