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US dam risk prompts California evacuation

Heavy rains in the drought-plagued state have caused such danger

Indian Navy rejects homemade warplane

India's Navy is in the hunt for a new foreign fighter jet after rejecting an indigenously made aircraft as too heavy, the latest sign of the struggle to get Asian militaries to buy locally to grow their defense industries.

Hundreds of dead whales pose safety risk

New Zealand authorities were cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses on Monday, popping the dead animals "like balloons", to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay after more than 600 whales became stranded.

Swiss ease citizenship for 25,000 foreigners

Voters in Switzerland decided on Sunday to make it easier for young "third-generation foreigners" to get Swiss citizenship, agreeing to extend to about 25,000 people under age 25 access to the fast-track process now available to foreign spouses of Swiss nationals.

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Samsung Group scion Lee faces fresh questioning

South Korea's special prosecutor said it would again summon Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee on Monday to question him on suspicion of bribery, as it investigates a graft scandal that has engulfed the country's president.

Bushfires threaten properties, close road in Australia

Australian authorities ordered the evacuation of some sparsely populated rural areas of New South Wales on Sunday as bushfires, fanned by extreme heat and strong winds, raged across the state, threatening homes and closing roads.

Bomb defused after 75,000 evacuated

Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki evacuated an estimated 75,000 people on Sunday so army experts could defuse a 227-kilogram unexploded World War II bomb found under a gas station.

Aftershocks rock Philippines quake city

Thousands of residents of a city in the southern Philippines huddled on the streets on Sunday, two days after a deadly quake, as aftershocks continued to hit the region.

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Be my valentine

Time, place and circumstance, as every well-known love story shows, are the three essentials when it comes to winning hearts and favors.