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Pirates seized record 1

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Pirates took a record 1,181 hostages in 2010 as ship hijackings in waters off Somalia escalated, a global maritime watchdog said Tuesday.

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000 poultry in bird flu outbreak - Health - Infect...

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Health workers have killed about 4,000 ducks and chickens at a government-run farm in the remote northeastern Indian state of Tripper after some tested positive for bird flu, a government official sai...

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Canadian bishop pleads guilty in child porn case -...

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A Canadian Roman Catholic bishop pleaded guilty Wednesday to importing child pornography, prompting the Vatican to say it, too, would impose disciplinary measures.

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Stranded penguin moved to NZ zoo over health fears...

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Fears over the health of a young Emperor penguin stranded on a New Zealand beach have prompted officials to move it to a local zoo.

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Alleged architects of 'killing fields' go on trial...

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Now old and infirm, the four top surviving leaders of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime went on trial before a U.N.-backed court for the first time Monday.

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US steps up push for aid recognition in Pakistan -...

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Desperate to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, the U.S. has begun pushing aid organizations working in the country's most dangerous region along the Afghan border to advertise that they receive Americ...

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South Korea landslides leaves 17 dead

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Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through the South Korean capital and a northern town Wednesday, killing 17 and leaving at least three missing, officials said.

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Kandahar mayor killed in suicide attack - Yahoo! N...

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The mayor of Kandahar, the biggest city in southern Afghanistan that was the birthplace of the Taliban, was killed in a suicide bombing on Wednesday, police said.

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SKorean rescuers search for landslide victims - Ya...

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Thousands of rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels Thursday to clear mud and search for survivors after huge landslides and flooding killed at least 44 people in South Korea.

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Death toll from Himalayan quake rises to 50 - Yaho...

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Rescue workers used shovels and their bare hands to pull bodies from the debris of collapsed buildings Monday, as the death toll from an earthquake that hit northeast India, Nepal and Tibet rose to 50...

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