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Russia is accused of using humanitarian grounds as a pretext for military intervention in eastern Ukraine

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The Kremlin announced it was working with the Red Cross on sending a humanitarian aid convoy to Ukraine and EU Commission chief Jose Manuel...
Iraq’s deputy speaker of parliament, Haider al-Abadi, has been asked by President Fuad Masum to form a new government

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Iraqi President Fuad Masum has asked the deputy speaker of parliament, Haider al-Abadi, to form a new government. Haider al-Abadi had previously been nominated prime...
Shah Rukh Khan sparked controversy after dancing on stage with a woman officer at a police gala in West Bengal state

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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan sparked controversy after dancing on stage with a woman officer at a police gala in West Bengal state. Opposition politicians...
Kevin Ward Jr. has died after being struck by the car of three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart

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Racing driver Kevin Ward Jr. has died after being struck by the car of three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart during a local sprint race...
Rioting over the killing of Michael Brown by a police officer has erupted in Missouri

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Rioting over the killing of Michael Brown - an unarmed black teenager - by a police officer has erupted in Missouri, police say. People looted...
Steven Seagal has played a concert in Crimea on a stage adorned with the flag of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine

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Steven Seagal has played a concert in Crimea on a stage adorned with the flag of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. The actor and his blues...
The US has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces in northern Iraq

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The US has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Iraq,...
Kings of Leon have postponed a New York concert after drummer Nathan Followill was injured in an accident on the band's tour bus

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Kings of Leon have postponed a New York concert after drummer Nathan Followill was injured in an accident on the band's tour bus. Kings of...
Charles Keating has starred on daytime dramas All My Children, Port Charles and Another World

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Actor Charles Keating has died at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer. Charles Keating has starred on daytime dramas All My...
Firefighters were called to the Six Flags theme park after a fault occurred on the Joker’s Jinx

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Twenty four people have been rescued by firefighters after getting stuck at the top of a Six Flags roller coaster in Maryland. Firefighters were...
Rory McIlroy has won this year’s PGA Championship in near darkness at Valhalla Golf Club

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World number one Rory McIlroy has won this year’s PGA Championship in near darkness at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Rory McIlroy has become...
A 72-hour ceasefire has come into effect between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, after a day of intense diplomacy

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A 72-hour ceasefire has come into effect between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, after a day of intense diplomacy. It is hoped the latest...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey's first direct presidential election

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey's first direct presidential election. With almost all the votes counted, current PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan had won about 52%,...
David and Wendy Farnell were accused of abandoning a baby born with Down's syndrome to a Thai surrogate mother

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David and Wendy Farnell, who were accused of abandoning a baby born with Down's syndrome to a Thai surrogate mother, say they wanted to...
James Barney Jr. fought off a 9-foot-long and 500 pounds alligator with his bare hands

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James Barney Jr., a 9-year-old Florida boy who fought off a 9-foot-long and 500 pounds alligator with his bare hands, talked to reporters during...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two rivals in Turkey’s presidential election are a little-known diplomat, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, and Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas

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Turkish people are voting in the country's first ever direct presidential election. Three candidates are vying for the position, including current PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan. If...
The US military has carried out a third round of airstrikes on Sunni Muslim militants to defend civilians in northern Iraq

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The US military has carried out a third round of airstrikes on Sunni Muslim militants to defend civilians in northern Iraq. US jet fighters and...
Talks in Cairo aimed at securing a fresh ceasefire in Gaza are under renewed strain, with both sides in the conflict issuing warnings

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Palestinian negotiators at Cairo ceasefire talks said they would leave on Sunday if Israel did not attend without preconditions. Talks in Cairo aimed at securing...
here have been more than 200 accidents involving Iranian planes in the past 25 years, leading to more than 2,000 deaths

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A small plane crashed at Mehrabad airport, near Tehran, killing more than 40 passengers, Iranian state media report. The aircraft went down at Mehrabad airport,...
Extra-supermoon, the largest and brightest full moon of the year, will be rising on the evening of August 10

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Extra-supermoon, the largest and brightest full moon of the year, will be rising on the evening of Sunday, August 10. The lunar show is the...
The Abbey Road crossing was made famous after John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr traversed it for Ian Macmillan's iconic cover shot for the 1969 Abbey Road record

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The use of a crossing guard is being considered at London's iconic Abbey Road crossing as tourists flock to create the scene made famous...
Barack Obama has warned it is going to take some time to help Iraqi people overcome the jihadist-led Sunni rebellion and stabilize their country

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President Barack Obama has warned it is "going to take some time" to help Iraqi people overcome the jihadist-led Sunni rebellion and stabilize their...
Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by GSK may begin next month and made available by 2015

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Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month and made available by 2015,...
David Duchovny and Tea Leoni have filed for divorce

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David Duchovny and Tea Leoni have filed for divorce, TMZ reported. The couple previously announced their separation back in June 2011. David Duchovy, 54, filed papers,...
Joan Bramhall was the former Morris County clerk and stepped down in 2013 after her 14th consecutive year in that position

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Former Morris County Clerk Joan Bramhall, who once worked with Republican Governor Chris Christie, was found dead along with her husband inside their New...
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