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[2015-08-14 08:07]

At least four police officers were killed by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported.

Mapuche finally receive their country's respect

[2015-08-13 07:53]

Nestled between high-rise buildings on a busy street in Chile's modern capital is a straw hut that's a sign of growing respect for the Andean country's long-disdained indigenous past.

Clinical trials underway for hepatitis B vaccine

[2015-08-13 07:53]

A new Cuban-made vaccine against chronic hepatitis B has entered clinical trials in Cuba plus eight countries and regions in Oceania and Asia with the help of French company Abivax.

Good wine is daily elixir for oldest twin brothers

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Eating in moderation, drinking a glass of good wine every day and avoiding chasing women are the secrets of a long life, say Belgians Pieter and Paulus Langerock, the world's oldest living twin brothers.

Navajo Nation takes brunt of mine leak

[2015-08-13 07:53]

Russell Begaye stared into a hole in the side of a Colorado mountain, watching yellow water contaminated with heavy metals gush out and race down a slope toward a creek that feeds rivers critical to survival on the largest Native American reservation in the United States and in other parts of the Southwest.

Around the world

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United States

Govt, rebels reach 48-hour cease-fire in two hot spots

[2015-08-13 07:53]

A 48-hour truce has been reached between the Syrian army and armed militants in two hot spots in northwest Syria and near the Lebanese border, a monitor group and the Lebanese Al-Manar TV reported early on Wednesday.

Thousands of people evacuated as worst floods in decades hit

[2015-08-13 07:53]

Myanmar was evacuating parts of a city on Wednesday after mudslides wiped away hundreds of houses and torrential rain threatened further damage in the worst floods to hit the country in decades.

Taliban denounce 'horrific' IS group execution video

[2015-08-13 07:53]

The Taliban have condemned a "horrific" video that appears to show fighters from the Islamic State group blowing up bound and blindfolded Afghan prisoners with explosives.

Opposition party files lawsuit against PM and state fund 1MDB, calls for election

[2015-08-13 07:53]

A Malaysian opposition party on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Najib Razak and the indebted state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, saying they had violated electoral rules and a new election should be held.

PM may appoint brother as new chief of army

[2015-08-13 07:53]

Thailand's junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha has said he may appoint his brother as the next army chief, one of the most powerful jobs in the coup-prone kingdom.

Team 'getting closer' to MH17 answers

[2015-08-13 07:53]

Investigators studying the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 are "really getting closer" to finding out who was behind the attack, said Fred Westerbeke, the Dutch prosecutor leading a criminal investigation into the tragedy.

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