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[2015-09-21 08:00]

Saudi Arabia has deployed 100,000 security personnel to oversee the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage that begins on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry spokesman said, underscoring both the massive arrangements needed to secure one of the largest pilgrimages in the world and the multitude of threats the hajj faces.

Scenes of chaos as thousands try to reach Austria, Germany

[2015-09-21 08:00]

Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday from countries unable or unwilling to cope with a desperate human tide fleeing war and poverty for a better life in Western Europe.

Voters go to polls again faced with tough choice

[2015-09-21 08:00]

Greece's former left-wing prime minister Alexis Tsipras declared on Sunday he was confident of winning a second mandate for a "fighting government" to reform and revive the crisis-hit nation's economy, as voters cast ballots in a knife-edge race.

1860s sub's hull restored

[2015-09-19 08:03]

The hull of the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship has been cleaned and revealed for the first time in 150 years.

Cadets made to smash phones

[2015-09-19 08:03]

When the Thai military says cadets can't bring phones to training, they mean it.

Lost package arrives after 40 years

[2015-09-19 08:03]

Australia's postage service is often referred to as "snail mail" due to its less-than speedy service - a reputation that seems deserved after a parcel reached its destination 40 years late on Friday.

Balkan routes leading to northern Europe close

[2015-09-19 08:03]

Road and rail routes to northern Europe from the Balkans were closing to migrants on Friday, after a string of countries closed their borders to a relentless human wave.

Taliban gunmen kill 20 in attack on air force base

[2015-09-19 08:03]

Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani Air Force base early on Friday, killing at least 20 people, the deadliest attack on a military installation this year.

Campaign closes with election in balance

[2015-09-19 08:03]

Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras brushed off election polls on Friday suggesting his leftist Syriza party might lose to its conservative rival in Greece's election, saying he had a large group of supporters not reflected by pollsters.

Residents pick up the pieces after quake

[2015-09-19 08:03]

Hundreds of traumatized Chileans spent a second night out in the open or in shelters on Thursday night after an offshore magnitude-8.3 earthquake left 12 dead.

Scottish leader warns Cameron that a united Britain could be 'on borrowed time'

[2015-09-19 08:03]

Scotland's first minister warned on Friday that a united Britain was "on borrowed time" unless Prime Minister David Cameron devolved more powers to Edinburgh, on the first anniversary of a historic independence referendum.

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[2015-09-19 08:03]

The military junta in Burkina Faso that took power in a coup on Thursday has freed former interim president Michel Kafando and two of his ministers from detention, the junta's leader said on Friday.