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Mohamed Morsi charged with handing over Egypt’s security documents to Qatar

Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi is being charged with handing over national security documents to Qatar, the state prosecutor says.…

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Larry Glazer and wife Jane Glazer die in Jamaica plane crash

A private jet on a flight from New York to Florida crashed off Jamaica on September 5 after the two…

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Plague and botulism pathogens found improperly stored in NIH and FDA labs

A number of long-forgotten deadly microbes have been uncovered in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) laboratories in recent weeks,…

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Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone announces four-day lockdown

Sierra Leone has announced a four-day lockdown to try to tackle the Ebola disease. According to a senior official, from…

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Ahmed Abdi Godane dead: Al-Shabab leader killed by US airstrike in Somalia

Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, was killed following a US attack earlier this week,…

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Ukraine cease-fire deal agreed in Belarus

Ukraine’s government and pro-Russian rebels have signed a cease-fire deal to end almost five months of fighting. The two sides,…

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Bob and Maureen McDonnell found guilty of corruption

Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen McDonnell, have been found guilty of corruption. Bob McDonnell, who left…

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Joan Rivers dead: Comedienne dies aged 81

Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81, daughter Melissa Rivers has announced. The comedienne had been on life…

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ECB cuts benchmark interest rate to 0.05%

The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its benchmark interest rate by 10 basis points to 0.05%, and introduced new…

10 years ago

Michael Brown shooting: Ferguson state of emergency formally lifted

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has formally lifted the state of emergency that he had declared in Ferguson last month. Jay…

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