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Saturday, August 2, 2014 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington PostGAZA CITY — Israel and Hamas began observing an unconditional, 72-hour humanitarian truce Friday morning, a cease-fire that diplomats from the United States and the United Nations announced Thursday that could potentially pave the way fo...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World News: CBSnews.comTruce brokered by U.S., U.N. takes effect after heavy Israel-Hamas fighting; talks aimed at longer standdown are supposed to be held during the pause
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalUN: More than 1,700 killed in Iraq in July, down from previous month when militants advanced
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalWorld Trade Organization's deal goes back to drawing board for 'new phase' of uncertainty
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CNN.comA charter flight with an isolation pod leaves the United States for Liberia, to evacuate two Americans who will become the first Ebola patients on U.S. soil.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CNN.comWhen a plane took off from Georgia to meet two American missionaries fighting to survive Ebola hemorrhagic fever in West Africa, a small epidemic ignited on social media in the United States: Fear.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesNumber surpasses those killed during 2008-2009 Gaza war.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Nation & World - chicagotribune.comAn extra-alarm fire destroyed three buildings, at least half a dozen semi trailers and thousands of pallets in a Little Village business Thursday night and Friday morning according to authorities.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesPregnant Virginia mother of four Sarah Harkins died after being stung by wasps in her Spotsylvania County backyard.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from The Business InsiderThe Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the July jobs report at 8:30 am ET. Here are the numbers Wall Street is looking for: Change in nonfarm payrolls: +230,000 Unemployment rate: 6.1% Average hourly earnings, month-over-month: 0.2%...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comDEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities said Friday that at least 10 government troops were killed in an ambush by pro-Russian separatists in an area near the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but international inspectors...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CBC | World NewsUkrainian authorities say at least 10 government troops have been killed in an ambush by pro-Russian separatist rebels in an area near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A three-day cease-fire in the Gaza Strip went into effect Friday following heavy Israel-Hamas fighting that killed 17 Palestinians and five Israeli soldiers.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CNN.comThe death toll is rising in Taiwan after underground gas leaks caused a series of explosions in the southern city of Kaohsiung, state media says.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesA search for an officer's loaded shotgun turned up empty nearly 12 hours after the weapon fell off a police motorcycle in South Los Angeles.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from NYT > WorldLeaders of the affected countries and the head of the World Health Organization were to initiate a $100 million plan to combat the disease.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World News & AnalysisFrench lender Societe Generale reported a 7.8 percent rise in net profit on Friday, while adding to its litigation provisions.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesA 12-year-old Florida boy is suspected in the killing of 54-year old Thomas Trent after being identified in a surveillance video by investigators.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesThe U.K.’s FTSE 100 index kicks off August on a downbeat note and heads for the lowest close in three weeks, as investors continue to move out of risky assets against a background of geopolitical concerns and rate-hike fears in the U.S.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedThe World Health Organisation said it would launch a $100-million response plan on Friday during a meeting with the affected nations in Guinea
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesMiami Beach Detective Reinaldo Casa will get his job back after he successfully argued that he tested positive for cocaine due to a sexual aid cream.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalAfter years of growth, Macau casino revenue falls for 2nd month as China graft clampdown bites
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsKIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament rejected Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk's resignation on Thursday and finally passed legislation he said was needed to finance an army offensive against a separatist rebellion in the east and avert ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsGAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A three-day ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip went into effect on Friday, with negotiators due to travel to Cairo to discuss a longer-term solution.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesAn East Haven town employee has filed a complaint against Mayor Joseph Maturo claiming that he made inappropriate comments about her breasts.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from NYT > WorldOn cellphones, security monitors and dashboard cameras, the residents of Kaohsiung captured the terrifying series of explosions that rocked their city.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedIf the panel of judges on Uganda’s constitutional Court agrees, the whole law could be jettisoned. If no, then the judges will continue to hear the activists’ argument that the law is unconstitutional
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World on HuffingtonPost.comYou're a hungry bear, surrounded by apples and carrots, when a crow wanders into your enclosure and gets stuck in the water. Dinnertime, right? Not so fast. Check out what this bear did, in a video that was recorded at the Budapest Zoo l...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World News & AnalysisInternational Airlines Group reported a 55 percent rise in second-quarter operating profit, mainly due to a recovery at Iberia airline.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsATHENS (Reuters) - Greece safely evacuated embassy staff and more than one hundred Chinese and European nationals from Libya early on Friday with a navy frigate sailing back to the Greek port of Piraeus, its defence ministry said.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from U.S. News - Nation & WorldAKRON, Ohio (AP) — Tiger Woods began his title defense in the Bridgestone Invitational with a perfect tee shot down the middle of the fairway and a shot that covered the flag until it settled 10 feet behind the hole. Three putts later, h...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalEuropean convention to fight violence against women comes into force
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalGaza officials: Israeli tank fire kills 4 Palestinians after cease-fire
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from USATODAY - World Top Stories
President Evo Morales announced Israelis visiting Bolivia will now require a visa.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington PostGAZA CITY — Israel and Hamas began an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian truce Friday morning, potentially paving the way for an end to the 24-day-old conflict. In a joint statement, Secretary of State John F. Kerry and U.N. Secretary Ge...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedSome two hours after the truce began, a Reuters photographer and the Gaza Interior Ministry said Israeli tanks opened fire in the southern Rafah area, and Hamas media reported four people were killed
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesThe 2014 World Cup is in the books. While Germany cruised to victory, the impact of the world’s most popular sporting event is still playing out in the corporate suite. We’ve compiled the biggest stars and floppers.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top Stories5 ways to be a more effective complainer
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesWe can help you avoid having to complain in the first place.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsLONDON (Reuters) - After a legal show-down in Texas this week, the outlook for a handful of tankers holding some $300 million worth of Kurdish oil is not looking good.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from ABC News: InternationalUgandan court to rule on legality of new anti-gay measure
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CNN.comRescuers have recovered 51 bodies after landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains trapped about 170 people in a western Indian village.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Top NBCNews headlinesRosendo "Rusty" Torres was convicted of five counts of sexual abuse. Prosecutors say he abused a girl younger than 11 while a baseball coach.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CNN.comA cease-fire begins in Gaza with no immediate reports of fighting, following weeks of violence that have led to more than 1,500 deaths.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Reuters: World NewsHANOI (Reuters) - Japan will give six navy boats to Vietnam to boost its patrols and surveillance in the South China Sea, Japan's foreign minister said on Friday, in the latest sign of a strengthening of alliances between states locked i...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CNN.comThe National Institutes of Health will begin testing an experimental Ebola vaccine in people as early as September, the NIH announced Thursday.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from MarketWatch.com - Top StoriesThe U.S. had added at least 200,000 jobs a month for five straight months and the streak is expected to extend to six in July, suggesting the economy is on its firmest footing since the Great Recession ended in mid-2009.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from CNN.comTropical Storm Bertha formed in the Atlantic late Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from NYT > WorldLiu Wen, the director of China Central Television’s documentary channel, CCTV-9, and producer of the hit series “A Bite of China,” has been detained on suspicion of corruption.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from The Business InsiderGood morning! Here's what people will be taking about on Friday. 1. Israel and Hamas agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza strip , which began 8 a.m. local time on Friday. Officials from both sides will next head to Cairo to wo...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgarian men are among the average endowed men in Europe, shows a survey, published by the German weekly Focus, quoted by Vesti.bg. According to the survey, Bulgarians rank 13-th in Europe, with an average size of 14.09 cm when erect. ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineAt least 14 people have been killed today in what Kiev says was an ambush set up by militants near the town of Shakhtarsk, eastern Ukraine.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineFlames ripped through the 144-year-old structure in Eastbourne, East Sussex, on Wednesday, which was home to a number of gift shops and restaurants.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe child found the body of her mother, Suzanne Van Hagen, 34, and stepfather John Worton, 37, in separate rooms at home in Frankley, Worcestershire.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe flag appeared on the Houses of Parliament in London this morning in a stunt claimed by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who accused David Cameron of 'weakly accepting the US' political position'.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe value of sterling has risen to 1.68 dollars for every pound - the best rate which British visitors to the US have seen since 2008.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe pilot of Thomson Airways flight Tom145 radioed a message to police at Manchester Airport after the window cracked as the plane travelled at about 35,000ft over Ireland.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineDavid Waygood, who died last year aged 62, was the sole director of a firm which Spanish prosecutors claim hid tax owed by Lionel Messi.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineSheriff Alan Miller adjourned a court case in Glasgow because he wanted to attend an evening session of the Commonwealth Games. The case involving a police officer accused of assaulting his partner is expected to resume today.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineHealth Ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra and Gaza police spokesman Ayman Batniji said 15 other Palestinians were wounded in the shelling east of the Gaza city of Rafah.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe shocking footage is recorded through a dash camera of a car, driving along Victoria Road, Pennant Hills on Saturday afternoon before colliding with the first driver.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe family of the Al Qaeda chief, who died in 2011, have acquired the Carrara quarries in Tuscany, which produces the world's most sought after marble, to add to their collection of 26 mines.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineZaens Ltd has been hit with the biggest fine in Australian transport history after its drivers committed nearly 200 speeding offences February 2011 and March 2012. The Sydney company also employed Vincent George, a methadone addict who k...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineStatistics show that 304 anti-Semitic incidents were reported in the UK between January and June - a 36 per cent rise compared to the same period a year ago.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineTina Waddell moved from Arkansas to Georgia and used the Silver Comet Trail every day - on Tuesday she was the subject of a random assault that has baffled police.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe boy, named only as Dev, fell into the steaming sugar which had been left outside a sweet shop, and later died in Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineDoctors told Cherie last year that her daughter Abbey would live only a few months as a result of CDKL5, a rare genetic condition that results in uncontrolled and violent seizures sometimes lasting up to 45 minutes.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe Met Office is predicting heavy downpours and thunder and lightning in some parts of the UK this weekend, putting a dramatic end to the July heatwave.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineKelsey Zachow of Mt Clemens, Michigan won the $66million lottery drawn on June 13, but she didn't realize it until 11 days later.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineIn the wake of the tragedy, Mr Turnbull's family hope to see the legislation changed so farmers have more control over clearing their land.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineA Sydney driver made a lucky escape from his luxury $80, 000 Mercedes A45 after it burst into flames on the side of the road on Thursday.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe 55-year-old singer was criticised by fans after posting a picture of herself flanked by dancers bearing the Star of David and the Muslim star and crescent on her Instagram page.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineIan Turnbull (pictured, top left) who is accused of murdering environment officer Glen Turner (bottom left) comes from Australia's landed gentry known as the 'squattocracy' who have owned homesteads for generations on the black soil plai...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineTana Baumler, 59, was taking her husband and granddaughters, four and seven, to Yellowstone National Park, in Idaho, in early July when she was clocked driving 95mph in a 75mph zone.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Lecturer and civil activist prof. Georgi Bliznashki will be Bulgaria's Prime Minister within the caretaker government due to be sworn in next week, a Bulgarian daily reports. Citing sources close to President Rosen Plevneliev, the newspa...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineAn Australian man bit off far more than he could chew recently when he sunk his teeth into a safety pin hidden inside a block of Woolworths-brand cheese.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineForrest, 32, from Ringmer near Lewes, East Sussex, has not seen the girl, now 17, since he was jailed for five-and-a-half years in June last year for abducting her and having sex with a minor.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe image, which was taken by a Swedish radio journalist in Gaza and shows the young Palestinian boy standing proud in his 'journalist' outfit, has been shared more than 5,500 times.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe contest, on the Chinese site Weibo, has seen thousands of young women post selfies of their unshaven underarms, which is said to be encouraging natural beauty.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News RSS : Today
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineTanis Jex-Blake, of Alberta, said the group started 'pointing, laughing and pretending to kick me' as she attempted to sunbathe.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)Five people killed in Rafah hours after 72-hour humanitarian truce between Hamas and Israel began.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - WorldJapanese electronics maker Sharp posts a 55% increase in its operating profit for the April-to-June quarter.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comIrish police investigate after worker discovers human limb at waste recycling plant Continue reading...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - WorldIsrael and Hamas begin a 72-hour truce, but hours later several Palestinians die by Israeli fire in apparent response to a rocket attack.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - WorldThe World Health Organization and presidents of West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak meet in Guinea to announce a new $100m response plan.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineCyclist Moses Sesay, from Sierra Leone, West Africa, was admitted to hospital in Glasgow after feeling unwell and developing fever-like symptoms.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from BBC News - WorldA Banksy artwork painted on the wall of a house in Cheltenham, which was at the centre of a row over its removal, has been defaced.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World news and comment from the Guardian | theguardian.comFour Palestinians are reported killed by Israeli tank shells shortly after start of planned 72-hour ceasefire. Continue reading...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineBuenos Aires had until the early hours of yesterday morning to reach a deal with so-called 'holdout' investors demanding full repayment of the bonds they own.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky NewsIsrael and Gaza accuse each other of breaching a temporary truce which is aimed at giving civilians a reprieve from the violence.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News Headines | Mail OnlineThe ‘unjust and immoral’ practice has emerged as dozens of elderly drivers said how they were being threatened and pursued by bailiffs over minor parking queries.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz has some 98.5% of its assets stored in Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB), data from the Economy Ministry shows. A report cited by daily 24 chasa contains a list of companies holding over BGN 3 ...
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from mirror - World newsLittle Gammy will die unless his 21-year-old mum can find money for urgent medical treatment - a campaign to save him has so far raised £35,000
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News24 WorldSeveral bodies that had been stored for up to a decade or more at a funeral home whose owner killed himself last week have been found, police say.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News24 WorldWith poverty growing, Syrian refugee women and girls are growing vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from News24 WorldGaza officials say the lull in fighting after a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was broken after less than two hours when Israeli tank fire killed at least four Palestinians.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldStellar to be offered freely to individuals and charities to encourage wider cryptocurrency adoption
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from IBTimes.co.uk : WorldShepherds have found a new lake near Gafsa, Tunisia, which authorities fear could be dangerous.
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Friday, August 1, 2014 from mirror - World newsBalding breakdancer Ashur Shimon, from Lebanon, rips off shirt inside ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia, revealing hairy body and some blistering moves
