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Minors drown in river, 2 dead, 4 missing

SixprimaryschoolstudentswhowentforaswiminariverinsouthwestChina'sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegionhavenotbeenheardfromsinceWednesdayafternoon.Twoofthemhavebeenfound

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China initiates emergency response to Xinjiang quake

BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The China Earthquake Administration has activated level-III emergency response procedures following a 5.5-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Thursday.

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South Korea to test raising of sunken ferry

Salvage operators were to begin a test lift of South Korea's Sewol ferry Wednesday, officials said

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Philippines slams US drama series for depicting president making sexual advance toward secretary of state

Manila on Tuesday “strongly protested” an American television drama for showing a fictional Philippine president making a sexual advance on the US secretary of state.

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Stranded Afghans queue to leave Pakistan

Thousands of stranded Afghans and Pakistanis have been queuing to get home after Pakistan temporarily opened two main border crossings.

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Rihanna Is Already Wearing Those Showstopping Saint Laurent Crystal Boots

It feels like just a season ago that the see-now-buy-now model was the cutting edge of fashion, at least in New York.

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MH370 families refuse to give up hope, instead launch campaign to fund search for the missing jet

Families of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have launched a campaign to privately fund a search for the aircraft.

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Merkel heads to Egypt, Tunisia to reduce migrant flows

German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday, part of her push to limit migrant flows to Europe through North Africa, especially chaos-torn Libya.

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Thai beach murders: Convicted men lose death sentence appeal

Two men convicted of murdering British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Thailand have lost their appeal against the death sentence.

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UN delivers food to 114,000 people since famine declared in South Sudan

Since the famine was declared on Feb. 20 in parts of South Sudan, the United Nations and its partners have delivered food to nearly 114,000 people across four locations in Mayendit county and to nearly 25,500 people in two locations in Koch county.

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French presidential candidate Fillon postpones farm fair visit

Conservative French presidential candidate Francois Fillon abruptly postponed a high-profile campaign event on Wednesday and a newspaper reported he had been summoned by magistrates investigating allegations over payments to his wife.

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Putin says Syria talks in Astana helped revive Geneva

Talks on consolidating the Syrian ceasefire held in Kazakhstan this year helped jumpstart the United Nations-led peace negotiations in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

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Mourners still gather as workers build late Thai king's crematorium

Mr Kris Sombut, an English-speaking volunteer, stands at Sanam Luang's main gate in central Bangkok helping to direct traffic for locals and tourists arriving at the site.

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Indian army cancels recruitment exams after 'leak'

The Indian army has cancelled recruitment exams in six centres in the west of the country after question papers were reportedly leaked.

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US-backed fighters advance on IS in Syria's east

An alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters seized more than a dozen villages in eastern Syria on Tuesday in their drive to encircle the Islamic State group bastion of Raqa.

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'Erdogan assassination plot' suspects go on trial in Turkey

The trial opened on Monday of almost 50 suspects accused of plotting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a luxury Aegean hotel on the night of the botched July 15 coup.

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Delhi 2005 blasts: Alleged 'mastermind' jailed for 10 years

One man has been convicted over serial blasts in India's capital Delhi that killed 60 people in 2005.