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An Irish-UK scientific team managed to make "supermaterial" graphene using a kitchen blender

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An Irish-UK scientific team managed to make "supermaterial" graphene using a kitchen blender. Graphene is thin, strong, flexible and electrically conductive, and has the potential...
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg will work together for a fourth time on a new Cold War thriller

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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg will work together for a fourth time on a new Cold War thriller. The untitled DreamWorks film is being produced...
Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22 with worldwide events to demonstrate support for environmental protection

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Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22 with worldwide events to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is...
Novartis will acquire GSK's oncology drugs business for $16 billion and sell its vaccines division, excluding the flu unit, to GSK for $7.1 billion

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Pharmaceutical giants Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline have agreed to exchange assets and combine their consumer healthcare units. Novartis will acquire GSK's oncology drugs business for $16...
The US State Department has released photos purportedly showing the same bearded Russian soldier in operations in Georgia in 2008 and Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Ukraine in 2014

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Ukraine’s government has released photos that it says show Russian soldiers among militants holding official buildings in eastern region of the country. Handed to the...
A total of 108 people are now known to have died in the Sewol ferry disaster, but another 194 are missing, presumed trapped inside the vessel

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The confirmed death toll of Sewol ferry disaster has passed 100, as divers recovered more bodies from the sunken hull. A total of 108 people...
Siale Angilau was shot dead in a Salt Lake City court after he lunged at a witness giving evidence

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Siale Angilau, a man accused of robbery and assault, was shot dead in a Salt Lake City court after he lunged at a witness...
About 150 Japanese lawmakers have visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine

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About 150 Japanese lawmakers have visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, in a move likely to further sour ties with China and South Korea. Yasukuni shrine...
North Korea has increased the activity at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to South Korea

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North Korea has increased the activity at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to South Korea. South Korean military was...
Reddit has downgraded the status of its "technology" section after a censorship row

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Reddit has downgraded the status of its "technology" section after a censorship row. Technology category is no longer a "default subreddit" on the social news...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was considered the finest writer of the Spanish language since Cervantes

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Public memorials to Nobel prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday in Mexico City aged 87, are being hold in Mexico and...
Syrian parliament announced the presidential election will be held on June 3

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The Syrian plan to hold a presidential election on June 3 has been dismissed by the US as a "parody of democracy". UN chief Ban...
Boston honored three killed and more than 260 injured in the last year's bomb attack as thousands of marathoners took to the city’s streets

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Boston honored three killed and more than 260 injured in the last year's bomb attack as thousands of marathoners took to the city’s streets...
Sergei Lavrov has accused the Kiev authorities of breaking last week's Geneva accord on resolving the Ukraine crisis

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Russia has accused the Kiev authorities of breaking last week's Geneva accord on resolving the Ukraine crisis. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kiev...
Peaches Geldof’s blue coffin was adorned with a painted picture of herself, her husband, their two young sons and pet dogs

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Family and friends have paid their last respects to Peaches Geldof, at her funeral in Kent. Mourners included Sarah Ferguson, Nick Grimshaw, Bill Wyman and...
Captain America: The Winter Soldier has topped the US box office for a third week

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier has topped the US box office for a third week. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansson, Captain America:...
Jack White has recorded, cut and sold a seven-inch single in four hours, as part of the celebrations for Record Store Day

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Former White Stripes frontman Jack White has recorded, cut and sold a seven-inch single in four hours, as part of the celebrations for Record...
The Green Destiny will see Michelle Yeoh reprise her role as female warrior Yu Shu Lien

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Filming on The Green Destiny - a prequel to Oscar-winning martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - will start in July. The Green Destiny...
Peaches Geldof funeral takes place at the same church where she married

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Bob Geldof will pay tribute to his daughter Peaches later at her funeral. Peaches Geldof funeral takes place at the same church where she married. It...
A 16-year-old boy has survived an extraordinary journey hidden in the wheel well of a five-hour flight from California to Hawaii

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A 16-year-old boy has survived an extraordinary journey hidden in the wheel well of a five-hour flight from California to Hawaii, FBI officials say. The...
About 60 bearded men participated at the Duck Dynasty Look-a-Like Contest at the IMAX Theater in Branson

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About 60 bearded men participated at the Duck Dynasty Look-a-Like Contest at the IMAX Theater in Branson, Missouri, on April 19. Activities at the IMAX’s...
South Korean President Park Geun-hye met the families of the Sewol ferry missing passengers

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South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has condemned the conduct of some of the crew of the Sewol ferry that sank last week, calling it...
Thousands of participants are preparing to take part at this year’s Boston Marathon amid tight security following last year’s bombings

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Thousands of participants are preparing to take part at this year’s Boston Marathon amid tight security following last year’s bombings. In last year's race two...
Sadie Robertson and Blake Coward attended the Madison Academy Junior Senior Banquet

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Sadie Robertson, daughter of Duck Dynasty’s Willie and Korie Robertson, attended the Madison Academy Junior/Senior Banquet at Burritt on the Mountain with Madison Academy...
Chelsea Chanel Dudley, aka Chanel West Coast, rose to celebrity as the rapping secretary on Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory

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Chelsea Chanel Dudley, aka Chanel West Coast, rose to celebrity as the rapping secretary on Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory. Chelsea Chanel Dudley, aka Chanel...