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Mexico's Senate has approved a measure to open the state-run oil fields to foreign investment for the first time in 75 years

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Mexico's Senate has approved a measure to open the state-run oil fields to foreign investment for the first time in 75 years. The measure would...
Passengers aboard two WestJet flights from southern Ontario to Calgary in November got their holiday gift wishes granted as they flew across Canada

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Passengers aboard two WestJet flights from southern Ontario to Calgary in November got their holiday gift wishes granted as they flew across Canada. Before boarding,...
Danica Patrick co-hosted the American Country Awards

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Danica Patrick was back in Las Vegas after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards last week. She co-hosted the American Country Awards on Tuesday night. Danica...
Barack Obama was caught smiling and taking a selfie with Helle Thorning-Schmidt and David Cameron during Nelson Mandela's massive memorial service

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President Barack Obama was caught smiling and taking a selfie with his seat-mates, Denmark's PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Britain's David Cameron during Nelson Mandela's...
The 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony will be held on January 18 at the Shrine Auditorium & Exposition Center in LA

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The 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony will be held on January 18, 2014, at the Shrine Auditorium & Exposition Center in Los Angeles. The...
Justin Bieber will release a handful of new tracks along with all of the Music Mondays work in a limited-edition collection called Journals

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Justin Bieber will release a handful of new tracks along with all of the Music Mondays work in a limited-edition collection called Journals later...
Comet ISON was burned to death on its maiden voyage around the Sun

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Comet ISON was burned to death on its maiden voyage around the Sun, scientists say. The comet, which excited astronomers and the media as it...
Fighters from the Islamic Front, a new alliance of major rebel groups, took control of the bases at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey

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The US and UK have decided to suspend all "non-lethal assistance" for Syrian rebels. A US embassy spokesman in Ankara said the decision was made...
Nelson Mandela's memorial deaf interpreter used fake sign language

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Deaf viewers have complained that the official sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial service was inept. According to the Deaf Federation of South Africa,...
Pope Francis has been named Person of the Year 2013 by Time magazine after only nine months in office

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Pope Francis has been named Person of the Year 2013 by Time magazine after only nine months in office. The Pope had pulled "the papacy...
Jim Hall was one of the leading jazz guitarists of the modern era

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Jazz guitarist Jim Hall died early Tuesday at age 83, his wife has announced. Jim Hall was one of the leading jazz guitarists of the...
The supervolcano that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is far larger than was previously thought

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According to a scientific report, the supervolcano that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is far larger than was previously thought. A study shows...
Clashes have erupted between Ukrainian protesters and riot police outside city hall in Kiev

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Clashes have erupted between Ukrainian protesters and riot police outside city hall in Kiev. The clashes follow a night of scuffles and a stand-off after...
Nelson Mandela’s coffin arrived at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where his remanis will lie in state for three days

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Nelson Mandela’s coffin arrived at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where his remanis will lie in state for three days. The former South African president’s...
Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesburg was attended by 52 presidents and 16 prime ministers

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Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesburg was attended by 52 presidents and 16 prime ministers on December 10, 2013. Although the stadium had empty seats,...
Senators Paul Ryan and Patty Murray, the respective chairs of the House and Senate budget committees, were called on to reach a cross-party budget deal in the wake of October's partial government shutdown over federal spending

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The US Congress budget committee has reached an agreement to fund federal services, after October government shutdown. The proposed deal finances the government for two...
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