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15 injured after man hurled 6 petrol bombs at Tokyo summer samba street festival

Six Molotov cocktails were flung into a bustling summer samba street festival in Tokyo on Sunday (Aug 7) night, wounding 15 people including a one-year-old girl.

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FBI closes books on legendary D.B. Cooper skyjacking of 1971

​The unsolved investigation of the 1971 hijacking of a Seattle-bound airliner and the disappearance of the enigmatic, dapper suspect dubbed D.B. Cooper, is now officially one for the history books, not the FBI.

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Germany shooting: man killed after opening fire at cinema in Viernheim

An armed and masked man has been shot dead by German special police officers after storming a cinema complex in Viernheim, in the Hesse region.

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Man arrested after climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge

​Traffic in the heart of Sydney was brought to a standstill on Friday morning, after a man got out of a taxi and started to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Police shoots man outside Dallas Love Field Airport

A police officer shot on Friday afternoon a man who had been involved in a domestic dispute with a woman outside the Dallas Love Field Airport, and the man was sent to hospital for medical treatment.

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When Saudi women marry foreigners

"This is how racism falls". These are the words of a Saudi man who attended the wedding of his relative, a Saudi bride who married a non-Saudi groom.

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Racial sensitivity urged as ad causes outrage, Chinese company offers apology

The Chinese firm behind a detergent commercial featuring a black man crammed into a washing machine who emerges as a light-skinned Asian has apologised after the commercial went viral overseas and was held up as an example of Chinese prejudices.

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Belgium still hunting third airport suspect, victim toll rises to 35

Belgian police on Monday issued a new appeal for information about "the man in the hat" caught on security camera footage along with two others thought to have blown themselves up in the Brussels Airport on Tuesday last week.

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Indian man allegedly kills 14 family members before committing suicide

A man in Indian state of Maharastra killed 14 members of his family before committing suicide at his house on Sunday, police said.

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Hong Kong reports human H7N9 bird flu case

​This year's first confirmed case of the H7N9 avian influenza virus was reported by Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection on Tuesday.

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Seagull invasion causes flap for passengers on Australian train

​A Melbourne man has reportedly caused public transport "pandemonium" with a bag of fish and chips and a throng of hungry seagulls.

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Man threatening to join IS, bomb Singapore ordered to take mandatory treatment

A man who made the "empty threat" to join the Islamic State (IS) and bomb Singapore has been ordered to undergo 24 months of mandatory treatment for multiple mental conditions by the court, local media reported Monday.

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Neck pillows carry hidden meth from Hong Kong: New Zealand Customs

​Illegal drugs valued at 1.5 million NZ dollars (957,000 U.S. dollars) were found hidden inside two neck pillows carried by a man travelling from Hong Kong to Wellington, New Zealand Customs officers said Wednesday.

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Britain's counter-terror police search home after Tube stabbing in E London

Britain's counter-terror police on Sunday searched a residential address in east London following "a violent unprovoked knife attack" at a subway station on Saturday.

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London underground stabbing treated as "terrorist incident"

A stabbing at a Tube station in east London is being treated as a "terrorist incident," the Metropolitan Police said.

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5 people arrested in Sydney terror-related raids

​Five males aged 16 to 24 were arrested in dawn raid in Sydney on Wednesday in relation to the fatal shooting of an employee outside New South Wales police headquarters last Friday.

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Thai police arrest key suspect in Bangkok bombing

​Thai military apprehended on Tuesday a suspect in the recent bombing attack at Erawan Shrine in downtown Bangkok, said Winthai Suwaree, spokesman of the National Council for Peace and Order.