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Toll rises to 50 in Malaysian migrant boat accident, survivor found
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian rescuers have recovered the bodies of 35 more Indonesian migrants killed when their boat sank three days ago, along with another survivor, taking the toll in the disaster to 50, officials said Sunday.
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30 years on, French agent apologises for sinking the Rainbow Warrior
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» PARIS - The French secret service frogman who attached the mines which sank the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand 30 years ago apologised for his actions in an interview Sunday with investigative website Mediapart.
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Conservative Bangladesh launches first lesbian comic strip
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» DHAKA - Bangladesh's first comic strip featuring a young lesbian discovering her sexuality has been launched in the capital to raise awareness of the plight of gays in the conservative Muslim-majority nation.
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Australia firm on refugee quota, but will admit more Syrians
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» SYDNEY - Australian leader Tony Abbott said Sunday the government would welcome a higher portion of Syrian refugees amid Europe's humanitarian crisis, but would not increase its annual refugee intake.
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Manila warns China to tone down sea rhetoric
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» MANILA - Beijing must offer more than hollow promises if it wishes to secure peace in the disputed South China Sea and beyond, a spokesman for the Philippine defence department said Sunday.
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Air strikes rock Yemen capital after rebel attack
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» SANAA - Powerful explosions shook the Yemeni capital Sunday, witnesses said, after the Saudi-led coalition vowed to press its air war following a rebel missile strike that killed dozens of Gulf soldiers.
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Turkish policeman who found Aylan says: 'I thought of my own son'
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» ISTANBUL - A Turkish police officer who was pictured picking up the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi -- whose death pricked the world's conscience -- said he thought of his own son when he saw the toddler on the beach.
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Russians live it up in 'Londongrad' in new TV show
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» MOSCOW - Riding around London in a beat up Lada are an unlikely team: a maths genius, a beautiful heiress and an unflappable taxi driver who speaks no English.
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Italy keeper Buffon set for 150 caps
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» MILAN - Legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon hopes to stretch his impressive tally of caps for Italy past the 150 mark as he targets playing for several more seasons at the top level.
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Australia's Shane Watson announces Test retirement
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» LONDON - Australia's veteran all-rounder Shane Watson announced on Sunday his retirement from Test cricket.
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