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North-west Pakistan 'a massive lake' BBC News - Home - 43 mins ago
North-west Pakistan 'a massive lake'
BBC News - Home - 43 mins agoLyse Doucet has travelled to north-west Pakistan, where the worst monsoon floods in living memory have killed at least 800 people and affected one million more.
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Mexican police free reporters nabbed by drug gang AP - 47 mins ago
Mexican police free reporters nabbed by drug gang
AP - 47 mins ago
- Federal police rescued two kidnapped news cameramen in northern Mexico on Saturday, five days after they were seized by drug traffickers in a bid to get their employers to broadcast cartel messages. -
Chelsea Clinton to marry banker BBC News - Home - 1 hours ago
Chelsea Clinton to marry banker
BBC News - Home - 1 hours agoThe only child of former US President Bill Clinton, Chelsea, is due to marry in a ceremony cloaked in secrecy.
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Man dies as powerboat overturns BBC News - Home - 1 hours ago
Man dies as powerboat overturns
BBC News - Home - 1 hours agoA man died when the boat he was in "flipped over" during the European and British National Powerboat Championships in Essex, police say.
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Britain tastes triple gold at European Championships AFP - 1 hours ago
Britain tastes triple gold at European Championships
AFP - 1 hours ago
- Britain clinched three more gold medals at the European Championships on Saturday with Mo Farah taking pride of place, adding the 5,000m title to his 10,000m crown. -
Nigerian president to attend Benin anniversary: official AFP - 1 hours ago
Nigerian president to attend Benin anniversary: official
AFP - 1 hours ago
- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, chairman of regional bloc ECOWAS, will attend neighbouring Benin's 50th independence anniversary on Sunday in Porto Novo, an official statement said. -
Brazil offers haven to Iran woman in adultery case AP - 2 hours ago
Brazil offers haven to Iran woman in adultery case
AP - 2 hours ago - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered on Saturday to provide refuge to a woman who has been sentenced to death in Iran following her conviction for committing adultery.
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PLO official says Obama sent warning to Abbas AP - 2 hours ago
PLO official says Obama sent warning to Abbas
AP - 2 hours ago
- President Barack Obama warned Mahmoud Abbas in a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the Palestinian leader refuses to resume direct peace talks with Israel, a senior PLO official said Saturday. -
Bus wreck kills 13 in southwest China CNN.com - 2 hours ago
Bus wreck kills 13 in southwest China
CNN.com - 2 hours agoA bus carrying 22 passengers plummeted nearly 30 feet of a cliff in southwest China on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring nine others, state-run media reported.
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3 convicted killers break out in Arizona CNN.com - 2 hours ago
3 convicted killers break out in Arizona
CNN.com - 2 hours agoAuthorities are hunting for three convicted murderers who escaped from a Kingman, Arizona, prison on Friday night. Police said the convicts are with a woman who helped them escape.
