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Photographer escaped the Taliban
In his first television interview, photographer Pierre Borghi describes his kidnapping and escape from a Taliban prison.
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Sean Penn irks Bolivian minister
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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Haitian girl's 'big school' dream
Thirteen-year-old Rose Matrie lives in a cracked house. It's an ever-present reminder of the earthquake that struck her home in Haiti and devastated the country. Still, the young student has big dreams for her future.
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'Sickening attack' shakes Britain
Two men used a meat cleaver to hack a British soldier to death in broad daylight before dumping his body in the middle of a London road. "This British soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for tooth," said one of the attackers.
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Syria tension destabilizing Lebanon
An uneasy calm prevailed Thursday morning in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli where days of clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad left 16 people dead and wounded more than 156.
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Japanese man becomes oldest to climb Everest
An 80-year-old Japanese man on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, officials said.
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Prostitutes gunned down in troubled Pakistan province
Gunmen shot dead five people, including four prostitutes, in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province Thursday morning, police said.
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5-year-old girl killed by suicide jumper in South Korea
A 5-year-old South Korean girl was killed when a man who jumped from his 11th floor apartment landed on top of her, police said.
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Swedish capital shaken by 3 nights of rioting
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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'Barbaric' slaying may be terror attack
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
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
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
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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Kidnapped soldiers freed in Egypt
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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UK's House of Commons approves same-sex marriage
Legislation to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales won passage Tuesday in the House of Commons.
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