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'Terror' children may lose citizen rights

[2015-06-25 07:49]

The Australian government would be allowed to strip Australian citizenship from the children of extremists fighting overseas under controversial legislation introduced into Parliament on Wednesday.

US says it's not targeting Hollande

[2015-06-25 07:49]

The US said it is not targeting French leader Francois Hollande's communications and will not do so in the future after documents published by WikiLeaks showed Washington had wiretapped the president and his two predecessors.

Document outlines proposed assistance to Iran

[2015-06-25 07:49]

The United States and other nations negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran are ready to offer high-tech reactors and other state-of-the-art equipment if Teheran agrees to crimp programs that can make atomic arms, according to a confidential document obtained on Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Major companies to stop making Confederate flags

[2015-06-25 07:49]

Prominent US flag makers said on Tuesday they will stop manufacturing and selling Confederate battle flags after last week's attack on black worshippers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Parched Caribbean faces withering crops, dying cattle

[2015-06-25 07:49]

The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace for a bone-dry summer.

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[2015-06-25 07:49]

Indian police have arrested a bootlegger suspected of supplying toxic liquor that killed 100 people from a slum in Mumbai, a senior officer said. Mansur Latif Shaikh, 26, was arrested at his hideout in northwestern New Delhi on Tuesday.

Creditors meet again on debt deal

[2015-06-24 07:43]

Greece and its creditors were working to seal a bailout deal on Tuesday with exactly one week to go before Athens is due to repay the International Monetary Fund 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) or face default and a possible exit from the European Union.

Deposed president thanks Putin

[2015-06-24 07:43]

Former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for "saving my life" during the demonstrations that led to his ousting.

UN accuses both sides of abuses

[2015-06-24 07:43]

UN investigators said on Monday that during the 2014 Gaza conflict, Israel and Palestinian militant groups committed grave abuses of international humanitarian law that may amount to war crimes.

'Titanic' music composer Horner dies in plane crash

[2015-06-24 07:43]

James Horner, the celebrated composer of several Hollywood blockbusters, including Titanic and Avatar, died on Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61, US media reported.

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[2015-06-24 07:43]

A Danish ship owner said one of its vessels has rescued 222 people in two boats off the coast of Libya.

Scientists unlock secrets of brain

[2015-06-23 07:38]

To the untrained eye, the graph looked like a volatile day on Wall Street, with jagged peaks and valleys, but it was not describing economics. It was a glimpse into the brains of Shaul Yahil and Shaw Bronner, two researchers at a Yale University lab, as they had a chat.

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