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Evacuations underway as floods hit towns
AFP - Fri Nov 20, 6:20 AM

LONDON (AFP) - Rescuers were working on Friday to evacuate about 200 people by helicopter from a town after storms triggered flooding across parts of the country, police said.
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Rock star welcome at home for boxing king Pacquiao
AFP - Fri Nov 20, 2:21 AM

MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines rolled out the red carpet in a rock star reception on Friday for pound-for-pound king and newly crowned World Boxing Organisation welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.
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Peru accuses gang of killing to sell human fat
Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 6:13 PM
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
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Israeli army warns rabbis in bid to avert soldiers revolt
AFP - Wed Nov 18, 1:40 PM

JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Israeli army has warned a group of rabbis that political protests by their students while serving in the military would not be tolerated, the army said on Wednesday.
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Five dead in Italian transport plane crash: military
AFP - Mon Nov 23, 10:42 AM

ROME (AFP) - A military C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed on take-off during a training flight near Pisa in northwest Italy Monday, killing all five people on board, the Italian air force told AFP.
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Separated Bangladeshi twin wakes up
AFP - Wed Nov 18, 8:34 PM

MELBOURNE (AFP) - A Bangladeshi girl separated from her conjoined twin has woken up and looks "fantastic", just two days after the marathon and high-risk operation, hospital officials said on Thursday.
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In modern India, 600 million lack toilets
AFP - Thu Nov 19, 12:58 AM

MUMBAI (AFP) - No one would ever call Radha Jagarya fortunate. The 45-year-old widow and her four children live on the pavement in an upmarket south Mumbai suburb, scraping a living by selling flowers to passing motorists.
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South Sudan violence kills 12, injures minister
Reuters - Tue Nov 17, 4:16 PM
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed and a government minister wounded in clashes in south Sudan, which is preparing for a referendum on whether to split off as an independent state.
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Egypt Bedouin 'killed in clash with police'
AFP - Fri Nov 20, 6:04 AM

CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian police shot and killed a Bedouin in north Sinai on Friday after the arrest of fellow tribesmen prompted clashes, a security official told AFP.
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Poverty, corruption key in Afghan war: Oxfam
AFP - Tue Nov 17, 9:05 PM

KABUL (AFP) - Poverty and corruption are driving the war in Afghanistan, says a survey released Wednesday by British charity Oxfam and local organisations on the eve of President Hamid Karzai's inauguration.
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