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ICC drops murder and rape charges against Kenyan presidentBlow for court’s credibility as key prosecution witness refuses to testify in Uhuru Kenyatta trial and another admits lying -
China expels Zhou Yongkang from Communist partyFormer security chief arrested after being investigated for a ‘serious disciplinary violation’ -
Eric Garner protests continue in cities across America through second nightMarchers take to streets in anger at chokehold verdict, with demonstrations also taking place in other major cities
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Iran confirms it carried out air strikes against Islamic State extremists in IraqSenior Iranian official says attacks were carried out in conjunction with Baghdad government and not US -
Germany gets first socialist state governor since reunificationFormer trade unionist Bodo Ramelow wins post for the Left party amid massive protests against the regional election in Thuringia
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Will ‘DisGrace’ Mugabe become Zimbabwe’s first female president?Many Zimbabweans fear a continuation of the Mugabe dynasty, especially in the form of the president’s scandal-prone wife
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Rapper Beanie Sigel critically injured in New Jersey shootingThe oft-troubled onetime Jay Z protégé is in surgery after being shot through the stomach inside home in Pleasantville
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Cuba’s Ebola response puts US embargo to shameLetters: Not only is the US blockade of Cuba cruel and vindictive, it is also counter-productive
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Hunting Badger: police offer £10,000 reward after Bristol anarchist attacksAuthorities link 100 acts of vandalism and arson to activists but anarchists claim city’s alternative lifestyles are real target
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New French-US fund for rail deportees in Nazi France a 'measure of justice'Under rules of US-managed and French-financed fund victims transported by French rail during Holocaust and their descendants entitled to up to $100k
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Philippines braces for typoon Hagupit as evacuations begin - video
Thousands of Filipinos flee their homes as the country prepares to be hit by typhoon Hagupit on Saturday
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Finland gives go-ahead to joint nuclear venture with Russia’s RosatomMPs approve building of reactor despite opposition at home and EU calls for member states to curtail energy deals with Moscow
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Pregnant passerby challenges anti-abortion protestersYouTube video of confrontation outside London clinic goes viral as activist who filmed it faces threat of legal action
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Corruption pervades fast-growing economies of China, Turkey and AngolaTransparency International’s measure of perceived public sector corruption says emerging countries increasingly seen as prone to fraud and bribery
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Victorian election campaign tracker: where have the candidates been and what have they promised?Where has Denis Napthine been, and what announcements did he make when he was there? Does Daniel Andrews favour marginal seats over safe seats? Have either leaders made any promises in your area? Find out with our election tracker, listing every announcement each leader has made since their campaign launches. Have we missed something? Let us know
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Opium harvest in Afghanistan reaches record levels after troop withdrawalThe cultivation of poppies for opium gains more ground, with Helmand province - which British troops pulled out of this year - remaining the region producing the most
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US and Iran have been forced on to the same side by IsisThe old foes have a common enemy in the Sunni extremists, but distrust remains and their interests are likely to diverge
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Ingenuity keeps Iran’s Vietnam-war-era planes flying in fight against IsisSanctions-hit state smuggles plane parts and cannibalises civil aircraft to keep old fighter jets airworthy
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Hong Kong protests have produced no real winnersThe demonstrators have failed to win concessions but the authorities have failed to stifle demands for democracy
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Attack on British convoy in Kabul marks latest strike in propaganda warInsurgent attacks have been complex, but many have been designed to send a specific message to a specific audience
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How Michael Brown's family could still file a lawsuit against Darren WilsonDespite grand jury decision, teenager’s family may file wrongful death lawsuit, in federal or state court, against Wilson or the Ferguson police department
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Philippines braces for typoon Hagupit as evacuations begin - video
Thousands of Filipinos flee their homes as the country prepares to be hit by typhoon Hagupit on Saturday
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Luke Somers: hostage's family releases video appeal - video
The family of Luke Somers call for al-Qaida to release the photojournalist currently held captive in Yemen
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Baghdad car bombs leave 15 dead - video
Two car bombs in the Shia district of Sadr City in Baghdad killed at least 15 people dead and injured 50
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Eric Garner: black lives matter, says New York mayor Bill de Blasio – video
New York mayor Bill de Blasio says race inequality is an American problem after a grand jury failed to indict a police officer over the death of Eric Garner
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Eric Garner protests continue for a second night – video
Protesters gather in New York and Washington for a second night after a grand jury rejected calls to indict a white police officer over the death of an unarmed black man
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Scott Morrison: Labor and Greens ‘irrelevant and impotent’ on border protection – video
The immigration minister says he won't take any moral lectures from Labor or the Greens in the wake of new asylum seeker laws passing the Senate
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Woman in Abu Dhabi arrested after US teacher stabbed in shopping mall – video
CCTV footage shows a female suspect entering a shopping mall in the UAE capital, where an American schoolteacher was stabbed to death
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'I can't breathe': Eric Garner put in chokehold by NYPD officer – video
Footage filmed by a bystander shows Eric Garner being wrestled to the ground in a chokehold by an NYPD officer before turning limp
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Eric Garner protests across the US - in picturesDemonstrations were held in New York and other cities around the US last night after a grand jury refused to indict the police officer who placed the unarmed black man in a chokehold
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Grozny, Chechnya smoulders after night of violence – video
Smoke rises from burning buildings in Grozny, the capital of Russia's Chechnya region, after a night of violence
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Bill Cosby accused of abusing three women – video
Three women give details of their alleged abuse by comedian Bill Cosby several decades ago
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Eric Garner protests erupt in New York - video
Thousands took to the streets in New York in protest over the decision not to criminally prosecute Daniel Pantaleo, an NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner in a chokehold
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Australia exercises new security laws and bans travel to part of Syria - video
Australia for the first time exercised sweeping new security powers allowing it to block citizens from travelling to overseas conflict zones such as those in Iraq and Syria
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Clive Palmer speaks in support of new visa for asylum seekers – video
The Palmer United party leader, Clive Palmer, says the creation of the safe haven enterprise visa will provide hope to asylum seekers
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Eric Holder announces civil rights investigation into death of Eric Garner - video
US attorney general Eric Holder makes a statement about the grand jury decision not to seek an indictment in the Staten Island death of Eric Garner
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This is a painful day, New York mayor Bill de Blasio says after Eric Garner ruling - video
New York mayor Bill de Blasio says many families in New York are feeling pain, after a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer in the choke hold death of Eric Garner.
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Parents of Sydney brothers feared to have joined Isis plead for sons' return – video
The parents of four young Sydney men believed to have joined Islamic State (Isis) say they would never have taken their sons to the airport if they knew they were heading to Syria to fight.
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Ebola: life on the Red Cross body retrieval team in Liberia - video
Australian Greens senator Richard Di Natale gives a glimpse into the lives of those who dispose of the bodies of Ebola victims in Monrovia, Liberia
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Tamir Rice's family remember 12-year-old at Cleveland memorial — in picturesOn Wednesday, a memorial service was held for Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Cleveland boy shot to death by a police officer
Senate gives Scott Morrison unchecked control over asylum seekers’ lives