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Philippines rescue 2019 SEA Games
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» MANILA - The Philippines have agreed to host the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games after the two other countries next in line, Brunei and Vietnam, declined, a sports official said Sunday.
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Champion Djokovic munches a bunch
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» LONDON - Novak Djokovic celebrated his third Wimbledon title on Sunday with his now traditional nibble of the famed Centre Court grass.
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China probes VP of highest court for graft
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» BEIJING - The vice president of China's highest court has been put under investigation, the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption agency said, the most senior member of the judiciary to be probed as part of a highly publicised anti-graft campaign.
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China brands rights-focused law firm 'criminal organisation'
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» BEIJING - China has denounced a law firm that specialises in rights cases as a "major criminal organisation" after more than 50 lawyers and activists were said to have been detained in a sweeping crackdown.
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At least 18 killed in attack near Afghanistan military base: authorities
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - At least 18 people were killed and six wounded Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack near a military base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost, where Afghan and foreign soldiers are stationed, authorities said.
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With new escape, Guzman's legend grows
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» MEXICO CITY - Folk bands sang his praises. When he was arrested, supporters protested in his home state. Now that Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has escaped again, singers may add a new verse.
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Pope Francis visits slum on final day of South America tour
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» ASUNCION - Pope Francis visited a Paraguay slum on Sunday in a show of support for one of the nation's poorest communities where residents are struggling for land rights.
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Germany showing 'lack of solidarity' over Greece: Stiglitz
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» ADDIS ABABA - Prominent economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz accused Germany on Sunday of displaying a "lack of solidarity" with debt-laden Greece that has badly undermined the vision of Europe.
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Greece's Tsipras faces storm at home over debt talks
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» ATHENS - Whatever the outcome of wrangling in Brussels over its debt problems, Greece may be heading for further political turmoil as defections by leftwingers weaken Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' grip on government.
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Grexit looms in tough eurozone talks
AFP, Published on 13/07/2015
» BRUSSELS - Eurozone leaders set Greece brutal take-it-or-leave-it conditions for a desperately needed bailout deal at a summit on Sunday as an exit from the single currency loomed ever larger.
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