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Jeb drops family name for White House bid

[2015-06-17 07:50]

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush launched a White House bid months in the making with a vow to win the Republican presidential nomination on his own merits and stay true to his beliefs - easier said than done in a crowded primary contest, where his conservative credentials will be sharply challenged.

Official lauds report on sexual exploitation

[2015-06-17 07:50]

Atul Khare, UN undersecretary-general for field support, welcomed on Monday the evaluation report on the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN personnel during peacekeeping operations, a UN spokesman said.

Court sentences ousted president, Brotherhood leaders to death

[2015-06-17 07:50]

An Egyptian court sentenced deposed president Mohammed Morsi to death on Tuesday for killing, kidnapping and other offenses during a 2011 mass jailbreak.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-06-17 07:50]

Police said they were hunting on Tuesday for three sisters and their nine children who were feared to be traveling to Syria to join a relative believed to be involved in the conflict.

Quake survivors face daunting rehab

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Eight hours after Bim Bahadur Gurung started walking along a mountain path, carrying his severely injured daughter on his back and hoping to find a hospital, a second earthquake struck already-devastated Nepal.

Wreck of Napoleon's former ship discovered

[2015-06-16 07:45]

The ship that exiled former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte used to sneak back into France from Elba has been found on the ocean floor off Australia, a Queensland shipwreck hunter has claimed.

Kerry looks forward to getting back in the saddle

[2015-06-16 07:45]

US Secretary of State John Kerry is taking nothing more than Tylenol for his broken leg after a low-speed bike accident, he said in an interview published on Sunday.

Woman scraps her bid to cross Pacific in a rowing boat

[2015-06-16 07:45]

A steering system failure, bad weather and a sense that "things weren't going right" has ended a US woman's attempt to cross the Pacific by rowboat.

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[2015-06-16 07:45]

Australia

Abe's support falls to its lowest level since 2012

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has fallen to the lowest level since he took office in 2012, to just over 40 percent, according to a TV network survey.

Child abuse inquiry aims to put spotlight on show business

[2015-06-16 07:45]

A wide-ranging Australian inquiry into child sex abuse said on Monday it plans to put the spotlight on the entertainment industry, urging anyone who has been a victim to come forward.

Schools reopen as nation seeks normality in MERS outbreak

[2015-06-16 07:45]

Thousands of South Korean schools that closed over worries about Middle East respiratory syndrome reopened on Monday as the country sought to return to normal, nearly four weeks into an outbreak that showed signs of slowing.

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