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Helicopter carrying up to 17 people crashes off Norway
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» OSLO - A helicopter crashed off the western coast of Norway on Friday, police said, with media reporting that 13 to 17 people were on board.
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Kenya demands total ivory ban to stop elephant slaughter
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» NANYUKI (KENYA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday demanded a total ban on trade in ivory to end trafficking and prevent the extinction of elephants in the wild.
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Platini in court for make-or-break appeal
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» LAUSANNE - UEFA's fallen chief Michel Platini mounted a final challenge against his six-year ban from football on Friday in an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), with ally-turned-foe Sepp Blatter testifying for FIFA.
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Gucci warns over Hong Kong paper fakes for the dead
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» HONG KONG - Luxury fashion brand Gucci has warned Hong Kong shops selling paper handbags and other goods as offerings for the dead not to market items resembling their products.
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Chile's Aguilar in front at China Open
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» BEIJING - Chilean Felipe Aguilar leapt to the top of the Volvo China Open leaderboard with a seven-under-par 65 on Friday before the second round was suspended because of bad weather in Beijing.
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AFP launches 2016 Kate Webb Prize for Asian journalists
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» HONG KONG - Agence France-Presse on Friday launched the 2016 Kate Webb Prize to recognise exceptional Asian journalists doing difficult and dangerous work across the region.
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ExxonMobil earnings plummet 63% on plunging oil prices
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» NEW YORK - US energy giant ExxonMobil reported Friday that first-quarter earnings dived 63 percent to $1.8 billion due to plunging oil prices.
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Nepali girls 'marry' Hindu god to protect from widowhood
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» KATHMANDU - It's a big day for nine-year-old Nepali schoolgirl Riddhima Shrestha and her three-year-old sister, Ishita, as they dress up in silk brocade and gold jewellery, preparing to wed a Hindu god.
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Grant Hackett vows to quit booze after drunken 'nipple-squeezing'
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» SYDNEY - Australian swimming great Grant Hackett Friday said he plans to quit drinking after a highly publicised meltdown on a plane which left him with a "deep sense of shame".
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US consumer spending flat in March
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - US consumers held tight to their wallets in March, spending barely more than they had in February despite enjoying higher incomes, according to Commerce Department data issued Friday.
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