At least eight sea lions have been shot dead in the US state of Washington in the past few weeks, wildlife officials say.

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Sea lions ‘shot’ on US west coast

BEIJING — With the Obama administration’s high-profile pivot toward Asia this week — pushing for a new free-trade agreement with at least eight other countries and securing military basing rights in Australia — China is feeling at once isolated, criticized, encircled and increasingly like a target of U.S. moves. Read full article > >

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U.S. pivot to Asia makes China nervous

BEIJING — With the Obama administration’s high-profile pivot toward Asia this week — pushing for a new free-trade agreement with at least eight other countries and securing military basing rights in Australia — China is feeling at once isolated, criticized, encircled and increasingly like a target of U.S. moves. Read full article > >

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U.S. pivot to Asia makes China nervous

A woman is dead and at least eight people hurt, two critically, as witnesses report a “stampede” as club-goers made for exits at a Northampton nightclub.

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Woman killed in club ‘stampede’

MANILA, Philippines — Slow-moving Typhoon Nanmadol remained dangerous Sunday despite weakening as it struck the tip of the mountainous northern Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead and scuttling a visit by a U.S. Navy battleship group, officials said. Taiwan issued sea and land warnings and planned to evacuate about 6,000 people in its eastern and southern regions as it braced for the typhoon. Troops and rescue equipment were deployed for any contingency, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said. Read full article > >

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Explosions and heavy automatic gunfire sounded hours after suicide bombers attacked the British Council in the Afghan capital. At least eight people were killed.

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Explosions rock British compound in Kabul

The Taliban claimed credit for an attack on a British cultural center in Kabul early on Friday, leaving at least eight people dead.

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A plan calls for the Metropolitan Museum to showcase its modern holdings at the site for at least eight years.

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The Met Plans to Occupy the Whitney’s Uptown Site

At least eight people are killed by US drone missiles in a Pakistani tribal area, officials say, in the first such strike since the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.

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Deadly US drone raid in Pakistan

At least eight people belonging to Pakistan’s minority Shia community die in an explosion in the south-western city of Quetta.

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At least eight people belonging to Pakistan’s minority Shia community die in an explosion in the south-western city of Quetta.

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Eight die in Pakistan explosion

The tornado outbreak forecast for eastern Oklahoma Thursday lived up to its potential, spawning at least eight tornadoes in the Sooner state. Tragically, one of the twisters killed two elderly sisters in Tushka and caused dozens of injuries. Reports also indicate the storm tore up roofs and completely destroyed five school buidlings in Tushka. The full extent of the damage is not yet known.

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Video of large, multi-vortex, killer tornado in Oklahoma

A Brazilian man is accused of keeping his wife locked in a cellar for at least eight years while he lived upstairs with another woman.

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At least eight people were killed and 30 injured, in an attack that shattered a months-long period of relative calm in the capital.

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Five Car Bombs Strike Baghdad Neighborhoods

A suicide car bomb in Iraq’s western city of Ramadi kills at least eight people, including six policemen, reports say.

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Suicide car bomb hits Iraq city