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   Italy arrests Mafia boss, on run for 15 years

   Reuters - Sunday, November 15 07:34 pm

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   PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police arrested a top Sicilian mafia boss on Sunday who had been a fugitive for more than 15 years, dealing what a minister said was a major blow to the crime syndicate. More »

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   Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come 

   Reuters - Friday, November 20 09:58 pm

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   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over. More »

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   Mock funeral mourns Venice's shrinking population 

   Reuters - Saturday, November 14 06:52 pm

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   VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - A procession of gondolas accompanied a pink coffin along Venice's Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral to protest against the steep decline in the city's population. More »

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   Iran demands US free its assets after Obama warning

   AFP - Thursday, November 19 12:28 pm

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   TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday urged Washington to unblock Iranian assets, as US President Barack Obama warned of "consequences" after Tehran's dismissal of a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal. More »

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   Australia says sorry over child migrant abuse 

   Reuters - Monday, November 16 08:32 am

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   CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised on Monday for years of abuse and pain suffered by thousands of orphans and children sent to Australia from Britain, often without the knowledge of their parents. More »

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   IAAF agrees to Semenya keeping world title 

   Reuters - Thursday, November 19 11:22 am

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   JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has agreed that South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800 metres world title, the country's sports ministry said Thursday. More »

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   Kabul launches unit to tackle corruption

   AFP - Monday, November 16 03:54 pm

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   KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan government said on Monday it had formed a major crime unit to tackle corruption, following escalating Western pressure on President Hamid Karzai to fight graft. More »

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   Police nab smugglers who brought 2,000 into EU

   Reuters - Tuesday, November 17 05:12 pm

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   AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Police across Europe arrested 22 people on Tuesday on suspicion of smuggling some 2,000 immigrants into the European Union, mainly from Iraq, law enforcement organisation Europol said. More »

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   EU names Belgian PM Van Rompuy as first president 

   Reuters - Friday, November 20 09:57 am

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   BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead efforts to make it more influential on the world stage. More »

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    Unease as S. Lanka general eyes presidency

    AFP - Monday, November 16 11:54 am

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    COLOMBO (AFP) - Hailed as a hero for ending decades of civil war, Sri Lanka's most decorated general now looks set to challenge for the presidency -- a move that some analysts view with deep foreboding. More »