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MELBOURNE, AAP - Formerly conjoined twin Krishna is slowly being woken from her medically-induced coma after life-saving surgery earlier this week. more...
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SYDNEY, AP - Australian teen sailor Jessica Watson has crossed the equator on her round-the-world solo voyage. more...
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MOSCOW, AP - Government ministers and traffic safety campaigners from around the world are meeting in Moscow in a bid to reduce the global annual road toll. more...
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UNITED NATIONS, AFP - Efforts to craft a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen next month will certainly "yield a success", the UN's top climate official has pledged. more...
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WASHINGTON, AFP - Astr-onauts from the shuttle Atlantis on Thursday completed the first space walk of their mission, replacing a vital communications an-tenna on the exterior of the International Space Sta-tion. more...
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NEW YORK, AP - Oprah Winfrey will be calling it quits on her hugely successful talk show in 2011 after 25 seasons on air. more...
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SO crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment centre that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her bed with another patient. more...
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COMING face-to-face with Afghanistan insurgents' deadliest and most effective weapon -- improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is a near daily event for US Marine Staff Sergeants Tony D'Amato and Aaron Irvin. more...
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, AFP - A bomb ripped through a Pakistan police vehicle on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar early yesterday, killing two policemen and wounding five people, officials said. more...
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LOS ANGELES, AFP - Forget Freddy Krueger or flesh-eating zombies: the real villain of a night at the movies could be lurking in a bag of popcorn or drinks carton, according to a new US study. more...