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Ireland rugby forward Toner staying at Leinster
AFP, Published on 22/12/2014
» LONDON - Ireland international forward Devin Toner has agreed a new two-year contract with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and will stay at Leinster until at least June 2017.
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Norwegian diver killed off Koh Tao
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/12/2014
» KOH PHANGAN — A Norwegian woman tourist was killed after her head was struck by the propeller of a boat in the sea off Tao Thong beach on Monday afternoon.
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Thailand, China to set up central bank clearinghouses
Online Reporters, Published on 22/12/2014
» Thailand and China agreed on Monday to establish clearinghouses at their central banks to foster commercial ties between the two countries.
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Veteran Essebsi wins Tunisia's first free presidential vote
AFP, Published on 22/12/2014
» Veteran anti-Islamist politician Beji Caid Essebsi was declared the winner of Tunisia's first free presidential election on Monday, capping off the transition to democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
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Car rampage in France 'not a terrorist act'
AFP, Published on 22/12/2014
» A Frenchman who ploughed into pedestrians shouting "Allahu Akbar" had been to psychiatric hospital 157 times and had no known links to jihadist groups, a prosecutor said Monday, easing concerns that the attack was inspired by Islamic extremism.
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Court opens case against Catalan leader for breakaway vote
AFP, Published on 22/12/2014
» Catalonia's president Artur Mas was placed under investigation on Monday for holding a banned vote on whether his region should be independent from Spain.
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Pope's scathing attack on Vatican plagued by ills
AFP, Published on 22/12/2014
» Pope Francis lambasted the Vatican's bureaucracy on Monday, saying some within the Church lusted for power and suffered from "spiritual Alzheimer's" in comments likely to outrage his adversaries.
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Rosneft scraps purchase of Morgan Stanley's oil trading business
AFP, Published on 22/12/2014
» Russian oil major Rosneft, hit by US sanctions over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis, said Monday it had to abandon plans to purchase the oil trading business of US bank Morgan Stanley after failing to win regulatory approval.
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Spain's El Gordo lottery pays out 2.2 bn euros
AFP, Published on 22/12/2014
» MADRID - Spain's Christmas lottery El Gordo, considered the world's richest in prizes, shared out 2.2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) on Monday in a country fighting to recover from years of recession.
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China probes senior party official for graft
AFP, Published on 22/12/2014
» BEIJING - A senior Chinese Communist Party official who was a close aide to former President Hu Jintao is being investigated for "suspected serious disciplinary violations" -- normally a euphemism for corruption -- state media said Monday.
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