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AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» A tugboat contracted by oil giant Chevron has sunk off the coast of Nigeria, leaving 12 sailors missing, an official said on Tuesday.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» PARIS - The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Tuesday reiterated confidence in managing director Christine Lagarde after a French court grilled her over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Houses and mosques were set ablaze by mobs in a town in eastern Myanmar after a Buddhist woman was allegedly "torched" by a Muslim man, authorities said Tuesday, in a fresh bout of religious violence.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Gunmen killed a female health worker taking part in a WHO-supported anti-polio drive in northwest Pakistan Tuesday, police said, the latest in a series of deadly attacks on vaccination teams.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Cuba will expand limited public access to the Internet next month by opening up another 118 places where people on this communist-run island can surf the Web for a fee, authorities said Tuesday.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Graeme Swann thanked surgeon Shawn O'Driscoll for saving his career after his Test-best match haul saw England to a crushing win over New Zealand.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Liverpool revealed on Tuesday that they have agreed to sign Ivory Coast defender Kolo Toure when his Manchester City contract expires on July 1.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» England have named centurion Ashley Cole as captain for a friendly international against the Republic of Ireland; but the gesture came back to bite manager Roy Hodgson at a pre-match press conference as confusion reigned over exactly who would wear the armband.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» Novak Djokovic, bidding to win a first French Open and become just the eighth man to complete a career Grand Slam, played a game of patience with the Paris rain Tuesday and it paid off.
AFP, Published on 29/05/2013
» A member of a loosely organized group of hackers accused of breaching computer networks of the FBI and a global intelligence firm pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy charges, officials said.