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Scientists crack mystery of the luckless apostles of Paris

Havinglosttheirheads,beenpulledfromtheirplinths,smashedandevenburied,thingsareatlastlookingupforsomeoftheunluckieststatuesinChristendom.Forfivecenturiesthe12apo

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Pakistan's new cabinet takes oath

Pakistan's new cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in at an oath-taking ceremony at the Presidency in Islamabad on Friday.

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Massive fire rips through Dubai's Torch Tower

A massive fire has engulfed one of the world's tallest residential buildings, The Marina Torch, in Dubai on Thursday night.

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Big data and network theory to be used in hunt for minerals

Strikinggoldusedtobeamatterofluck,buttoolsusedtotrackcriminals,diseasesandsocialnetworkscouldsoonuncovervasttrovesofvaluableminerals,researchersrevealedonTuesda

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2 Thai ex-PMs acquitted of abusing power in quelling protest

TwoformerThaiprimeministerswereclearedofabuseofpowerWednesdayinacaseinvolvingthequellingofananti-governmentprotestin2008.ThecourtinBangkokacquittedSomchaiWongsa

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India floods: 213 killed as receding waters reveal more victims

Severemonsoonfloodinghaskilled213peopleinwesternIndia,anofficialsaidonSunday,asrescuerscontinuetosiftthroughvillagesdevastatedbytorrentialrains.ThedeathtollinGu

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22,000 evacuated as fire breaks out at Barcelona music festival

Morethan22,000peoplewereevacuatedafteramassivefirebrokeoutatanelectronicmusicfestivalinBarcelonaonSaturdaynight,accordingtoXinhua,citinglocalauthorities.Flamese

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Australia 'disrupts terror plot' to bring down airplane

Australian authorities said Sunday they had stopped an allegedly Islamist-inspired "terrorist plot" to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, after four people were arrested in raids in Sydney.

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Briton convicted in Germany of Deutsche Telekom cyberattack

ABritishmanhasbeenconvictedofcarryingoutamercenarycyberattackonDeutscheTelekomlastyear.The29-year-old,whohasonlybeennamedasDanielK,receivedasuspendedsentenceof2

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5.0-magnitude quake hits Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, no tsunami warning

Anearthquakewithapreliminarymagnitudeof5.0struckoffthecoastofIbarakiPrefecture,whichbordersthePacificOceannortheastofTokyo,butnotsunamiwarninghasbeenissued,thew

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Boko Haram attack on Nigeria oil team killed over 50

Morethan50peoplewerekilledinaBokoHaramambushonanoilexplorationteaminnortheastNigeriaearlierthisweek,multiplesourcestoldAFPnewsagencyonThursday,warningthedeathto

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Sharapova says suspension only fueled passion for game

Five-timeGrandSlamchampionMariaSharapovasaysher15-monthdopingbanhasonlyfueledherpassionfortennis.TheformerworldnumberonefromRussia,preparingtoplayatStanfordnext

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No sign detected of DPRK's missile test-launch: S. Korea

SouthKoreaonThursdayconfirmedthatnosignhasbeendetectedoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)'stest-launchofballisticmissiletomarkthe64thanniversaryofthear

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Wind-driven fires rage on in France's south and island of Corsica

HundredsoffirefightersintheRivieraregionofsouthernFranceandontheislandofCorsica,continuedtobattlewind-whippedblazesonTuesday,whichhaveleftseveralfirstresponders

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Israeli embassy in Amman: Shooting leaves one dead

A Jordanian man has been killed, and an Israeli and another Jordanian wounded in a shooting incident at the Israeli embassy in Jordan's capital Amman. The two Jordanians were working for a furniture firm and entered the embassy before the shooting, police say.

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Turkish president visits Gulf nations to mediate Qatar crisis

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will start a two-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar on Sunday, in the latest effort to resolve the Qatar crisis.

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Three Israelis stabbed to death in West Bank attack

ThreeIsraelicivilianshavebeenstabbedtodeathinasettlementnearRamallahintheoccupiedWestBank.AnotherIsraeliwaswoundedintheattackinHalamish.TheIsraeliarmysaystheatt