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No casualties reported during 6.2-magnitude quake off southwestern Mexico

A 6.3-magnitude quake jolted 218km southwest of Tomatlan, Mexico at 14:23:13 GMT on Sunday, no casualties or damages have yet been reported.

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Big snowfall in U.S. West slows services, yet thrilling ski resorts

​Skies in Denver, the capital city of the U.S. state of Colorado, began clearing Monday after two days of relentless snowfall and freezing temperatures that caused multiple car wrecks, airport cancellations and school closures throughout the region.

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Bishop says PM's Indonesia comments have proved unhelpful

​Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Tony Abbott's decision to link Australia's attempts at rescuing two citizens from death row in Indonesia with foreign aid funding has proved unhelpful.

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Peking Opera gala enthralls Houston audience

​A Chinese cultural performance featuring exclusively Peking Opera was staged in the U.S. city of Houston on Sunday to celebrate the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.

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Car crashes outside Taiwan leader's office

A black sport utility vehicle (SUV) crashed into a security barrier outside the early on Monday, his office spokesperson Ma Wei-kuo said.

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Blast kills at least 2, injures 9 in eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov

​An explosion killed at least two people and injured nine others during a march in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov on Sunday afternoon, local health department said.

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Top DPRK leader stresses need for army to round off combat readiness

Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un recently stressed the need for the army to focus on rounding off combat readiness this year, state media reported Monday.

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Greece wins time with Eurogroup deal, more tough challenges ahead

​Greece won some time and breathing space pushing away scenarios of an imminent Grexit with the bridging arrangement reached on Friday with its euro zone interlocutors, but more tough challenges lie ahead, according to political analysts in Athens.

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Sri Lanka Air Force rescues Chinese tourist

​The Sri Lanka Air Force on Saturday carried out a rescue mission to save a Chinese tourist who fell off World's End in Nuwera Eliya, in the island's Central Province, an Air Force official said.

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Rail modernizations civilize Spring Festival travel rush

The advent of high-speed rail has greatly increased capacity, and modern trains have made the travel experience a lot more comfortable.

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Execution delay may risk Indonesia's foreign relations

​Indonesia's move to delay the execution of drug and murder convicts following frequent abortion calls from Australia in doing so was thought to be discriminative and may risk Indonesia's relations with countries whose nationals involved in drug cases had been executed.

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Greek official says German stance obstacle to compromise between Greece, creditors

​A Greek official spoke on conditions of anonymity a few hours after the country formally submitted a request for a six-month extension of the four-year bailout loan agreement to the Euro Working Group in Brussels that Germany's stance was the obstacle to a compromise for the formula of cooperation between Greece's new Left-led government and European partners after the current bailout expires on Feb. 28.

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U.S. state governor apologizes to India over police high-handedness on Indian national

Governor of U.S. state of Alabama Robert Bentley has apologized to India for the high-handedness of Madison police against a 57-year-old Indian national, sources said Wednesday.

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Interpol re-issues arrest warrant for Hungary's MOL CEO

​Interpol re-issued on Tuesday an international arrest warrant for the chief executive officer of the Hungarian oil and gas company MOL, Zsolt Hernadi, on charges of bribery.

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Chinese man compensated for 8 years wrongful custody

A man acquitted after spending eight years in prison in east China's Fujian Province has received 1.14 million yuan (186,000 U.S. dollars) of compensation from the state.

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Abe plans new legislation for SDF in rescue missions overseas

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told an Upper House session on Tuesday he plans to draft legislation to allow the nation's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to be deployed overseas to rescue Japanese nationals deemed in danger.

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Xi stresses poverty relief for old revolutionary base areas

Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to end poverty in old revolutionary base areas and improve local people's standard of living.