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Japan probe Hayabusa2 makes asteroid landing
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» TOKYO - A Japanese probe sent to examine an asteroid 300 million kilometres from the Earth for clues about the origin of life and the solar system landed successfully on Friday, scientists said.
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Giant tortoise thought extinct found on Galapagos
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» QUITO: Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a live giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago.
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'We give him baguettes': England make light of Tuilagi French link
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» BAGSHOT (UNITED KINGDOM) - Manu Tuilagi has found himself on the receiving end of jokes about baguettes and croissants from England coach Eddie Jones amid reports the Leicester centre is set to pursue a club career in France.
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Bulgarian boiled frog lands Bear Grylls in hot water
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» SOFIA - Environment officials in Bulgaria said Thursday they were considering fining British adventurer Bear Grylls over an episode of his Running Wild series in which he killed a frog and boiled it on a camping stove.
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World benefit concerts for crisis
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» PARIS: Richard Branson's planned Venezuela Aid Live is modelled on other international concerts through history that raised money and awareness for world causes, the first major one nearly 50 years ago.
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Man Utd seek to derail Liverpool title bid as Spurs lurk
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» LONDON: Liverpool travel to Manchester United on Sunday facing the toughest assignment of their Premier League run-in on paper as Tottenham seek to sneak back into the heart of the title race.
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In Russia, a battle to free nearly 100 captured whales
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» MOSCOW - Dozens of orcas and beluga whales captured for sale to oceanariums have brought Russia's murky trade into the spotlight, but efforts to free them are blocked by government infighting.
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Israel's first Moon mission blasts off from Florida
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» WASHINGTON: A rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel's Beresheet spacecraft, aiming to make history twice: as the first private-sector landing on the Moon, and the first from the Jewish state.
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Were dinosaurs killed off by asteroid or volcanoes? It's complicated
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» WASHINGTON - Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Earth some 66 million years ago.
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Australia plays down reports of Chinese coal ban
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» SYDNEY: Canberra on Friday played down reports a major Chinese port had banned coal imports from Australia, as fears grow that worsening diplomatic tensions are damaging the nations' crucial trading relationship.
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