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United Nations launches $6.5bn Syria appeal
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Target of helping 16m people affected by Syrian conflict is announced at donor meeting in Geneva -
Saudi Guantánamo inmates moved
Saad Muhammad Husayn Qahtani, 35, and Hamood Abdulla Hamood, 48, transferred to Saudi Arabia -
Senate Democrats look for GOP help
Vote scheduled for Tuesday could be tight amid signs that relations are frayed between two parties over terms of the bill -
North Korea erases web archives
Thousands of references to Kim Jong-un's uncle removed from online media reports since last week's execution -
NSA officials mull Snowden amnesty
Key official tells CBS 'it's worth having a conversation' though State Department opposes deal in return for documents -
Google will not answer privacy claim
Search giant insists lawsuit concerning UK internet users' privacy should be brought in California -
Detroit in bid to save museum art
Collection to be appraised by Christie's auction house as managers weigh art 'rental' or solicition of philanthropists -
Afghanistan 'mission accomplished'
UK prime minister makes claim on visit a year before all British troops are due to withdraw -
BBC payoffs 'damaged its reputation'
UK public accounts committee accuses the BBC Trust of 'sitting on its hands' while the payoffs were being made -
Heisman win dogged by assault case
Jameis Winston says 'I knew I did nothing wrong' as press reaction suggests continued focus on case in build-up to national championship -
Nelson Mandela brought home
In perfect summer sunshine, Mandela's casket was undraped, blessed and lowered into the soil from which he sprang -
Reports of bomb threat at Harvard
No reported explosions and no explosives detected but university makes evacuations and cancels exams -
Ukraine protesters return to Kiev
Hundreds of thousands brave freezing weather to demand EU integration despite suspension of negotiations -
Israeli troops shoot Lebanese soldiers
Shooting took place hours after Israeli soldier was killed by Lebanese sniper on Sunday -
Bhutto scion makes political pitch
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari steps out of mother Benazir's shadow by launching festival in Pakistan People's party's Sindh heartland -
Chile: Bachelet pledges major reform
New president to raise corporate tax and overhaul education after landslide win over conservative Evelyn Matthei -
Egyptian man grilled after son jailed
Mohamed Bakara is investigated for allegedly inciting 15-year-old son to carry subversive stationery -
Jolie may testify in hacking case
Actor and activist Angelina Jolie may be called to give evidence in a phone-hacking legal action, according to reports -
South Sudan military 'foiled coup'
Salva Kiir accuses former vice-president Riek Machar of orchestrating attempted coup with group of soldiers -
Chinese demonstrators 'killed in riot'
Sixteen people, including two police officers, die in latest unrest as Beijing targets militants -
McCain criticises CIA over Levinson
Senator tells CNN he doesn't 'think there's any doubt' Iran knows what happened to former FBI agent who went missing -
Japan confidence hits six-year high
Fourth straight quarter improvement as firms benefit from robust domestic demand and weak yen -
China's moon rover makes tracks
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Filipino passengers die in bus crash
At least 21 killed in Manila as bus veers off highway in wet weather and crushes van
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US 'may never know extent leaks'
New York Times quotes senior administration official commenting on Snowden: 'They still don't know all of what he took'
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Peter O'Toole: more than a hellraiser
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Mick Fanning claims surfing title
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China lands rover on moon surface
China says successfully lands Chang'e-3, a craft carrying a robotic rover, on the surface of the moon
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