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Heavy rains are extinguishing Australia’s fires

00:49 Scenes of raging fires have been coming out of Australia for months now, but now firefighters say recent heavy rain has helped extinguish over 30 fires. The dry scorched earth wa

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Brussels riot after Morocco World Cup qualifier win

Morethan20policeofficerswereinjuredinBrusselswhencelebrationsoverMorocco'squalificationforfootball'sWorldCupturnedviolent.TheMoroccannationalsidequalifiedforthe

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Dozens injured as Kenya opposition supporters protest against poll body

ThousandsofsupportersofKenya'smainoppositionparty,NationalSuperAlliance(NASA)onMondayreturnedtothestreetsofNairobiandothermajortownstoprotestagainsttheIndepende

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Paris experiments with 'car-free day' across city

Parisianswereencouragedtoroller-blade,bikeorstrollthroughtheCityofLightonSundayfora"car-free"dayintendedtoleavethestreetsvacantforslower,cleanformsoftransport.S

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Millions of Iranian Shiite Muslims mark Shiite Ashura Day

MillionsofIranianShiiteMuslimsheldmourningceremoniesofAshuraDaynationwideonSunday.InthecapitalTehran,themournersmarchedinthestreets,chantingreligiousanthems.Som

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China starts regulating bike-sharing as complaints soar

AuthoritiesinShanghaiandTianjinwillimposeregulationsontherapidlygrowingbike-sharingsectorfollowingmountingcomplaintsoveranaccumulationofmillionsoftherentabletwo

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Turning tourism into spearhead economic sector of the capital

Tourism is currently a strong economic sector for Hanoi. The capital is focusing on raising the quality of tours, creating more new tourism products and improving the tourism environment in order to help this industry develop sustainably and become a ‘green industry’.

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Tabebuia rosea flowers seen in full blossom along streets in Banda Seri Begawan

Tabebuia rosea flowers are seen in full blossom along streets and highways in Banda Seri Begawan, Brunei's capital.

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Baltimore witnesses peace-restoring signs after riots

​Signs of peace showed on the streets of Baltimore Wednesday, a day after the riots-torn U.S. city declared a one-week long curfew.

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Thousands of Cambodia opposition supporters march for Human Rights Day

Around 10,000 Cambodian opposition supporters took to the streets in the capital on Tuesday morning to celebrate the 65th International Human Rights Day despite a government ban on marching.

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Gov't should do more in heeding people's voice

Brazilian authorities have started to respond to the call of the streets but need to do more. The situation, which has seen more than a million people take to the streets in mass protests and sometimes violent clashes, is evolving as authorities have started to respond to the voice of the street.