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Iranian 'may be spared execution'
A lawyer who represented an Iranian woman facing a death sentence on an adultery conviction says she still has a chance to be spared execution and even be set free.
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41 killed in Philippine bus crash
A packed bus negotiating a downhill curve plunged off a Philippine mountain highway into a 100-foot ravine on Wednesday, killing 41 people, police said.
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More rain expected in Pakistan
The worst could be yet to come for people in flood-ravaged Pakistan, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has said.
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Workers rally over company suicides
Young Foxconn workers who normally spend their days assembling iPhones and other high-tech gadgets packed a stadium at their massive campus on Wednesday, waving pompoms and shouting slogans at a rally...
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S Africa faces public sector strike
Hundreds of thousands of civil servants have gone on indefinite strike over pay in South Africa.
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Embassy attacker remains in custody
A Tel Aviv court has approved the detention of a Palestinian who broke into the Turkish Embassy in Israel armed with a knife and a gasoline can, tried to take hostages and demanded political asylum.
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25 people hurt in China landslides
A total of 25 people have been injured, with a further 67 reported missing, after fresh landslides hit another area of China following days of heavy rain.
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Congo rebel attack kills UN troops
Rebels have attacked a UN peacekeeping base in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo killing three Indian soldiers and wounding seven others.
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Policeman killed driver over escape
A Russian policeman has been convicted of shooting dead a snowplough driver who scratched his car.
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Defector mystery after plane crash
A North Korean fighter jet possibly flown by a defector ran out of fuel and crashed in China, killing the pilot.
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Talks held on death sentence woman
Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt has raised the case of a woman sentenced to death for adultery in Iran with the country's ambassador to the UK.
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US judge approves Barclays deal
A judge who questioned whether Barclays Bank Plc was getting off too easily has nonetheless approved a deal that is likely to enable the bank to avoid prosecution on allegations that it engaged in 500...
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Police attack gunman kills himself
A gunman has killed himself during a shoot-out with police in the US after driving an explosives-packed truck into their car park.
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Afghanistan tops 'food risk index'
Afghanistan is at greater risk of suffering disruption to its food supplies than any other country, new research has found.
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Last US combat troops leave Iraq
The last American combat brigade left Iraq on Thursday.
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CIA's new centre will combat WMDs
The CIA is opening a counter-proliferation centre to combat the spread of dangerous weapons and technology.
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Activist surrenders to Peru police
An American activist convicted of aiding leftist rebels surrendered to police in Peru on Wednesday after a court reversed a decision granting her parole and ordered her to return to prison, where she...
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Iceland banker 'faces prosecutors'
The former chairman of Iceland's largest bank, which failed spectacularly in the early days of the world financial crisis, has returned to the island to face prosecutor questions, a local broadcaster...
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Diaz tops risky celebrity searches
If you're looking for Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts or Jessica Biel online, look out!
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Lohan's lawyers meet with new judge
Lawyers handling Lindsay Lohan's criminal case met in closed session with a judge and set a new court date.
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