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China launches manhunt for serial killer
AFP, Published on 09/01/2012
» Thousands of police in east China have begun a major manhunt for a serial killer believed to be a former armed police officer who has evaded arrest for at least eight years, state media reported on Monday.
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US author traces Rimbaud's mysterious Java journey
AFP, Published on 28/01/2012
» In 1876 French poet Arthur Rimbaud joined the Dutch colonial army, sailed to the Indonesian island of Java and then deserted and fled into the jungle. No one knows what happened next.
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US boosts funding for Alzheimer's research
AFP, Published on 08/02/2012
» The administration of US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday it will boost funding for research into Alzheimer's disease by $130 million, a 25 percent increase over the next two years.
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N. Korea pays emotional birthday tribute to late Kim
AFP, Published on 16/02/2012
» North Korea marked Thursday's birthday of Kim Jong-Il with emotional televised tributes to the late leader, as the regime pledged loyalty to his son and successor.
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N. Korean military stages parade for late leader
AFP, Published on 16/02/2012
» North Korea's military paraded Thursday to mark the birthday of late leader Kim Jong-Il, pledging to defend his son and successor Jong-Un with their lives and crush enemy forces if attacked.
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Thieves loot ancient Olympia museum, minister resigns
AFP, Published on 17/02/2012
» Armed robbers stole more than 60 priceless artefacts including a gold ring from a Greek museum dedicated to the ancient Olympic Games on Friday, prompting the country's culture minister to resign.
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China's VP shows US new style but questions linger
AFP, Published on 19/02/2012
» After a long-awaited trip, Americans have learned that China's likely next leader enjoys basketball and the fresh Midwestern air but are still in the dark on how he will handle rising tensions.
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North Korean team leaves for talks with US
AFP, Published on 21/02/2012
» North Korea's delegation left for talks about its nuclear programme with the United States, in what will be the first significant contact by the two sides since the death of leader Kim Jong-Il.
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AFP photographer captures then and now of tsunami
AFP, Published on 28/02/2012
» Nearly a year after he worked in the tsunami wasteland of northeast Japan, AFP photographer Toru Yamanaka returned to capture the progress that has been made. But even for a veteran journalist, this was no straightforward assignment.
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Parents visit crash site after Alps bus tragedy
AFP, Published on 15/03/2012
» Grieving parents laid flowers Thursday at the site of a bus crash in the Swiss Alps that killed 22 children, plunging Belgium into mourning as investigators sought to unravel the cause of the tragedy.
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