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Man fatally shoots himself in front of White House

AmanfatallyshothimselfonthecrowdedpedestrianavenuedirectlyinfrontoftheWhiteHouseonSaturday,officialssaid."Adultmalehasbeendeclareddeceased,"theWashington,DCPoli

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Magnitude-6.0 quake strikes southern Mexico

Amagnitude-6.0quakestruck43kmeastofMexico'ssouthernOaxacastateatadepthof10kmat0656GMT,thecountry'sNationalSeismologicalServicereportedearlyMonday.(ASIAPACIFICDA

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Maldives President sends special envoys to China, other friendly nations

ByAPDwriterEaswaranRutnamMALE,Feb.8(APD)--MaldivesPresidentAbdullaYameenAbdulGayoomhassentmembersofhisAdministration’sCabinettofriendlynationsoftheMaldivestopro

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U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son's meeting

TheU.S.SecretServiceonSundaydeniedasuggestionfromPresidentDonaldTrump'spersonallawyerthatithadvettedameetingbetweenthepresident'ssonandRussiannationalsduringthe

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Disney villains featured on new US postage stamps

TheUSPostalServicereleasedasheetof20stampsthisSaturday,featuring10Disneyvillains.TheclassiccharactersfeaturedincludetheQueenfrom"SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarfs,"Cap

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Palestinian prisoners' mass hunger strike ends after 40 days

Atotalof834PalestinianprisonersremainedonahungerstrikethatendedonFridaynightafter40daysofstarvation,accordingtotheIsraelPrisonService.ThestrikebeganonApril17whe

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Donald Trump hustled off stage in Reno, Nevada, by security agents

White House candidate Donald Trump was bundled off stage by security officers Saturday (Nov 5) after an apparently false gun scare during a campaign appearance.

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Kenyan conservationists to track elephant 'corridors' between parks

Scientists in Kenya are fitting radio collars on elephants to help secure the "corridors" they use between national parks, part of a conservation drive that has seen the nation's elephant population double within the last 35 years.

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A grand night for journalism

Journalists, playwrights, composers and literary talents gathered at Columbia University on Thursday night to celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer Prize.

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U.S. Secret Service detains man attempting to fly drone over White House fence: media

​U.S. Secret Service on Thursday detained a man who was attempting to fly a remote-controlled aerial device over the fence of White House in the country's capital Washington, media here reported.

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British Queen attends service of thanksgiving of VE Day at Westminster Abbey

​British Queen Elizabeth II and royal family members attended a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey Sunday morning, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Europe Day.

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U.S. Secret Service chief says reports of latest scandal exaggerated

​The new chief of the beleaguered U.S. Secret Service said Thursday that recent reports about a "car crash" at the White House barricade by allegedly drunk senior agents were exaggerated and inaccurate.

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Shots fired near U.S. Vice President Biden's Delaware house: Secret Service

​Multiple gun shots were fired Saturday night near U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's residence in the state of Delaware from a passing vehicle, the Secret Service said Sunday.

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U.S. Secret Service lack of leadership, training: panel

The U.S. Secret Service is "starved for leadership" and needs to improve training after upgrading the White House fence, an independent panel said in its Thursday review.

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Fijian volunteer teachers bound for Marshall Islands

​A group of volunteer Fijian teachers to teach in the Marshall Islands were reminded of their role on Thursday in strengthening relations between the two Pacific neighbors.

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Hong Kong honors 283 people for contribution

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) C Y Leung has awarded 283 people in this year's Honors List, the HKSAR government announced Tuesday.