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Brazil sends force to quell protest

19 June 2013 Last updated at 04:41 ET Riot police tried to quell protests in the city of Sao Paulo on Tuesday Brazil’s government says it will deploy a national security force to five major cities after a wave of … Continue reading

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Football fixtures 2013-14 announced

Manchester United manager David Moyes has been handed a first match in charge at Swansea as the full 2013-14 football fixtures are announced. Jose Mourinho starts his second spell at Chelsea with a home game against newly promoted Hull on … Continue reading

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US Taliban move prompts Afghan ire

19 June 2013 Last updated at 04:56 ET The row centres on the name given to the Taliban office, which opened in Qatar on Tuesday Afghanistan has suspended talks under way in Kabul on a bilateral security agreement with the … Continue reading

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NHS watchdog faces ‘cover-up’ claim

19 June 2013 Last updated at 04:28 ET Joshua Titcombe died nine days after being born at Furness General Hospital England’s healthcare regulator may have covered up knowledge of its own failings after a series of baby deaths at a … Continue reading

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Suicide bomber strikes Yemen town

Several people have been killed and wounded in Yemen’s northern Saada town when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in a busy market, a defence ministry statement said. No further details were immediately available on the incident on Wednesday. Saada, near … Continue reading

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Global refugee numbers at 19-year high

The number of people who have been forcibly displaced by war and other crises worldwide has risen to its highest level for almost two decades, hitting 45.2 million, according to the UN’s refugee agency. Annual figures released by the United … Continue reading

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Flood death toll in Indian hilly states climb

At least 130 people have been killed and 70,000 others left stranded in devastating flash floods to hit northern India, private television channel NDTV has reported. The channel said on Wednesday that thousands of houses in the states of Uttarakhand and … Continue reading

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Huge protests sweep Brazil for second night

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of several Brazilian cities for a second night of largely peaceful protests over poor public services, high prices and corruption. In Sao Paulo an estimated 50,000 people participated in Tuesday’s … Continue reading

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Afghanistan suspends security talks with US

The Afghan government has announced that it is suspending security negotiations with Washington because of the United States’ “inconsistent statement and action” over the Taliban peace process. The move on Wednesday came a day after the US said that it would … Continue reading

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Obama ‘to call for nuclear cuts’

19 June 2013 Last updated at 04:16 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. This is Barack Obama’s first visit to Berlin as US president US President Barack Obama is to use his speech at Berlin’s Brandenburg … Continue reading

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