Taiwan dispatched naval, land and air forces on Wednesday after China launched a live-fire exercise zone just 40 nautical miles…
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Canadian MP claims ‘honk honk’ is code for ‘heil Hitler’
Canadian Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks stated Monday that the onomatopoeia “honk honk” was a coded message meaning “heil Hitler.” Saks…
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Indonesia urged to take stern action on illegal bird trade
JAKARTA, Indonesia – A wildlife trade monitoring group has called on Indonesia to take strong action against traders of endangered…
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Survivor of Dubai airline crash-landing wins $1M in lottery
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – After he escaped unharmed from the burning wreckage of an Emirates airplane that had crash-landed…
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Chinese man sets fire to moving bus, killing 17, authorities say
BEIJING – A Chinese man upset over a financial dispute set fire to a moving bus and fled as the…
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Israeli Military Preparing for Possible Border Clashes
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military is preparing for the possibility of violent protests along its borders in the coming days,…
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Karzai signs Afghan election reforms into law
KABUL (AFP) – President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday approved changes to the make-up of Afghanistan’s electoral complaints watchdog, removing foreign…
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Cisse quits Newcastle tour on religious grounds – reports
LONDON (AFP) – Papiss Cisse has withdrawn from Newcastle’s pre-season tour of Portugal after refusing to wear club sponsor Wonga’s…
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S. Africa mine massacre probe in crisis as more lawyers walk out
JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng (AFP) – Lawyers for relatives of 34 miners gunned down by South African police nearly a year ago…
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Iraq Kurds delay presidential polls over row
ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) – Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed on Sunday to delay controversial presidential polls for two years as they…
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