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More than 7 million people out of an estimated eligible 12 million voted in Afghanistan's election for a new president

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More than 7 million people out of an estimated eligible 12 million voted in Afghanistan's election for a new president, the country's electoral commission...
Pharrell Williams’ Happy video was released last November and became an immediate sensation with over 150 million views on YouTube

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Fan-made versions of Pharrell Williams' hit video Happy have now passed 1,000 across the globe. Pharrell Williams’ Happy video was released last November and became...
Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar were found guilty of sending a blaspheming text message to the imam of their local mosque

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A Pakistani Christian couple has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after allegedly sending a text message insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta...
Darth Vader’s bid for Ukraine's presidency has been rejected

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Darth Vader’s bid for Ukraine's presidency has been rejected. The man, who appears in the costume of Darth Vader and is often accompanied by people...
Yingluck Shinawatra’s supporters say they are holding the rally to deter her opponents from attempts to oust her

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Thailand's pro-government Red Shirt movement has warned that any attempt to oust PM Yingluck Shinawatra could trigger a civil war. The movement’s leaders issued the...
Ukraine has rejected Russia's Gazprom gas price hike and threatened legal action

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Ukraine has rejected Russia's Gazprom gas price hike and threatened legal action. Ukraine's interim PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Moscow's hikes were a form of "economic...
Tungurahua volcano created the huge cloud on Friday in an eruption that lasted just five minutes

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The Tungurahua volcano, south of Ecuador's capital Quito, has erupted, creating a spectacular plume of ash, 6 miles high. The volcano created the huge cloud...
Dozens of ships and planes have joined the search for MH370, with the operation moving into its most intensive phase before batteries on the data recorders fade

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One of the Chinese ships searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese...
Thirty-two people were hurt when the Chicago Transit Authority train jumped its tracks at O'Hare International Airport and hurtled up an escalator

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The Chicago train operator, whose train derailed last month at O’Hare International Airport when she dozed off, has been sacked, officials say. Thirty-two people were...
New Zealand’s dairy giant Fonterra has been fined $NZ300,000 after it admitted four food-safety violations during a 2013 botulism scare

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New Zealand’s dairy giant Fonterra has been fined $NZ300,000 ($255,000) after it admitted four food-safety violations during a 2013 botulism scare. The scare led to...
At least 30 people are still missing after flash floods that have killed 12 people and left some 10,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands

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At least 30 people are still missing after flash floods that have killed 12 people and left some 10,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands. Much...
Baby Muhammad Mosa Khan is one of more than 30 people facing charges after a police raid to catch suspected gas thieves in the city of Lahore

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According to new reports, a nine-month-old Pakistani boy has appeared in court on charges of planning a murder, threatening police and interfering in state...
The geep was born about two weeks ago on Paddy Murphy's farm in County Kildare

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A rare goat-sheep - a hybrid animal that is part goat and part sheep - has been born on a farm in the Republic...
Iran Air is still flying passenger planes bought before the 1979 hostage crisis

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Boeing has received permission from the US Treasury to export certain spare commercial parts to Iran, a company spokesman says. Boeing has had no public...
Ivan Lopez killed three men at US Army Forth Hood base before taking his own life

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Ivan Lopez, the soldier who killed three men at US Army Forth Hood base before taking his own life has "could not have been...
Afghanistan is voting for a new president in what will be the nation's first ever transfer of power through the ballot box

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Afghanistan is voting for a new president in what will be the nation's first ever transfer of power through the ballot box. A massive security...