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Fighting breaks out at 2nd Lebanon camp
Violence sparked by a two-week old confrontation between the Lebanese army and al-Qaeda inspired militants spread to a second Palestinian refugee camp in the southern part of the country, killing twosoldiers,
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Russia warns US on missile defence
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Moscow could take "retaliatory steps" if Washington proceeds with plans to build a missile defence system for Europe, including possibly aiming nuclear weapons
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Breakthrough in liver cancer treatment
For the first time, doctors say they have found a pill that improves survival in liver cancer, a notoriously hard to treat disease diagnosed in more than half a million people globally each year.
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Iranian arms found in Afghanistan: Gates
Iranian weapons have begun flowing into Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Monday, but he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed involvement by Tehran cannot yet be proved.
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Man wakes from 19-yr coma in Poland
A railway worker who emerged from a 19-year coma woke to a radically altered Poland and thinks "the world is prettier now" than it was under communism, his wife said Sunday.
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Liberia's Charles Taylor boycotts war crimes trial
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor boycotted the opening of his war crimes trial, and his assigned lawyer walked out of the courtroom in a dramatic opening to the landmark first international tribunal
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Israeli tanks roll into southern Gaza
Israeli tanks and troops pushed into southern Gaza yesterday in the first such ground operation so deep into the area since a November truce, witnesses and the military said.
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Paris Hilton checks into prison
Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton checked into prison just before midnight on Sunday to begin serving a 23-day sentence for driving with a suspended licence.
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Sierra Leone helicopter crash kills 22
A privately-owned passenger helicopter that crashed in Sierra Leone killed at least 22 people, most of them Togolese sporting officials and fans, officials said Monday.
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