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Cameron new British PM, Clegg named deputy in new coalition: Conservative leader David Cameron took over as Britain's new Prime Minister, ousting the Labour party from power after a 13-year rule, after striking an agreement with the Liberal Democrats who joined the country's first coalition government in 70 years.
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Europe faces debt jitters despite giant bailout: Europe struggled on Tuesday to shake off doubts that it can emerge from its debt crisis as jitters returned to world markets despite the creation of a giant financial safety net to shore up the euro.
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5 dead, dozens injured as tornadoes hit central US: Violent storms that tore through the central US killed five people and injured dozens more, leaving behind flattened homes, toppled semitrailers and downed power lines.
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Times Square sees another evacuation over false alarm: The Times Square was evacuated for the third time in 11 days today after a suspicious package was reported at the popular tourist site to the police, which later found it was a 'harmless empty bag'.
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Caffeine 'helps reduce mistakes at work': It's a perfect excuse to pester your boss for a complimentary cup of coffee in office everyday -- a caffeine shot helps reduce mistakes made by drowsy shift workers and improve their performance, according to a study.
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103 killed in Libya plane crash, child survives: An eight-year-old Dutch boy was the sole survivor when a Libyan plane arriving from South Africa exploded on landing at Tripoli airport today, killing more than 100 people, officials said.
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Afriqiyah Airways confirms crash in Tripoli: An Afriqiyah Airways flight from Johannesburg crashed just one metre (three feet) from the runway as it was landing in Tripoli early Wednesday, an airline official said.
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Somali pirates seize Greek-owned ship in Gulf of Aden: Somali pirates have seized a Liberia-flagged and Greek-owned ship with up to 24 people aboard in the Gulf of Aden, a Greek coast guard official said on Wednesday.
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New UK govt to have annual cap on immigrants: Skilled professionals and students from India will find it more difficult to come to Britain as the new David Cameron government puts in place the Conservative party's immigration policy that seeks a drastic annual reduction of migrants.
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For crew of doomed US rig, a night of flames and terror: The nightmare began with a geyser of mud and water that shot 300 feet into the air. Before anyone could react, gas from deep below the sea found a spark and the Deepwater Horizon was ablaze.
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105 dead in Tripoli airport plane crash: security official: A Libyan plane arriving from South Africa crashed on Wednesday at Tripoli airport killing all 105 people on board, a security official. Among the dead were 94 passengers and 11 crew members, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Child survives as more than 100 killed in Libya plane crash
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Too much media buzz might have made Shahzad flee: Excessive and specific information being broadcast by the media about Faisal Shahzad in the hours following the failed bombing attempt by the Pakistani-American might have prompted him to try to flee, a top police official has said.
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Stressed? Talk to your mom!: Are you stressed out? Wherever you are, just pick up the phone and talk to your mother, for a new study says that her voice is the best stress relief. Researchers have carried out the study and found that hearing mother's voice can quickly calm frayed nerves.
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Shahzad has waived right to speedy arraignment: Senator: Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani American arrested on charges of planting a bomb at the Times Square, has waived his right to a speedy court appearance, a top American Senator has said.
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Taliban kill 2 tribesmen in Northwest Pakistan: Taliban militants have killed two tribesmen they accused of spying for the US in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region in northwest Pakistan.
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Political patience wanes as Gulf oil spill grows: Political patience is whittling away for British Petroleum (BP) executives who can't stop a broken underwater well from pouring oil into the Gulf of Mexico where crews tried the latest solution -- submerging a second containment box designed to funnel the gusher to a waiting tanker.
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Libya rules out terrorism in plane crash: Libya's Transport Minister Mohammed Ali Zidan ruled out terrorism as the cause of a plane crash at Tripoli airport on Wednesday that officials said killed more than 100 people.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi files new appeal against detention: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has lodged a new appeal with the Supreme Court against her house arrest in a last-chance attempt to win freedom, her lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Thank you and goodbye, says an emotional Brown: "Thank you and goodbye!" said an emotional Gordon Brown as he stepped down as Britain's Prime Minister, ending 13 years of Labour rule.
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Water, electricity cuts to Bangkok protest zone: The Thai government turned to seige tactics Wednesday after fruitless efforts to compromise with protesters barricaded in central Bangkok, announcing that the army would limit supplies of water, food and electricity to the protest zone.
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The postman who stole 76,000 letters: A British postman, who stashed away 76,000 letters and parcels in his home, had to leave his flat as there was no space to live in it.
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Obama, Karzai hold fence-mending talks: US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at the White House on Wednesday in a show of unity aimed at patching over differences at a pivotal time in the nearly nine-year-old war.
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Eight dead in group suicide pacts in S Korea: Eight people were found dead on Wednesday in what police in South Korea said were two separate group suicides, a report said. Five youths -- four women and a man -- breathed in toxic fumes after burning coal briquettes inside a vehicle which had its windows sealed with dark plastic sheets just south of Seoul.
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Muhammad cartoonist defiant after attack: A Swedish artist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad offended Muslims says he hopes to get another chance to deliver a free-speech lecture that was interrupted by violent protests.
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Britain will not join or prepare to join euro: govt: Britain will not join or prepare to join Europe's single currency under its new coalition government, according to a joint policy agreement published today.
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Oh, no, mom joined Facebook: It used to be that mom embarrassed you in front of your friends. Now she does it in front of the world.
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India set to ink N-deal with Kazakhstan: India and Kazakhstan on Wednesday inched closer to inking two crucial bilateral agreements, including a key civil nuclear deal, as they agreed to deepen cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector.
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Thai election plan scrapped as tensions rise: The Thai government on Wednesday cancelled plans for a November election and scrapped talks with protesters occupying Bangkok's commercial district for nearly six weeks, but softened its line on an earlier crackdown threat.
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Ash affects flights in Morocco, Turkey, Spain: Volcanic ash from Iceland wound its way south to North Africa and curled eastward, forcing authorities for the first time to shut down airports in Morocco, as well as in Spain and, briefly, in Turkey.
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How lasers will change the world: They're involved in cars, airplanes and even e-mail. Now new lasers are being developed for the military.
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New British PM starts work, vows 'strong' coalition: New British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled more details of his historic centre-right coalition today, vowing "strong" government after ending 13 years of Labour rule.
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Rags to world's richest: These 10 billionaires overcame some of the toughest odds on their way to building vast fortunes.
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Nepal to miss constitution deadline; crisis feared: Nepal will miss a deadline to prepare a new constitution, officials said today, raising fears of fresh political tension in a country yet to fully emerge from years of a civil war that killed thousands.
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'Boy who survived plane crash undergoing surgery': A boy who survived today's Libyan plane crash at Tripoli airport, was undergoing surgery at a Tripoli hospital for broken bones, the Dutch foreign ministry said.
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Tagore’s influence on Lankan culture: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the national anthems of two countries, India and Bangladesh. But he deeply influenced the words and music of a third, the Lankan national anthem, ‘Sri Lanka Matha’.
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Speak English, live for free in China: Visitors seeking to see China on a budget would do well to brush up their English language skills to take advantage of a scheme that offers free lodging in Chinese homes in exchange for English tutoring.
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Afghan man attacks Pak envoy in Iran: A state-run Iranian TV station says an Afghan assailant has wounded Pakistan’s ambassador in an attack in Tehran. Iran’s English-language Press TV says the attacker, an Afghani, has been arrested.
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US watching China nuke deal with Pak: The United States has said that it is carefully reviewing the Chinese decision to build two nuclear power plants in Pakistan and asked the atomic power countries to honour their non-proliferation commitments.
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Chinese media praises Jairam: A State-run Chinese newspaper on Tuesday fully backed environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s controversial comments made in Beijing on India’s ‘alarmist’ attitude to Chinese investment.
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If you see something, say something: The Times Square street vendors who alerted the police to a smoking Nissan Pathfinder on May 1 seemed to be acting on a combination of their streetwise instincts, their sense of civic duty, their military training and the advice of Allen Kay.
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Pakistani ambassador to Tehran 'injured in attack on car': Pakistan's ambassador to Tehran was injured and taken to hospital today when his car was attacked by an Afghan, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said.
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Kidnappers of British journalist demand release of militants: Kidnappers of a British journalist held in Pakistan's remote tribal region have demanded authorities release scores of Islamic militants in exchange for the hostage.
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Ash cloud shuts Spain, Morocco airports, reaches Turkey: A volcanic ash cloud from Iceland forced the shutdown today of airports for the first time in north Africa and in the Canaries and southern Spain, as it drifted as far as Turkish airspace.
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UK's Labour minister says Liberal Democrats talks over for now: Britain's ruling Labour party said on Tuesday that talks with the Liberal Democrats on forming a new government had temporarily halted but the negotiations were not finished.
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Iran says it warned off US plane near manoeuvres: Iran's military warned off a US reconnaissance aircraft trying to approach Iranian naval manoeuvres, media reports said today.
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US drone attacks kill 21 in Pakistan: At least 21 militants were killed today in two US drone attacks that targeted suspected hideouts of Islamist insurgents in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said.
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Kazakh 'leader of nation' hatches succession scheme: President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has ruled Kazakhstan since the fall of the Soviet Union, is edging closer to becoming a de-facto leader for life after parliament awarded him with a new title.
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With zero followers, celebs panicky after Twitter hack: Hollywood was 'atwitter' with panic after the social networking website Twitter was hacked causing the celebrities to lose millions of their followers.
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New face of terror: radicalised in US, trained in Pakistan: Almost nine years after the September 11 2001 terror attacks, a worrying number of American citizens and longtime US residents are becoming radicalised and training to be terrorists in Pakistan, US counter-terrorism officials say.
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US, Pak officials discuss military deliveries: A core group of US and Pakistani officials met and reviewed the status of American military equipment deliveries to Pakistan, including the new F-16 fighter aircrafts, aimed at strengthening the country's security capabilities, an official statement has said.
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