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Two experimental Ebola vaccines show year-long promise

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S. Korea Park's supporters ask U.N. to probe her detention conditions

SupportersofformerSouthKoreanpresidentParkGeun-hyehaveaskedaUnitedNationsbodytoinvestigatewhetherherdetentionduringhercorruptiontrialwaspreventingParkfromgettin

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Brazil's Temer says "unconcerned" about charges, calls for investigation

BrazilianPresidentMichelTemersaidonWednesdaythatheis"unconcerned"aboutthechargesofracketeeringandobstructionofjusticeagainsthim."Ireaffirmthesethingsneedtobeinv

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How posting on Facebook could send you to jail

IsyourlastpostonFacebookgoingtolandyouinjail?Itmightdoifitruinsacriminaltrial.Andthegovernmentisnowlookingforevidenceofwhethernewlawsareneededtostopithappening.

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51 bankers, businessmen on trial in Vietnam for fraud

Aformerbankingmagnateand50otherswentontrialinVietnamMondayoveramulti-milliondollarfraudatamajorprivatebank,asthecommunistnationcracksdownoncorruptioninthesector

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Cosby hires Michael Jackson’s lawyer for sex assault retrial

BillCosbyhashiredMichaelJackson’sformerlawyertorepresenthimathisNovemberretrialonsexual-assaultchargesinPennsylvania.Cosby’sspokesmanannouncedMondaythe80-year-o

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Iran reform leader Karroubi ends hunger strike

IranianoppositionleaderMehdiKarroubi,underhousearrestforsixyears,endedhishungerstrikelateThursdayafterthegovernmentagreedtoremoveintelligenceagentsfromhishome.H

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Thai judge hands down verdicts in major trafficking trial

A judge began handing down verdicts in Thailand's biggest human trafficking trial on Wednesday before dozens of defendants, including a Thai army general, accused of smuggling and trafficking migrants on the Thai-Malaysia border.

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Thai judge hands down verdicts in major trafficking trial

AjudgebeganhandingdownverdictsinThailand'sbiggesthumantraffickingtrialonWednesdaybeforedozensofdefendants,includingaThaiarmygeneral,accusedofsmugglingandtraffic

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Ex-bosses to go on trial over Fukushima disaster

ThreeformerexecutivesatFukushima'soperatorstandtrialthisweekontheonlycriminalchargeslaidinthe2011disaster,asthousandsremainunabletoreturntohomesneartheshuttered

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Park Geun-hye: S Korea trial of impeached president begins

South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has gone on trial for corruption, the latest stage in her dramatic fall from grace.

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TV star Rolf Harris, 87, to be freed from jail Friday

AustralianentertainerRolfHarrisistobereleasedfromaBritishprisonthisweek,aLondoncourtwastoldThursday.The87-year-oldformertelevisionstarhasbeenappearingviavideoli

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MH17 trial could be held in Australia

​A trial for those accused of killing 298 passengers and crew aboard doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 could be held in Australia, one of the nation's most respected barristers said on Monday.

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Brazil Senate expected to dismiss Rousseff in impeachment vote

Brazil's Senate was expected to vote on Wednesday to dismiss President Dilma Rousseff, finalizing a nine-month impeachment process and confirming the country's shift to the right with the end of 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule.

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Brazil's Senate grills Rousseff at impeachment hearing

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Monday fielded questions from senators on day four of her impeachment trial, as police lobbed tear gas to disperse her supporters protesting outside the Senate.

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Brazilian lawmakers ask human rights group for help in Rousseff's impeachment

Brazilian lawmakers from the Workers' Party have filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for help in the impeachment trial of President Dilma Rousseff.

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Chinese scientists pioneer human genetic editing

Chinese scientists will perform the world's first genetic editing trial on humans this month in an attempt to find a cure for lung cancer.