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Israel: Explosions occurred at Hezbollah depot AP - 54 mins ago
Israel: Explosions occurred at Hezbollah depot
AP - 54 mins ago - Israel's military said Saturday that surveillance footage from drones shows that the explosions that rocked a village in southern Lebanon this week occurred at a residential building used by Hezbollah as a weapons depot.
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Thousands protest at French immigrant clampdown Reuters - 54 mins ago
Thousands protest at French immigrant clampdown
Reuters - 54 mins ago
- Tens of thousands protested across France on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action over policies on which President Nicolas Sarkozy has staked his political reputation. -
'Alive' survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong AP - 55 mins ago
'Alive' survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong
AP - 55 mins ago
- Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped miners and urged them to stay strong. -
Protests over French Roma policy BBC News - Home - 58 mins ago
Protests over French Roma policy
BBC News - Home - 58 mins agoThousands attend rallies in Paris and other French cities to protest at the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
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Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies AP - 1 hours ago
Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies
AP - 1 hours ago - Thousands of people marched in Paris and around France on Saturday to protest expulsions of Gypsies and other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
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Six killed in Darfur camp shootout: peacekeepers Reuters - 1 hours ago
Six killed in Darfur camp shootout: peacekeepers
Reuters - 1 hours ago
- Gunmen shot dead six people and injured 33 in clashes at a refugee camp in Sudan's Darfur region on Saturday, peacekeepers said. -
Argentina reopens Franco probe BBC News - Home - 1 hours ago
Argentina reopens Franco probe
BBC News - Home - 1 hours agoAn Argentine court reopens an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity under General Franco in Spain.
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Southwest China landslide toll rises to 24 AFP - 1 hours ago
Southwest China landslide toll rises to 24
AFP - 1 hours ago
- The death toll from rain-triggered landslides that hit a remote village in southwestern China rose to 24, with another 24 people still missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. -
Two killed as aeroplanes collide BBC News - Home - 1 hours ago
Two killed as aeroplanes collide
BBC News - Home - 1 hours agoTwo people are killed when their plane crashes to the ground after a collision with another aircraft on the Isle of Wight.
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Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests OneWorld.net - 1 hours ago
Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests
OneWorld.net - 1 hours ago - MAPUTO, Sep 3 (IPS) - September in MozambiqueâÃâ¬Ãâ¢s capital has begun with violent protests. Thousands have been striking over an increase in the prices of basic goods, including bread. Police responded with force - firing on crowds gathered on the streets in several suburbs and townships in and around Maputo.
