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Serbia arrests wartime military chief Mladic
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German coach to manage national football team
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World leaders in France to grapple with global crises
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EU raises 4.75 billion euros for Portugal
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Hanoi to host 2nd international comic festival
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US astronaut grapples with 'tears in space'
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Crisis, stagflation stalk global recovery: OECD
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France's Lagarde runs for IMF job despite probe cloud
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World’s only krump band perform in Vietnam
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Berlin airports to close because of volcano ash cloud
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Central China drought 'worst in over 50 years'
Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages.
Tripoli death toll up to 19: state TV
The death toll from NATO air strikes on Tripoli and its suburbs has risen to 19, Libyan state television reported on Tuesday.
Amazon and Barnes & Noble battle for e-book lovers
Online retail titan Amazon.com and bookselling giant Barnes & Noble dueled Tuesday for the devotion of digital book lovers.
Hollywood deal for film of bin Laden killing
US film giant Columbia Pictures has won the US distribution rights for a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Long-delayed Duke Nukem videogame hits in June
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Lives at stake' in hunt for US tornado survivors
Rescuers combed through overturned cars and flattened buildings Tuesday hunting for survivors after this Missouri town was struck by one of the strongest US tornadoes ever recorded.
Vietnam hosts international photo contest
The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists launched the sixth International Art Photography contest and exhibition in Hanoi.
Many flights grounded as ash cloud reaches Britain
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