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'Barbaric' slaying may be terror attack

CNN World - 1 hour 15 min ago
A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday. The gruesome attack is being treated as a suspected act of terrorism.
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Khan home after campaign fall

CNN World - 3 hours 4 min ago
Pakistan's former cricket star turned politician Imran Khan has returned home after hospital treatment for injuries suffered in a dramatic fall two weeks ago, he said Wednesday via Twitter.
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Pussy Riot member on hunger strike

CNN World - 4 hours 29 min ago
A jailed member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot told a court she is on a hunger strike after being barred from attending a parole appeal hearing in person, Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reported Wednesday.
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Myanmar's sectarian storm

CNN World - 4 hours 30 min ago
A wave of sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims has resulted in the deaths of at least 43 people and displaced thousands more, according to the Myanmar government.
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Swedish capital shaken by 3 nights of rioting

CNN World - 4 hours 32 min ago
Rioting has broken out for the past three nights in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, with scores of cars set alight and violent clashes between police and youths.
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Kidnapped soldiers freed in Egypt

CNN World - 4 hours 48 min ago
Seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped six days ago in the Sinai Peninsula have been freed, the spokesman for Egypt's armed forces said Wednesday.
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Sean Penn calls for American's release, irks Bolivian minister

CNN World - 4 hours 49 min ago
Actor Sean Penn, a friend of Bolivian President Evo Morales, nonetheless angered the South American country's government after his call for the release of a U.S. businessman who has been imprisoned since 2011.
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UK's House of Commons approves same-sex marriage

CNN World - 6 hours 39 min ago
Legislation to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales won passage Tuesday in the House of Commons.
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Gandhi blood sample up for auction

CNN World - 8 hours 1 min ago
A glass microscope slide with a trace of the late Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's blood is among an array of memorabilia due to be sold at auction Tuesday in England.
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Ahmadinejad aide banned from presidential race

CNN World - 8 hours 3 min ago
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will challenge the disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential election, Iran's state-run Press TV reported Wednesday.
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Suspect arrested in '82 London attack

CNN World - 8 hours 6 min ago
A man has been charged with the murders of four members of the Royal Household Cavalry in a 1982 IRA attack in London, the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement Wednesday.
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Man kills himself in front of tourists

CNN World - 8 hours 12 min ago
A right-wing historian and author killed himself inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Tuesday in front of horrified tourists, police said.
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Gaza boy's death: Who to believe?

CNN World - 8 hours 19 min ago
The image of a young Palestinian boy cowering behind his father as Israeli bullets rained down on them became a powerful symbol of the second Intifada. Now Israel insists its military is not to blame for the attack.
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Can 'womenomics' save Japan?

CNN World - 8 hours 20 min ago
Why making better use of its highly skilled women could solve Japan's growth problems. CNN's Diana Magnay reports.
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The real "Great Gatsby" women

CNN World - 8 hours 28 min ago
Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki tell CNN who gave them inspiration for their characters.
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Syrian rebels fire into Lebanon

CNN World - 8 hours 29 min ago
The fighting in Syria has taken another dangerous turn, with rebel rockets targeting Hezbollah locations in Lebanon.
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Hot air balloons collide in Turkey

CNN World - 8 hours 31 min ago
At least one person was killed when two hot air balloons collided mid-air in central Turkey early Monday, a town official said.
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Andy Warhol pops up in China

CNN World - 8 hours 38 min ago
When American pop artist Andy Warhol visited Beijing in 1982 and was told there wasn't a McDonald's, he replied: "Oh, but they will."
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Fears of sectarian war in Iraq

CNN World - 8 hours 47 min ago
A recent uptick of Sunni-Shiite violence in Iraq has killed at least 266 people in the past three weeks, according to a CNN tally. The violence has conjured fears that all-out sectarian conflict is starting again.
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28 bodies recovered after Indonesia tunnel collapse

CNN World - 9 hours 11 min ago
Emergency workers have recovered all 28 bodies from a collapsed tunnel at an underground mine training facility in Indonesia, the mining company said Wednesday.
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