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France legalises gay marriage

Two young women pose underneath a plastic rainbow (AAP)

France will see its first gay weddings within days....

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Obama's worst week yet, say critics video

US president Barack Obama (Reuters file)

A series of scandals is threatening to derail US president Barack Obama's second...

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US slams Russian missiles going to Syria video

Syrian President Bashar Assad (Reuters file)

The United States' Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing...

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Birth of anteater has zoo staff puzzled

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An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation centre, prompting offi...

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Brief panic as blanks fired at Cannes

A man is detained by police and local security (Reuters)

A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly in...

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Egypt security forces clash with protesters

Protesters chant anti-Mursi and anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a demonstration in Tahrir square (Reuters)

Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters hurling firebombs at ...

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Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76

People gather at the site of a bomb attack in Baquba, about 50 km northeast of Baghdad (Reuters)

Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killin...

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Nigeria military attacks camps, kills 21

Soldiers stand during a parade in Baga village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in the north-eastern state of Borno (Reuters)

Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremis...

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Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings

A handout image released by the New Orleans Police Department showing Akein Scott, 19, who they identify as the man they believe allegedly opened fire during a Mother's Day second line parade injuring 19 people including two children (Reuters)

New Orleans police say they have arrested a 19-year-old woman and accused her of...

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Crucial evidence secret in Litvinenko probe

Marina Litvinenko, the wife of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered in London in 2006 (Reuters)

A coroner overseeing a British inquest into the poisoning death of a former Russ...

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New leads in Madeleine McCann case

Kate and Gerry McCann pose with a picture of how Madeleine might look now (Reuters)

British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McC...

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South African police brutality at all time high video

A former politician says that police brutality in South Africa is as bad now as ...

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Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons

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Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in gover...

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Bolivia's Morales faces more protests

Riot policemen move to take positions during a protest rally in La Paz (Reuters)

Hundreds of miners, teachers and other workers have marched in Bolivia's capital...

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