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Mudslide kills 19 people in Brazil

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:24:32 +0000

A mudslide struck a small luxury hotel filled with New Years revellers on an island southwest of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, killing at least 19 people.

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Mudslide kills 19 people in Brazil

Danish police shoot man trying to enter Mohammed cartoonist’s home: media

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:24:06 +0000

Danish police late Friday shot and wounded a 27-year-old man trying to enter the Aarhus home of Kurt Westergaard, who drew controversial cartoons of Islam’s prophet Mohammed, Danish media reported.

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Schlierenzauer takes 2nd leg of Four Hills

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:51:20 +0000

Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer, the defending World Cup champion, won the second leg of the Four Hills ski jump event on Friday.

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Contador to kick off season at Tour of the Algarve

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:51:17 +0000

Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador confirmed on Friday he will kick off his 2010 season during the Tour of the Algarve cycling race in Portugal mid-February.

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Revellers unfazed by greater security

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:40:38 +0000

Revellers ring in the new year across the globe with spectacular fireworks displays and big parties against a backdrop of tightened security.

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US deaths raise fears over Taliban infiltration

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:40:31 +0000

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and wounded six others at an Afghanistan CIA base was a Taliban infiltrator in an Afghan army uniform, according to US officials and claims from the Taliban.

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Suicide bomb kills 25 at Pakistan volleyball game

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:40:23 +0000

Twenty-five people were killed and 50 others were wounded Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up as people gathered to watch a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan, police said.

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Suicide bomb kills 25 at Pakistan volleyball game

Antarctic dreaming

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:35:28 +0000

It’s barely dawn, or it should be. Rudely roused from subconscious adventure, waking heralds only an even more bizarre reality. I claw my way out of an orange nylon cocoon and blink back the assault of brutal light from the Antarctic plateau.

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Iran’s Mousavi ready to die for opposition cause

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:35:24 +0000

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Friday that he was ready to sacrifice his life in his campaign to have the disputed June re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overturned.

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Mousavi calls for end to Iran crackdown

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:35:19 +0000

Mir Hossein Mousavi has said he was ready to sacrifice his life in his campaign to have the June re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overturned.

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Mousavi calls for end to Iran crackdown