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 US Congress approves new funding for Afghan war
The US House of Representatives has approved funds to pay for President Barack Obama's increase in US troop numbers in Afghanistan. | The 308 to 114 vote comes at a time when some lawmakers are growin... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps. / Cpl. Alex C. Guerra) BBC News
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 At last, building a better, safer world for children
WE live in exciting times. I am not talking about the advances of medicine, science and engineering. Nor the growth of the internet, the mobile phone and the fact that Africa is the world's fastest gr... (photo: WN / marzena) Khaleej Times
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 In Cuba, Revolution Day Without Castro at Podium
| SANTA CLARA, Cuba — Raúl Castro is known among Cubans as a pragmatist, not an orator. But the Cuban president surprised even those accustomed to his reticen... (photo: AP / Adalberto Roque, Pool) Herald Tribune
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 Fidel Castro emerges from four years of seclusion as Cuba hits out against its old ...
| Fidel Castro has stepped out after years of seclusion, making a number of public appearances during Cuba's most important national holiday. | Castro made a string of im... (photo: AP / Jose Goitia/file) The Daily Mail
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 Johnny Depp tells fans what to expect from the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie ...
| Johnny Depp has unveiled details of the latest Pirates Of The Caribbean movie - albeit in the guise of the drunken pirate he plays in it, Captain Jack Sparrow. | Depp r... (photo: AP / Matt Sayles) The Daily Mail
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 Raul Castro non-speaker at key Cuba event
Santa Clara: President Raul Castro has refrained from speaking at celebrations marking the start of Cuba's communist revolution, dashing expectations he would announce a ... (photo: AP / Javier Galeano) Zeenews
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 President Wyclef? Ex-Fugee mulling Haiti campaign
| PORT-AU-PRINCE — Singer Wyclef Jean is considering a run for president of Haiti but has not decided whether to seek a five-year term as leader of the quake-ravage... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert) Newsvine
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 The grim business of chasing mass killers
| Darfur is the first genocide of the 21st century, it should be the last, says the ICC's chief prosecutor, writes ARTHUR BEESLEY European Correspondent in The Hague | A ... (photo: AP / Jason DeCrow) Irish Times
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 School Garden Feeds Locals
Communities around the Havana Primary School no longer have to travel long distances to buy vegetables because the school's gardening project caters for their needs. | ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) All Africa
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 Obama acknowledges economic stress not so long ago
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/23/2016158/obama-acknowledges-economic-stress.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0... (photo: Creative Commons / Hoshie) Fresno Bee
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 Katy Perry unveils nude album cover
| Sexy singer Katy Perry has unveiled her new album cover – a painting of her posing naked in a candy cotton cloud. | Katy Perry has fun with friends on the slides ... (photo: Creative Commons / Jeff Denberg) m&c
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 A concrete plan for Haiti
| ON EVERY street corner in Port au Prince recently, teams of yellow T-shirted Haitians, armed with shovels and pick axes, sorted and cleaned the remains of their destroy... (photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini) The Boston Globe
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 Tropical Storm Bonnie moving toward oil spill
| JUAN McCARTNEY | Associated Press Writer= NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie steamed into the central Bahamas on Thursday night while tracking a course that... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) The Guardian
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 Freed Cuban prisoner heads for US
| A recently freed Cuban political prisoner, who is paralyzed from the waist down, has won permission to leave the country for the US. | Ariel Sigler, 44, was freed in Ju... (photo: AP / Franklin Reyes) Al Jazeera
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