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Suicide blast rocks centre of Kabul
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Syria 'to take part in peace talks'
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IMF chief named key witness in case
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Three hurt in US bridge collapse
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Turkey aims to curb alcohol sales
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Big quake hits Russia's far east
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Ex-sex slaves condemn Japan mayor
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Actress Bynes accused over pot
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Obama backs 'effective' drone hits
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Rare Superman comic found in house
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Man kills girl after building fall
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Scouts to admit gay youngsters
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Brown gets a griller in Manila
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Life-or-death retrial for Arias
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Stage boss: My fears for Jackson
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UN anger at 'throw out case' plea
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![Dan Brown's novel Inferno is already a best-seller a little over a week since its debut AP Jim Cole]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/18/ab4d75e2b546498bd86725745e113/_h309_w628_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "Dan Brown's novel Inferno is already a best-seller a little over a week since its debut AP Jim Cole")
![Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder for killing her boyfriend in 2008 AP The Arizona Republic, David Wallace]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/40/326cb99cc0a6503eb8b25cfe5934b7/_h309_w628_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder for killing her boyfriend in 2008 AP The Arizona Republic, David Wallace")
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Nasa chief views asteroid plan
Nasa chief Charles Bolden visits the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California (AP)
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Briton found hanged in French jail
John Steele was found by prison guards hanging in his cell in a French jail on Tuesday
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Police probe Manson disciple tapes
Charles 'Tex' Watson is serving a life sentence for his role in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others (AP/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Arrest warrant for 'dead' rapper
Timothy Blair, aka rapper Tim Dog, was sentenced in 2011 to 14 days in jail and five years probation for swindling 32,000 dollars from a woman
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Lagarde quizzed over pay-off deal
International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde arrives at a Paris court to face questions over a financial deal (AP)
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Shot man knew Boston blast suspect
Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando (AP/Orange County Corrections Department)
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20 soldiers die in Niger car blast
Workers at the uranium mine of Arlit, where car bombers injured more than a dozen people (AP/AREVA/HO)
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Court rejects Pussy Riot parole bid
Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has had a parole bid rejected (AP)
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Google goes to Galapagos Islands
Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation crosses a rocky lava field to collect Street View data (AP/Google)
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Grandmother trumped in court case
Jacqueline Goldberg leaves federal court after a jury returned with a finding in Donald Trump's favour in her civil case (AP)
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Riots continue in Swedish capital
Firemen extinguish a burning car in the Stockholm suburb of Kista (AP)
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Markets fall as Japan stocks slide
Trader Peter Tuchman, left, working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets fell worldwide (AP)
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Rafsanjani hits at Iran's rulers
Iran's leaders have been criticised ahead of next month's presidential election (AP)
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Man, 80, oldest to climb Everest
Eighty-year-old Japanese adventurer Yuichiro Miura, right, is greeted by his friend climber Kenji Kondo (AP/Miura Dolphins)
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Building collapse causes revealed
Bangladeshi rescuers use heavy machinery to clear rubble of a clothing factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh (AP/AM Ahad)
