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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Doctors diagnosed him as having a severe infection of the lungs, most likely contracted from the bacteria-infested river. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LONDON (AP) — UK official: Violent attack in London could be terror-related. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By JAMES KANTER, on May 14th, 2013 A survey by the Pew Research Center suggests the European Union may struggle to take the steps needed to make it viable over the long term.
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> World Health Organisation officials said on Sunday it seemed likely a new coronavirus that has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe could be passed between humans, but only after prolonged contact. A virus from the same family triggered the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) that swept the world after emerging in Asia and killed 775 people in 2003. On Sunday, French authorities announced that a second man had been diagnosed with the disease after sharing a hospital room with France’s only other sufferer. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> But the following weeks will be the test. Authorities have said the International Space Station’s six-member crew was not in danger from the leak. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Prosecutors may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro, the man accused of imprisoning three women at his home in the American city of Cleveland for a decade, in light of allegations he impregnated one of his captives at least five times and made her miscarry by starving her and punching her in the belly. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Three German tourists and their Filipino tour guide were killed yesterday when the Mayon volcano exploded into life, spewing massive boulders “as big as cars” and a giant ash cloud. Another tourist is missing and presumed dead. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 6th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Farmers in Weifang city have been using the highly toxic pesticide aldicarb “three to six times” above the recommended level, according to a CCTV expose. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Benedict XVI moved back to the Vatican on Thursday, opening an uncertain era in Catholic Church history where an “emeritus pope” and a ruling pontiff will live as neighbours for the first time. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Laser beams and microwave dishes are the latest weapons in an arms race to shave milliseconds off dealing times in the shadowy world of high-speed, computerised financial trading. Traders, who make money by exploiting tiny, lightning-fast price changes on exchanges, are now targeting Europe and Asia after skirmishing in the United States. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 1st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Migrant workers and dockers came out in force in Hong Kong on Wednesday to protest against poor wages and working conditions. They used the annual Labour Day holiday to make their dissatisfaction known, congregating in Central to chant and wave banners. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The 168 Japanese politicians who visited Yasukuni Shrine yesterday were likely emboldened by the surging popularity of the right-of-centre Liberal Democratic Party, and may have concluded that a policy of self-restraint with Japan’s neighbours is not working. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Lauren Drain, on April 17th, 2013 In the wake of the Boston Marathon attacks the Westboro Baptist Church took to twitter to spew hate and threatened to picket victims’ funerals. Former member Lauren Drain advocates finding peace in the face of their first amendment right to spread vitriol.
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By , on April 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Uniformed police yesterday patrolled the Louvre museum in Paris as it reopened its doors following a walkout by staff in protest at gangs of violent pickpockets targeting visitors. Around 20 police officers have now been drafted in to patrol the museum in response to staff concerns, Louvre officials said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A 42-year-old woman in China’s Hubei province died last month after being forced to endure a sterilisation procedure, said Chinese media reports. Shen Hongxia, a mother of two, suffered from gynecological diseases. Doctors had warned her not to have the sterilisation operation because it would harm her, said her husband, Cheng Shixiong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korean workers didn’t show up for work at a jointly run factory complex with South Korea on Tuesday, a day after Pyongyang suspended operations at the last remaining major economic link between rivals locked in an increasingly hostile relationship. Some of the more than 400 South Korean managers still at the Kaesong industrial complex just north of the Demilitarized Zone said they planned to stay and watch over their equipment until food ran out. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Jonathan S. Mark, on April 8th, 2013 Jonathan Mark responds to Emily Hauser, who questioned the relevance of recent Gallup and Pew polls showing widespread American sympathy for Israel.
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By Don Davis, on April 6th, 2013 
Latin America is key to the Catholic Church, but it’s increasingly important to the global showbiz industry as well.
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By Pat Saperstein, on April 6th, 2013 Spanish film director Juan Jose Bigas Luna, a colorful chronicler of sexual and social excess, died Friday near Tarragona, Spain, after a long battle with cancer. He was 67. It was typical of Bigas Luna, a larger-than-life bon vivant who soon became a one-man-brand, that when Spain followed up the 1975 death of dictator Francisco… Read more »
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Wenzhou policeman gets sick saving girl from polluted river
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