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Kerron Clement powers to 400m Olympic hurdles title
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Kerron Clement of the United States stormed to victory in the men's 400m hurdles on Thursday, holding off a furious late challenge from Kenya's Boniface Tumuti to take gold.
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Team GB confirm athlete robbed in Rio
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - British Olympic officials have confirmed press reports that an athlete was robbed while returning to the Olympic Village in Rio.
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Philippines worried for poor despite strong growth
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» MANILA - The Philippine economy expanded 7.0 percent in the second quarter, official data showed Thursday, but President Rodrigo Duterte's new government said major changes were needed to fix one of Asia's biggest rich-poor divides.
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Uber buying self-driving truck startup Otto
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - The US ride-sharing service Uber announced Thursday it had acquired the commercial transport-focused tech startup Otto as the company presses ahead with its pursuit of self-driving technology.
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Photo of dazed Syrian boy symbolises Aleppo's plight
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» ALEPPO (SYRIA) - A shocked Syrian boy pictured sitting in an ambulance covered in blood and dust after an air strike became a symbol of civilian suffering in Aleppo Thursday, drawing worldwide attention.
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Twitter axes 235,000 more accounts in terror crackdown
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter on Thursday announced that it has cut off 235,000 more accounts for violating its policies regarding promotion of terrorism at the global one-to-many messaging service.
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Was 'Iceman Otzi' a Copper Age fashionista?
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» PARIS - The 5,300-year-old Alpine mummy known as the Tyrolean Iceman died wearing leather clothes and accessories harvested from no less than five wild or domesticated species, a DNA analysis published Thursday revealed.
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Alistair Brownlee defends Olympic triathlon title
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Alistair Brownlee defended his Olympic triathlon title with his brother Jonny taking the silver medal on Rio's Copacabana on Thursday.
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Britain stun 'superpower' for rare badminton medal
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - British underdogs Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge stunned "superpower" China to bag a rare badminton medal for Team GB with bronze in the men's doubles at the Rio Olympics Thursday.
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US star Eaton heads Canada's Warner in decathlon
AFP, Published on 18/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - US star Ashton Eaton will head into the final three events of the Olympic decathlon on Thursday with a slender 115-point lead over Canadian rival Damian Warner.
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