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Freed Spanish hostage converted to Islam: Al-Qaida
Al-Qaida's offshoot in North Africa said on Friday it released a Spanish woman it had held captive for 100 days in Mauritania because she voluntarily converted to Islam.
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Woman spurns man's dance offer, thrashed in NY bar
A stranger followed a woman into a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances early on Thursday, savagely beat her in a toilet stall and perhaps tried to sexually assault her, police said.
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German archbishop sorry over child abuse
The head of Germany's Catholic Church apologised to victims of child abuse by priests and said after meeting Pope Benedict on Friday the pontiff encouraged him to press ahead with tackling the problem.
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German archbishop sorry over child abuse
The head of Germany's Catholic Church apologised to victims of child abuse by priests and said after meeting Pope Benedict on Friday the pontiff encouraged him to press ahead with tackling the problem.
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CIA test made villagers 'go mad'
A mind control experiment conducted by America's Central Investigative Agency is being blamed for a mysterious disease that caused an entire French village to go temporarily mad 50 years ago.
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'Diana died as plan to scare went wrong'
Princess Diana was killed in a road accident in 1997 after attempts to "frighten" her into dumping her boyfriend Dodi al Fayed and ending her anti-establishment activities went horribly wrong, a leading British lawyer has claimed.
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'Diana died as plan to scare went wrong'
Princess Diana was killed in a road accident in 1997 after attempts to "frighten" her into dumping her boyfriend Dodi al Fayed and ending her anti-establishment activities went horribly wrong, a leading British lawyer has claimed.
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Sarko's 'volapuk' stumps all
What's volapuk? Fret not, if you have not come across this word. Even French interpreters were stumped when President Nicolas Sarkozy came up with this rare expression at an environment conference in Paris.
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Churchill 'scrapped' plan to kill Mussolini
Britain's wartime flying chief Arthur "Bomber" Harris chalked out a "brilliant" plan to assassinate Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini during World War II, but the then PM Winston Churchill rejected it, de-classified documents have revealed.
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5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan: USGS
A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu early today, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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7 blasts hit Lahore; 45 killed, Pak Taliban claim responsibility
Seven blasts ripped Pak's 'cultural capital' Lahore on Friday killing 45 people and wounding over 100. Pak Taliban, that had perpetrated Monday's blast that gutted the FIA building, claimed responsibility for the serial terror attacks.
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Suicide bombs kill 39 in Lahore
Lahore, Pakistans cultural and political hub, was rocked by twin-suicide explosions, aimed at targeting the army personnel patrolling the area, leaving at least 39 people dead and more than hundred injured. Officials said that five among the dead were army personnel.
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'Reopen graft cases against Zardari'
Pakistan SC has directed the country's anti-corruption watchdog to reopen graft cases against president Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 others that were quashed under the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance.
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Obey our law or face consequences: China to Google
China said US internet company was welcome to expand its business in China but it will have to face the consequence if it insists on doing things that violates China's laws.
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Israel to seal off West Bank for 48 hours
Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to seal off the West Bank for 48 hours until midnight on Saturday, an army spokesman said.
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Woman travels 14 miles by bus - to cross the road
An 89-year-old British woman travels 14 miles to reach a post office located opposite her home as there is no pedestrian crossing on the main road, a media report on Friday said.
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Rise in number of Indians holidaying in Australia
There has been a 26 percent increase in Indians holidaying in Australia's Victoria state in the year ending December 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008, reveals a survey.
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Rise in number of Indians holidaying in Australia
There has been a 26 percent increase in Indians holidaying in Australia's Victoria state in the year ending December 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008, reveals a survey.
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New York to pay $657m in 9/11 WTC health cases
More than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York's Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totalling 657 million dollars for health problems under a settlement reached on Thursday.
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Sweden recognises Armenian genocide of 1915
The Swedish parliament on Thursday recognised the massacres of Armenians during World War I as genocide, immediately sparking a diplomatic row with Turkey.
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More quakes hit Chile as president takes oath
The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.
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Teacher in Belgium wins right to wear veil in class
A Muslim mathematics teacher in a municipal school in Belgium won her legal battle to wear a veil in class on Thursday when an appeals court overturned a lower court decision.
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Prom scrapped as girl wants to bring GF
A Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
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Store slashes price of black Barbie, faces flak
American supermarket chain Walmart has received flak for selling black Barbie dolls at a lesser price than white Barbies.
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India 'close friend' but Pak 'conjoined twin', says Afghanistan
In remarks apparently aimed at assuaging Pak concerns about the Indian presence in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai said his country would never allow its soil to be used for activities directed against any of its neighbours.
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