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Eight dead in Senegal football stadium crush: minister

EightpeoplewerekilledduringSenegal'sfootballleaguecupfinalinDakaronSaturday,thesportsministertoldAFP,asawallcollapsedontoclashingsupporterstriggeringapanickedst

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s yacht paid surprise visit by Spanish customs agents

CristianoRonaldowaspaidasurprisevisitbySpanishcustomsagentsonhisrentedyacht.AccordingtoAFP,thetaxauthoritiessaidthatitwasmerelya“routinecheck.”ThePortuguesecapt

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Thailand: Eight people gunned down in Krabi over ‘personal conflict’

Eightpeople,includingthreechildren,werekilledbygunmeninThailand’sKrabiprovince,policesaidonTuesday,amassslayinginvestigatorsbelievewassparkedbyapersonalconflict

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Apple opens first official store in Southeast Asia

AppleopeneditsfirstSoutheastAsiastoreinSingaporeonSaturday,drawinghundredsofexcitedfanstotheswankytwo-storeysiteinthecity'supmarketshoppingdistrict.Locatedonthe

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Malaysia seizes smuggled tortoises worth $300,000

Malaysiancustomsfoiledanattempttosmugglehundredsoftheworld'smostendangeredtortoisesintothecountryfromMadagascar,aseniorofficialsaidonMonday.The330ploughshareand

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Damascus says Israel missiles caused airbase explosions

The Syrian army said on Friday that Israeli missile strikes caused a series of explosions at an airbase outside Damascus before dawn.

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Australian police probing 1MDB-linked firms

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Tuesday they are working with international law enforcement agencies to investigate companies associated with Malaysia’s scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund.

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Australian police helping with international probe on Malaysian state investor 1MDB

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Tuesday (Jan 10) that they are working with international law enforcement agencies to investigate companies associated with Malaysia's scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund.

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Heavy Syrian army shelling hits rebel Aleppo: monitor

Syrian government artillery bombarded the fast-shrinking rebel enclave in the heart of Aleppo on Friday despite its ally Russia's announcement of a new humanitarian pause, a monitor said.

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Wave of strikes as IS puts up tough defence of Mosul

Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced stiff resistance from the Islamic State group despite an unprecedented wave of US-led coalition air strikes in support of the week-old offensive.

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Hunting for mistresses: A novel way to save marriage

To avoid the public embarrassment of a messy divorce Chinese women are looking at alternative ways to save a marriage from their husband's infidelity. The AFP reported on the services of a "mistress hunter," a woman hired to persuade the mistress to leave the husband.

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Three wounded in suicide blast at Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan: official

A car driven by a suicide bomber Tuesday exploded after ramming a gate at the Chinese embassy in the capital of ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, wounding three people, authorities said.

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Photos: This is 90 when you are a royal

These are photos of Queen Elizabeth's 90th Birthday Celebration

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Australian police struggle to handle terror threats due to funding shortage

​Australia's Federal Police force (AFP) say its capacity to deal with terrorist threats was "stretched" to the limit, and revealed it did not receive any of the 900 million U.S dollars allocated to the national security budget in 2015/16.

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Afghan Taliban flex muscles with new telecom 'tax'

The Taliban have demanded a hefty new "protection tax" from Afghan mobile phone companies, industry and militant sources told AFP, as the resurgent group tightens its stranglehold on a rare successful business in a slumping war economy.

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Australian police dismantle int'l crime syndicate

An international organized crime syndicate was dismantled by the Australian federal and state police, resulting in the arrest of 27 people.