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Highlanders To Test Unbeaten Crusaders In Super Rugby Clash

The Canterbury Crusaders will pitch their unbeaten 13-match run against the in-form Otago Highlanders in an enticing...

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Bangladesh Customs Hit Gold Bonanza In Unlikely Places

Bangladesh detectives hit the jackpot when they stopped Mohammad Belal at Chittagong airport carrying some surprising...

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Islamist Militants Kill 19 In South Philippines

Islamist militants locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city have killed 19...

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Media Frenzy As Australian Drug Trafficker Corby Returns Home

Australian Schapelle Corby battled a media storm as she returned home from Bali Sunday 12 years after her conviction...

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Myanmar Must Investigate ‘army Beating’ Video

Myanmar authorities must investigate a video showing men in military uniforms viciously beating handcuffed detainees...

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Tough Times For S.Africa Town Blighted By Mine Closure

At the end of a narrow road stands the dilapidated husk of a golf clubhouse, now overrun with tall weeds and creepers....

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Better Times? Hong Kong’s British Nostalgia Trip

From its rattling trams and racecourses to its legal system and the ubiquitous consumption of Spam, Britain's colonial...

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Young Chinese In the Red As Easy Credit Drives Up Debt

When Wu Qi and her husband traded in their Mazda 3 for a more expensive Mercedes Benz sedan, they applied for a 200,000...

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Why Nuclear Could Become the Next ‘fossil’ Fuel

A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida's largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel...

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Frustration and Hope

Nigeria on Tuesday marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a...

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Venus Williams Set For French Open 20th Anniversary

Serena Williams may be missing from this year's French Open, but big sister Venus is still going strong and marks her...

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A Painful Chapter In Nigeria’s History

Fifty years ago, the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria seceded, declaring an independent Republic of Biafra and sparking...

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Mother of Uber Founder Killed In Boating Accident

The mother of Travis Kalanick, founder of the on-demand ride service Uber, was killed in a boating accident and his...

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A Legacy Etched In Minds of Americans

John F. Kennedy -- young, heroic, charismatic -- embodied the overflowing promise of possibility of 20th century...

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Hopes of ‘Trump-O-Nomics’ Vs Slow-Growth Reality

President Donald Trump's economic and tax agenda assume growth in the world's largest economy will see a sustained...

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North Korea Leader Oversees ‘new’ Weapon System Test

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has overseen a test of a new anti-aircraft weapon system, state media said Sunday, amid...

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New Pakistan Skipper Faces Trophy Acid Test

New captain Sarfraz Ahmed will face his stiffest test yet when he leads unfancied Pakistan in the Champion's Trophy --...

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Armed With Fizz and Self-Belief, Bangladesh Seek A Champions Trophy…

With a fiery new bowler named Fizz leading the young guns and all-rounder Mushfiqur Rahim the old guard, Bangladesh are...

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Google Linking Online and Offline Worlds In New Ad Challenge

Google is testing a way to tie online ads to brick-and-mortar store purchases, a move whetting marketing appetites...