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All the latest international news stories and current affairs from across the world.
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Italians count human, economic cost of earthquake (Reuters)

MIRANDOLA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy raised tax on petrol to help pay for the damage from an earthquake that struck northern Italy as shaken survivors woke up on Wednesday to a landscape of collapsed w...

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Body part sent to Canada PMs party (AAP)

A police investigation has been launched in Canada after a severed human foot was mailed to the office of the Prime Ministers political party.

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Ministers daughter among five held over Qatar fire (Reuters)

DOHA (Reuters) - Police in Qatar have arrested five people including a government ministers daughter in connection with a shopping mall fire this week that killed 19 people, including 13 children, th...

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IAEA sees new "activities&# 34; at Iran site - diplomats (Reuters)

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog showed new satellite imagery on Wednesday indicating that Iran may be cleaning a site where inspectors suspect it has carried out tests relevant to develo...

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Ukraine names Tymoshenko as witness in murder case (AFP)

KIEV (AFP) - Ukraines general prosecutor said Wednesday the jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko was cited as a witness in the murder of a deputy, putting fresh pressure on President Viktor Yanukovychs...

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Liberias Taylor jailed for 50 years (AFP)

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AFP) - A UN-backed war crimes court handed Liberias former president Charles Taylor a 50-year jail term Wednesday for arming rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood...

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EU says alarmed by rise in death sentences in Iran (Reuters)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union criticized Iran on Wednesday for an "alarming" increase in the use of the death penalty this year, calling on Tehran to introduce a moratorium on execu...

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Migrant hunting, smuggling on Yemen-Saudi border (Reuters)

HARADH, Yemen (Reuters) - Unfastening his grubby sling, Ali Yusef let out a gasp as his mangled forearm dropped limply to his side.

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Former Liberian leader Taylor jailed for 50 years (Reuters)

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was jailed for 50 years on Wednesday for helping Sierra Leonean rebels commit what a court in The Hague called some of the worst war cri...

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Violent Arab ghetto shows Israels seamy underside (Reuters)

LOD, Israel (Reuters) - "My friend is on the floor, dying, 11 holes in his body, and I only have 10 fingers," raps Tamer Nafar.

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Israels Barak: weigh unilateral action (AAP)

Israel says it should consider unilateral action if a peace deal cannot be struck with the Palestinians.

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Vatican crisis highlights pope failure to reform Curia (Reuters)

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict in 2005, epithets like "Gods Rottweiler" and "Panzerkardinal" suggested he would bring some German efficie...

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US police to quiz Bieber over photographer clash (AFP)

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US detectives plan to question Justin Bieber after a press photographer claimed the teen idol hurt him during a scuffle over the weekend, a sheriffs department spokesman said.

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Anti-bailout SYRIZA party in the lead: Greek poll (Reuters)

ATHENS (Reuters) - The outcome of an election in Greece next month that may determine whether Athens can stay in the euro was thrown into doubt on Wednesday when a poll suggested the anti-bailout SYR...

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Scientists invent cannabis without the high (AFP)

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli scientists have cultivated a cannabis plant that doesnt get people stoned in a development that may help those smoking marijuana for medical purposes, a newspaper said on We...

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Mubarak sons to face new Egypt trial for corruption (AFP)

CAIRO (AFP) - Deposed Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubaraks sons, already on trial for corruption with their father, will face a new separate case for alleged corrupt stock market dealings, state media re...

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Greenpeace says KFC boxes destroy Indonesia forests (AFP)

JAKARTA (AFP) - Greenpeace on Wednesday accused global fastfood chain KFC of using paper packaging made using wood from Indonesian rainforests which it said was endangering the habitat of the Sumatra...

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American kidnapped in West Africas Benin (Reuters)

ABUJA (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen has been kidnapped in Benin, the U.S. embassy in Nigeria said on Wednesday, and sources said the American had been lured to the West African country by criminals met ...

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Panetta to explain U.S. strategic shift to Asian allies (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will brief allies on the U.S. strategic shift toward Asia and will seek to allay concerns that fiscal uncertainty could undermine Washingtons com...

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Nigeria spent half 2012 fuel subsidy budget on arrears (Reuters)

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has already spent half its 2012 fuel subsidy budget on arrears for last year, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, risking Africas second-largest economy racking up furth...

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U.N. monitors say 13 killed in cold blood in Syria (Reuters)

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N. observers said on Wednesday 13 bodies had been discovered bound and shot in eastern Syria, days after a massacre of 108 civilians, nearly half of them children, ignited a worl...

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Japan film director Shindo dead at 100 (AFP)

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo, known for hard-hitting works dealing with human nature and the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has died at his home in Tokyo, his offic...

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Liberias Taylor sentenced to 50 years in jail (AFP)

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AFP) - A UN-backed war crimes court handed Liberias former president Charles Taylor a 50-year jail term Wednesday for arming rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood...

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Google: Thai webmaster verdict threat to Internet (AFP)

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) - Google branded a webmasters conviction on Wednesday for hosting a comment deemed insulting to Thailands monarchy a "serious threat" to the Internet in the country.

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Dead Japan woman kept in freezer up to 10 years (AFP)

TOKYO (AFP) - An 80-year-old man was being questioned in Japan on Wednesday on suspicion of strangling his wife and keeping her body in the freezer for up to 10 years, police and media reports said.

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More candidates emerge for top OPEC post (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Two more countries are likely to field candidates for OPECs next secretary general, OPEC sources said on Wednesday, widening a competition within the oil producer cartel for its to...

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Mubarak sons face charges over stock market fraud - TV (Reuters)

CAIRO (Reuters) - The two sons of Egypts ousted President Hosni Mubarak will face charges in a criminal court of alleged stock market manipulation, state television reported on Wednesday, three days ...

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British PMs former aide held over suspected perjury (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Camerons former spokesman was detained on Wednesday by police on suspicion of perjury after he denied in court any knowledge of phone hacking by report...

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Djokovic into French Open third round (AFP)

PARIS (AFP) - Novak Djokovic edged closer to Grand Slam history with a 6-0, 6-4, 6-4 win over Slovenias Blaz Kavcic in the French Open second round on Wednesday.

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Thai "yellow shirts" rally against Thaksin amnesty moves (Reuters)

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailands "yellow shirts", who shut down Bangkoks airports during protests in 2008, rallied on Wednesday against a planned national reconciliation bill seen by some as a w...

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