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US elections: Small town of Dixville Notch keeps up tradition of being first to vote, Clinton wins with four votes

The first result from the US presidential election on Tuesday (Nov 8) is out. Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton has won in Dixville Notch, a tiny town in New Hampshire with just eight votes.

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Trump rips Obamacare, Clinton as rivals blitz Florida

White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump staged dueling rallies in crucial battleground Florida, with the Republican billionaire zeroing in on the Obamacare health overhaul as a job-killing, wallet-busting "monster."

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"Enough is enough":Michelle Obama tears into trump in devastating speech

​Her voice shaking, the First Lady dismantled every one of Trump’s excuses for his behavior toward women.

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President Obama Honors U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams at White House

​U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House here on Thursday, congratulating what they did at Rio Olympics.

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First U.S. presidential debate unveils amid tight security, media fervor

​Helicopters hovering overhead, roads blocked miles away from the central campus, police and U.S. Secret Service personnel guarding checkpoints with the help of sniff dogs ...

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Violent attacks deal new blow to French tourism

​Recent violent attacks on civilians in France have dealt a new blow to the country's tourism that has yet to recover fully from the bloody assaults in Paris in January and November last year.

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Australian electorate decided by just 37 votes month after federal election

Australia's federal election has come to a close 31 days after Australian's headed the polls, after it was revealed the knife's edge seat of Herbert had been won by Labor candidate Cathy O'Toole by just 37 votes.

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Suicide bombing occurs in central Java, Indonesia

​A suicide bomber exploded himself at a police office in Solo of Central Java earlier Tuesday, killing the bomber and badly injuring a police officer, local Metro TV reported here.

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Syrian refugee brings his art to Lithuania

A faceless skull with a crown of spikes and blood pouring from its wounds, symbolizing a Syrian caught in the horror of civil war, stares out from a painting on the wall in a student theater in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

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Islamic State issues warning in video after Brussels attacks:media

The Islamic State issued two videos on Friday warning that the "nightmare" of the Brussels terror attacks "had only just begun".

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Aussie opens new business to let people give vent to stress, sorrow by smashing things

​An Australian entrepreneur has opened up a business in Melbourne where heartbroken, jilted or frustrated people can smash assorted items in a room as a way to relieve stress.

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'Murder-suicide': Australian town mourns drowned children

A South Australian community is in mourning after a popular young father drove off a jetty at high speed with his two children in the car.

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2015: the year the fingerprint sensor stopped being a gimmick

Smartphone security no longer has to be a chore thanks to effective biometrics that do their jobs and get out of your way without compromising your data

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Phil Quinn: Don't push Trump panic button yet

Queues are forming at fainting couches, and nostrils are flaring with unconstrained indignation at Donald Trump's daily outrages - and there's no denying the man is a loathsome cretin. But when it comes to extrapolating this self-evident insight into into a broader critique of the alleged cravenness of the American political mind, I offer a word or two of caution.

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Hopes dim for 100 miners missing after landslide near Myanmar jade mine

Hopes faded on Monday that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar smashed into a makeshift settlement, burying mine workers as they slept.

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Shooting scare reported on U.S. campus one day after on-air killings in Virginia

​Mississippi State University on Thursday said a suspected shooter was taken into custody, just minutes after an alert was issued to tell students to seek shelter due to the active shooter situation.