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A 5-year-old Texas Kindergartner was crushed to death in front of her classmates when a portable closet fell on top of her during gym class Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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In a broadcast seen around the world Stefania Fernandez, who&#8217;s 18-years-old, became the 58th winner of the crown.           ]]></description>
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Gay the Elephant is stepping out in style. The 40-year-old pachyderm was suffering from foot abscesses until the staff at her zoo in Devon, England had her fitted her with a pair of red slippers to keep her comfortable.           ]]></description>
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Twelve to 15 bodies showing signs of torture were found on the side of a remote highway in the Mexican state of Michoacan.           ]]></description>
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Experts for UNESCO say considerable damage was inflicted by the U.S. military in Iraq to one of the world&#8217;s most important archaeological sites.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UN: 204,000 Somalis have fled the capital of Mogadishu due to fighting</title>
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The United Nations says 204,000 Somalis have fled the capital of Mogadishu since clashes between Islamist insurgents and government troops intensified in May           ]]></description>
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          <title>Over 150 people dead in rioting in China; President Hu Jintao cancels Europe trip</title>
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China says President Hu Jintao has cut short an official trip to Europe to deal with the outbreak of violence in western Xinjiang where at least 156 people have died in rioting.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Obama asks Russians to forge partnership with US</title>
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President Barack Obama is leaving Russia with a call for Russians to move beyond Cold War thinking and work with the United States on common goals.           ]]></description>
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          <title>TEST</title>
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TEST           ]]></description>
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          <title>Deadly protests spreading in China</title>
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Witnesses say an ethnic protest has spread to a second city in China&#8217;s western Xinjiang province after riots rocked the region&#8217;s capital, killing at least 140 and injuring more than 800.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Air France Flight 447 Fell Intact into the Ocean</title>
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A French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean.           ]]></description>
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A Comoros police official says a toddler has been rescued from the sea in the Airbus 310 crash off the Indian Ocean island.
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          <title>Monkey pees on Zambian President during news conference</title>
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The president of Zambia had started to talk about his political opponent, a monkey playing in a tree above him made his commentary on
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          <title>Belguim teen now likes 56 star tattoo facial</title>
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A Belgian teenager whose face was tattooed with 56 stars when she said she was asleep&#8230;now says she likes the skin art.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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Archaeologists in Cyprus have discovered an ancient well with the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom.           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Obama and Pope Benedict to Meet at the Vatican</title>
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A Vatican spokesman says Pope Benedict XVI and President Barack Obama will hold a much-anticipated meeting at the Vatican on July 10.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Israeli Prime Minister Praises Iranian Protesters</title>
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised the courage of Iranian protesters and called Tehran the greatest threat to peace.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Partial recount begins</title>
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Iran&#8217;s top legislative body is ready to recount a random ten percent of the votes in last week&#8217;s Presidential election.           ]]></description>
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Germany has devised the ultimate in credit crunch vending machines: Gold to Go.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hundreds of thousands fill streets of Tehran to mourn those killed after election</title>
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Witnesses say hundreds of thousands of protesters have poured into the streets of Tehran to mourn those killed in clashes over last week&#8217;s disputed election. A Web site of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who called the rally, said more than a million people turned out.
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          <title>British Airways asks staff to work unpaid for up to a month</title>
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British Airways is asking thousands of its staff to work for free for up to four weeks. The airline employs just more than 40,000 people in the United Kingdom.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Iran&#8217;s supreme leader responds to election questions</title>
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Iran&#8217;s supreme leader is urging Iranians to unite behind the ruling system led by clerics, amid rival demonstrations over the outcome of the presidential election.           ]]></description>
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Russia has exercised its veto power in the U.N. Security Council and brought an end to the nearly 16-year-old U.N. observer mission in Georgia and breakaway Abkhazia.           ]]></description>
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          <title>President Obama: Up to Iran to determine its leaders</title>
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President Barack Obama says it&#8217;s up to Iran to determine its own leaders.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Susan Boyle pulls out of &#8220;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8221; live tour</title>
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Internet singing sensation Susan Boyle has pulled out of a singing engagement with the &#8220;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8221; live tour.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Britain to hold a inquiry into the Iraq war</title>
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has repeatedly pledged to examine mistakes made during and after the 2003 U.S-led invasion.
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          <title>UPDATE 2: Ahmadinejad leads in Iran vote</title>
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Iran&#8217;s Interior Ministry has released partial results showing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leading with nearly 70 percent of votes counted so far in Friday&#8217;s election           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: Presidential polls still open in Iran, violence reported</title>
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Iran is keeping its polls open six hours longer than planned, to accommodate a massive turnout in its presidential election           ]]></description>
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          <title>First batch of experimental swine flu vaccine produced</title>
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Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG says it&#8217;s produced a first batch of experimental swine flu vaccine           ]]></description>
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          <title>Iranians head to polls in crucial vote for president</title>
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Iranian voters began casting ballots Friday in a colorful and passionate presidential election pitting incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against Mir Hossein Moussavi, the leading reformist candidate.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Mo. family Christmas photo turns up in Czech ad</title>
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It&#8217;s an international mystery: How did a Missouri family&#8217;s Christmas card photo end up in the Czech Republic, splashed across a huge storefront advertisement?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Swine Flu Spreads to US Troops in Germany</title>
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The U.S. military says it has confirmed four more cases of swine flu among troops in Germany, for a total of six.           ]]></description>
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          <title>UPDATE: Total of 41 bodies recovered from Air France 447 crash</title>
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The first bodies were recovered about 200 miles northwest of the Brazilian archipelago of Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Tuesday&#8217;s recoveries were 50 miles away.            ]]></description>
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A Pablo Picasso sketchbook with 33 pencil drawings disappeared from a locked glass case in a museum in Paris overnight. The sketchbook was used from 1917 to 1924, an extraordinary period in Picasso&#8217;s life.           ]]></description>
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The World War II Soviet submarine S-2 before it sank in January 1940 between Sweden and Finland and was missing for 69 years until a team of Swedish and Finnish divers found it.           ]]></description>
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Officials says a huge bomb has exploded at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding 25 others.
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Eight more bodies have been recovered from last week&#8217;s crash of an Air France jetliner in the Atlantic Ocean, bringing the total to 24, Brazil&#8217;s military announced Monday.           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama is paying tribute today to the Allied landings on June 6, 1944, that broke Nazi Germany&#8217;s grip on France and turned the tide of history.            ]]></description>
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The investigation continues into a deadly fire at a day care center in northern Mexico.           ]]></description>
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Forget &#8220;Classic&#8221; or &#8220;New&#8221; Coke. In Japan, you can soon have your cola flavored with green tea.            ]]></description>
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Laura Ling (sister of special correspondent for CNN, Lisa Ling) and Euna Lee, two American journalists, were working on a story about the trafficking of women when they were arrested near the China-North Korea border on March 17. The two women are accused of spying.           ]]></description>
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A pregnant British woman accused of smuggling heroin into Laos was sentenced to life in prison.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Susan Boyle fans voice dismay over outcome</title>
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Fans of Susan Boyle are voicing disappointment with the outcome of the British TV talent competition in which the singer finished second to a group of street dancers.
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A white tiger mauled a zookeeper to death at a New Zealand wildlife park Wednesday as a group of tourists watched in horror, police say.           ]]></description>
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Officials at the State Department say Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking part in some &#8220;intensive diplomacy&#8221; about North Korea.            ]]></description>
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What would you do if you found out your bank mistakenly put more than $6 million into your account? The answer one New Zealand couple came up with has made them the object of a police search.           ]]></description>
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A doctor in rural Australia has used a handyman&#8217;s power drill to save the life of a boy with a severe head injury.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Abuse of child &#8216;witches&#8217; on rise, aid group says</title>
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The issue of &#8220;child witches&#8221; is soaring in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Children with unusual markings, stubbornness or epilepsy make frequent targets and are blamed for causing illness, death and destruction, prompting some communities to put them through harrowing punishments to &#8220;cleanse&#8221; them of their supposed magical powers.           ]]></description>
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Local media report that an armed gang has raided a prison in central Mexico and freed more than 50 inmates.           ]]></description>
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Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence.           ]]></description>
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President Obama says stabilizing Afghanistan and Pakistan is his top foreign policy priority, and in Washington Wednesday he personally pushed the presidents of those two nations to do a much better job of fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
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A British man beat 34,000 other applicants Wednesday to win, what has been dubbed, &#8220;the best job in the world&#8221;&#8212;to stroll the white sands of a tropical island in Queensland, Australia.           ]]></description>
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An Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi,&nbsp; was tried and convicted on espionage charges in a one-day trial last month and was sentenced to eight years in prison. She had been on a hunger strike for more than two weeks but stopped Monday after a visit from her parents.           ]]></description>
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During a WWI battle in a northern French village, thousands of British and Australian troops were killed or wounded on a single night. There were so many dead that many were never found or identified, never given a proper burial. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission will begin a 15-month project to disinter, identify, and rebury bodies and they estimate there are between 225 and 400 bodies in the pits.           ]]></description>
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The trail for a 20 year old, pregnant British woman starts this week in Laos. She is facing possible death by firing squad.           ]]></description>
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Mexico is turning down the alarm on its swine flu outbreak. Officials say they will allow public places in Mexico City like cafes, museums and libraries to reopen this week.           ]]></description>
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Researchers say new satellite images show massive chunks of ice have been breaking off an ice shelf in the western Antarctic Peninsula.           ]]></description>
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Strong earthquake felt in Mexico City           ]]></description>
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Taliban militants who implemented Islamic law in Pakistan&#8217;s violence-plagued Swat Valley last week have now taken control of a neighboring district.           ]]></description>
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The Roman Catholic archdiocese of St. Louis says the Vatican has named Bishop Robert J. Carlson of Saginaw, Mich. as the new archbishop in the city.           ]]></description>
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An archeological team is set to break new ground in its excavation of an Egyptian temple where doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony may be buried.           ]]></description>
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The last survivor of the Titanic, 97-year-old Millvina Dean, is auctioning off her remaining mementos of the doomed ship to pay nursing home bills.            ]]></description>
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Snakes on a plane! No kidding! Four baby pythons escaped on a passenger plane in Australia.           ]]></description>
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The Colombian government says a top reputed Colombian drug lord has been captured.           ]]></description>
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An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen faces sentencing in what prosecutors say is the United States&#8217; first criminal prosecution of attacks targeting Americans in Iraq.           ]]></description>
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Italians have begun the grim task of laying to rest nearly 300 victims from earthquake.&nbsp; Almost 20,000 have braved chilly nights in tents and about 11,000 others in hotels.           ]]></description>
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The Soyuz spacecraft landed back in Kazakhstan early Wednesday after a six-month trip to the International Space Station&#8212;carrying a Russian, an American and a space tourist.
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Six gay men were shot dead by members of their tribe in two separate incidents in the past 10 days.           ]]></description>
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Officials have said that more than 20 people, including four children, have been killed, after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck central Italy early Monday morning, but this figure is expected to rise, with an unknown number of people trapped beneath rubble.           ]]></description>
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The U.N. Security Council is seeking a unified response to North Korea&#8217;s defiant launch of a rocket Sunday.
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North Korea says it will attack the Japanese military and &#8220;major targets,&#8220; if Japan shoots down a rocket Pyongyang plans to launch in the coming days. Sources say the &#8220;bulbous&#8221; shroud atop the rocket could indicate satellite aboard. The US says any kind of launch will give the North Koreans valuable information about improving their ballistic missile program.           ]]></description>
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Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, is accused of overseeing the torture and killing of more than 15,000 men, women and children three decades ago in Cambodia.&nbsp; Duch is facing charges that include crimes against humanity.&nbsp; At least 1.7 million people died under the Khmer Rouge movement.            ]]></description>
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A Spanish pathologist who specialized in a human strain of mad cow disease died Saturday, and officials suspect the disease played a role in his death.           ]]></description>
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At least 51 dead, 80-90 injured in suicide bomb attack on mosque in Pakistan. The  attack occurred in town of Jamrod near Afghan border in Pakistan&#8217;s tribal region, while worshippers offered Friday prayers. The mosque was frequented by officials working at checkpoints on NATO supply routes.           ]]></description>
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The gerbil population has exploded in China and hurting their ecosystem. Birth control pellets are now being used to help control the growing problem.           ]]></description>
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Police in New Zealand charged a 29-year-old woman with abandonment and assault&#8212;for giving birth to the child on an international flight and then leaving her, without alerting anyone, in a toilet bin amid bloodied paper towels.           ]]></description>
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An Indonesian fisherman has been killed by Komodo dragons after he was attacked while trespassing on a remote island in search of fruit. Komodo dragon attacks on humans are considered rare and have a toxic bite that they use to kill prey such as buffalo, returning to feast when the animal succumbs to the poison.
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Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of repeatedly raping his daughter in a cellar dungeon for decades, on Wednesday admitted guilt on all charges, including responsibility for the death of one of seven children he fathered by his daughter.           ]]></description>
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Iraqi police and medical officials say a car bomb in a crowded cattle market south of Baghdad has killed 10 people and injured 32 others           ]]></description>
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Belgian archaeologists have unearthed a 3,500-year-old pharaonic official&#8217;s tomb that had disappeared under sand in southern Egypt after it was first discovered about 130 years ago.           ]]></description>
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An aide to Iran&#8217;s president wants some Hollywood executives and actors to apologize for films like &#8220;300&#8221; and &#8220;The Wrestler.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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 74 workers die, 114 injured in China mine blast           ]]></description>
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Venezuela&#8217;s energy minister says world oil inventories are too high and may require new output cuts from OPEC in March.           ]]></description>
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A government official says the death toll from Australia&#8217;s worst wildfire disaster has risen to 108.           ]]></description>
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Kenya&#8217;s Red Cross says more than 50 people have died after an oil spill from a crashed truck burst into flames.           ]]></description>
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The office of Israel&#8217;s chief rabbi says it&#8217;s cutting its ties with the Vatican.           ]]></description>
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Japan&#8217;s defense minister has ordered the dispatch of ships to fight piracy off the shores of Somalia.           ]]></description>
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The last survivor among a group of 45 sperm whales that became stranded on a remote Australian sandbar is dead.           ]]></description>
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Police are calling it one of Vietnam&#8217;s worst ferry accidents ever.           ]]></description>
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Four children are dead and 16 other people injured in the collapse of part of a sports center in Barcelona, Spain, blamed on gusty winds.           ]]></description>
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Pakistani officials say the death toll from two suspected U.S. missile attacks on al-Qaida strongholds near the Afghan border has reached 22.           ]]></description>
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Israeli officials say the withdrawal of troops from Gaza should be complete by the time Barack Obama is sworn in as president tomorrow.            ]]></description>
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The Israeli army says it has begun withdrawing its troops from Gaza after ending a three-week offensive in the territory.           ]]></description>
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will unilaterally halt its 22-day offensive against Hamas but keep troops on the ground in Gaza for the time being.           ]]></description>
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The French president&#8217;s office says he and Egypt&#8217;s president will co-chair an international summit in Cairo to discuss the Gaza crisis.           ]]></description>
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The head of the UNICEF says Zimbabwe&#8217;s deadly cholera outbreak is only &#8220;the tip of the iceberg.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Iran&#8217;s official news agency reports that four Iranians have been convicted and sentenced to prison in an alleged US-backed plot to topple the government.           ]]></description>
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Intense fighting continues between Israeli forces and Hamas militants around Gaza City early Thursday.           ]]></description>
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Venezuela has broken off diplomatic relations with Israel to protest its military offensive in Gaza.           ]]></description>
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A senior official says Israel&#8217;s chief envoy in talks to end the Gaza conflict will travel Thursday to Egypt to offer a cease-fire proposal.           ]]></description>
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