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Russian police arrest Kremlin critic Navalny at protest
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was detained by police on Tuesday after he violated his house arrest to join a protest in Moscow over a guilty verdict against him and his brother in a controversial fraud case.
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Gambia foils coup bid, attackers killed: military
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» A group of disaffected soldiers launched a foiled coup bid in The Gambia on Tuesday while the west African state's iron-fisted leader was in Dubai, military and diplomatic sources said.
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Hollow tree in Guinea was possible site of Ebola's Ground Zero
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» PARIS - Insect-eating bats that inhabited a hollow tree in a remote village in Guinea may have been the source of the world's biggest Ebola epidemic, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Korean Air heiress arrested for 'nut rage'
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» SEOUL - Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-Ah was arrested on Tuesday for delaying a flight with a tantrum over snacks in a "nut rage" incident that caused a national uproar, according to a media report.
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The changing face of North Korea's refugees
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» SEOUL - Every year, hundreds of North Koreans risk their lives escaping the reclusive nation, but the profile of those braving the dangerous border crossing has changed markedly from the famine-driven refugees of the past.
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US home prices continue to flatten in October
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» WASHINGTON - US home prices continued to flatten out in October, with the year-on-year rise slowing to 4.7 percent according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday.
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Bratislava 'croissants' offer a taste of the past
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» BRATISLAVA - For Slovaks, it is the stuff of Marcel Proust's madeleine recollections: a scrumptious, crescent-shaped pastry filled with walnuts or poppy seeds that triggers a rush of memories.
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Japan's Inoue grabs WBO junior bantamweight belt
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» TOKYO - Japanese boxing wonderboy Naoya Inoue dethroned Omar Narvaez of Argentina with a second-round knockout and grabbed the World Boxing Organization junior bantamweight title.
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Sanction-hit Russian state bank VTB receives $1.8 bn aid
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» MOSCOW - Russia's second largest bank VTB said Tuesday it has received 100 billion rubles ($1.8 billion) from the country's national welfare fund, part of a plan to recapitalise the banking system hit by the falling ruble and Western sanctions.
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Email, internet 'top workplace tools'
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» WASHINGTON - Americans see email and the Internet as the most important tools for productivity at work, and still prefer landlines over cellphones for the office, a study showed Tuesday.
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