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Move over Olympics, bring on World Indigenous Games
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Move over the Olympics. First, Brazil's hosting games for the world's indigenous tribes, featuring traditional arrow shooting and a little-known cousin of football.
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Serena hits another milestone with ranking feat
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» ST. PETERSBURG (UNITED STATES) - Serena Williams, who owns all four tennis Grand Slam titles for the second time in her career, has achieved another historic milestone in the wake of her Wimbledon victory.
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US seeks to seize assets of woman in Philippines scam
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department moved Tuesday to seize $12.5 million in assets of Janet Napoles, a businesswoman at the center of a broad Philippines corruption scandal dubbed the "pork barrel scam".
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IMF says Greece needs much larger debt relief from EU
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that Greece's EU creditors will have to go "far beyond" their existing estimates for debt relief to stabilize the country's finances.
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Richard Gere speaks up for Tibet at US hearing
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» WASHINGTON - Hollywood star Richard Gere expressed outrage Tuesday over the death in a Chinese prison of a key Tibetan dissident, as the US Congress explored ways to ratchet up pressure on Beijing over Tibet.
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Loyalists retake airport in Yemen's Aden
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» ADEN - Forces loyal to Yemen's exiled president, backed by Saudi-led air and naval support, recaptured the airport in second city Aden Tuesday after a four-month battle with Iran-backed rebels, military sources said.
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Autopsy dismisses foul play in B.B. King death
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» NEW YORK - An autopsy has found that B.B. King died of natural causes, rejecting his daughters' claims of foul play that cast an unseemly shadow over the last rites for the blues legend.
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British government moves to restrict strikes, outrages unions
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» LONDON - Britain's Conservative government announced on Wednesday it would seek to pass a law restricting the conditions under which workers can stage strikes in a move that outraged the country's unions.
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2005 Ashes memories burn bright a decade on
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» LONDON - The 2005 Ashes came to be regarded as one of the greatest Anglo-Australian Test series and indeed one of the most thrilling of all time.
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