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Stranded Australians surrounded by fires rescued

02:48 Australia's Navy has started to evacuate people trapped by bushfires on the country's south-eastern coast.An official has called it an "unprecedented mass relocation of civilians

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Fire in southern Thailand's Phiphi island engulfs 25 houses, injuring 9

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Feb.7(APD)-AfirebrokeoutinsouthernThailand'sfamoustourismdestinationPhiPhiisland,injuringnineincludingsixforeigntourists,localmedia

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2 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan

AtleasttwopeoplewerekilledinaU.S.dronestrikeinPakistan'snorthwesttribalareaofOrazkaiAgencyonWednesday,localreportssaid.Thepilotlessaircraftfiredtwomissilesataco

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Pakistan attack: 'Heavy gunfire' heard at Peshawar training centre

SeveralpeoplearereportedtobeinjuredaftergunmenstormedauniversityinthePakistanicityofPeshawar.Atleasttwogunman,reportedlydisguisedinburqas,enteredthePeshawarAgri

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One killed, 2 injured after steel firm blast in Belgium

OnepersondiedandtwootherswereseriouslyinjuredfollowinganexplosionMondayintheArcelorMittalsteelworksintheBelgiancityofGhent,localmediareported.VTMnewsreportedtha

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Pentagon discloses data on sexual assault reports on military bases

TheU.S.militaryonFridaydisclosedforthefirsttimebase-by-basedataonsexualassaultreports,showingahighernumberofreportsatbigmilitaryinstallationslikeNavalStationNor

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Californian youths turn theme park's Halloween event violent

About100youngpeopleturnedaHalloweenbashviolentatathemeparkabout60kmsoutheastofdowntownSanFrancisco,wherevisitorswerebeatenuporevenrobbed,localTVreportssaidMonda

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Japan's Subaru had uncertified staff do car inspections: reports

Subaruhaduncertifiedstaffconductingvehicleinspectionsatapairoffactoriesfordecades,mediareportssaidFriday,asitbecamethelatestJapanesefirmhitbyscandal.Aninternali

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5 killed in alleged U.S. drone attack in NW Pakistan

AtleastfivekilledinanallegedU.S.droneattackinnorthwesternPakistanarealateMonday,accordingtolocalreports,addingthatthetargetwasamilitanthouse.Thereportssaidthatt

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39 IS suspects held in Istanbul

TurkishpoliceonMondaydetained39suspectedIslamicState(IS)militantsinIstanbul,localmediareported.Thepolicelaunchedsimultaneousoperationsin15placesacrossthecity,se

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YouTube child protection mechanism 'failing'

YouTube'schildprotectionmechanismisbreakingdown,accordingtosomeofthecompany'svolunteerwatchdogs.There'saconstantanxietythatthoseseekingtoabuseorgroomyoungchildr

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Saudi denies King Salman's visit to Red Sea islands handed over by Egypt

SaudiArabiaonSundaydeniedmediareportsthatSaudikingwillvisittwoRedSeaislandsjusthandedoverbyEgypt.EarliermediareportssaidSaudiKingSalmanbinAbdulAzizAlSaudwouldpa

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Pakistan rubbishes reports of its troop deployment in Qatar

ISLAMABAD, June 11 (APD) -- Pakistan on Sunday rejected media reports which claim that Pakistan plans to send 20,000 troops to Qatar in the wake of a deepening diplomatic crises in the Middle East, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said.

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Pakistan rubbishes reports of its troop deployment in Qatar

ByAPDwriterMuhammadSohailISLAMABAD,June11(APD)--PakistanonSundayrejectedmediareportswhichclaimthatPakistanplanstosend20,000troopstoQatarinthewakeofadeepeningdip

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Germany arrests "accomplice" of Austrian terror suspect

German police said Sunday (Jan 22) they have arrested a man accused of having ties to a suspected Islamic extremist captured in Austria and thought to have been plotting an attack.

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Russian envoy tells UN Security Council fighting in eastern Aleppo "has stopped"

During a dramatic emergency UN Security Council meeting on Syria, the Russian UN ambassador announced that the fighting has ended in eastern Aleppo and that the Syrian government was back in control.

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U.S. officially recalls Samsung Galaxy Note 7

The U.S. government on Thursday officially recalled the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after dozens of reported cases in which batteries exploded or caught fire.