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Rain-plagued US Open is getting a roof
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» The US Tennis Association rolled out ambitious plans Thursday for a weather-beating retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main court of the 22,500-seat US Open Grand Slam.
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Zurich unveils sex drive-in
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» The Swiss city of Zurich on Thursday unveiled a sex drive-in which local authorities say will enable them to keep closer tabs on prostitution, a year after voters backed the plan.
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Djokovic cruises as Federer struggles in Cincinnati
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» Novak Djokovic continued his quest for a first title at the Cincinnati Masters while Roger Federer kept alive his bid for a sixth as the seeded pair advanced into the quarter-finals.
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UN calls for $98 mln in emergency aid for N. Korea
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» The United Nations is in urgent need of $98 million to finance emergency aid for the people of North Korea, the UN coordinator for the impoverished country said Thursday.
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Chinese super-rat roamed Earth 160 million years ago
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» A fossil of the oldest known ancestor of modern rats -- an agile creature that could climb, burrow and eat just about anything -- has been unearthed in China, scientists said Thursday.
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Egypt police takes over mosque with protester bodies: Islamists
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» Egyptian police on Thursday entered a Cairo mosque containing the bodies of several dozen killed Islamist protesters after a brief standoff during which they fired tear gas, Islamist activists said.
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France's 'Devil's advocate' lawyer Verges dies at 88
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» Jacques Verges, the provocative French lawyer who earned the nickname "Devil's advocate" by defending a series of high-profile criminals from Klaus Barbie to Carlos the Jackal, died in Paris on Thursday aged 88.
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Vietnam offers free education to Marxism students
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» Vietnam is offering free classes in Marxism, Leninism and the teachings of Ho Chi Minh in a bid to revive interest in the ideology behind the country's system of government.
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Anti-cheating hats the talk of the town (update 2)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/08/2013
» The room was small; the number of test-takers large. The solution: hats fitted with paper ear flaps to prevent cheating. Then someone took a photo and it was posted to Facebook... (Latest: Hat idea came from students)
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Intel report reveals US-India Cold War cooperation
AFP, Published on 16/08/2013
» A declassified American intelligence report on the use of U-2 spy planes has shed new light on cooperation between the United States and India during the Cold War.
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