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Berlusconi faces showdown with main ally (AAP)

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has put pressure on his main ally to stand down as speaker of the chamber of deputies due to growing conflicts between them.

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Top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang killed: reports (AFP)

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang, was killed in a military raid in the suburbs of the western city of Guadalajara, according to media reports.

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leader

Mexico's

Sinaloa

drug

gang

killed:

reports

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Top Mexican trafficker Coronel dead (Reuters)

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a major Mexican drug trafficker, was killed during an army operation, the government confirmed on Thursday in what may be a coup for President Felipe Calderon's war on drugs.

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One hurt in Bangkok grenade blast (AAP)

A grenade has exploded in a street in central Bangkok, leaving one person seriously hurt, officials say.

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Bangkok

grenade

blast

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NZ school cops flak for giving condoms (AAP)

A New Zealand high school is copping flak for giving out packs containing condoms and a cab charge voucher to students attending a ball.

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Bangladesh workers urged to accept deal (AAP)

Bangladesh's Labour Minister urged millions of garment workers to accept a new 80 per cent wage hike.

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urged

deal

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Google search engine 'blocked in China' (AAP)

Google's services in China have been fully or partially blocked with the exception of its email service, Gmail.

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engine

'blocked

China'

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Four killed in U.S. Air Force plane crash in Alaska (Reuters)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - All four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed in flames while practicing for an aviation show at Elmendorf Air Force Base, the Air Force said Thursday.

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Air

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crash

Alaska

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Wyclef Jean steps toward Haitian presidential race (Reuters)

* Submits fingerprints, prepares legal papers

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race

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Mexican army kills top drug lord: report (Reuters)

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a powerful Mexican drug boss, was killed in a clash with security forces, local media reported on Thursday.

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top

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report

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Thailand to end emergency rule in six provinces: PM (AFP)

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's premier said Thursday he would end emergency rule in six provinces but maintain the strict laws in Bangkok, where a weekend bomb blast rekindled tensions in the wake of deadly street protests.

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Gunmen and bombs kill 12 in Iraq (Reuters)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attackers killed at least 12 people and wounded 31 in a series of shootings and explosions across Iraq on Thursday, police and hospital sources said.

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Iraq

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Blockaded Gaza takes to tuk-tuks (AFP)

Gaza's ubiquitous donkey carts are facing stiff competition after an influx of South Asia's iconic tuk-tuks, powered by ultra-cheap smuggled fuel, have hit the roads of the besieged coastal strip. The auto-rickshaws, in which the front half of a motorcycle is welded onto a two-wheel trailer, are well-adapted to the four-year blockade that has transformed the local economy and daily life in the Palestinian territory.

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tuk-tuks

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Russia 'foils hijacking of plane from Caucasus' (AFP)

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian special forces on Thursday foiled the attempted hijacking of a plane coming from the Caucasus at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russian news agencies quoted an airport official as saying.

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'foils

hijacking

plane

from

Caucasus'

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French minister Woerth questioned in L'Oreal probe (AFP)

PARIS (AFP) - French police questioned a cabinet minister for eight hours on Thursday as they probed claims France's richest woman illegally bankrolled President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign.

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Woerth

questioned

L'Oreal

probe

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Gaza kids fly kites for Guinness record (AAP)

Thousands of kites filled the sky over Gaza as children gathered to break their own Guinness World Record.

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kids

fly

kites

for

Guinness

record

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Four held over China pipeline blast, toll hits 13 (AFP)

BEIJING (AFP) - Police have arrested four people in connection with a chemical pipeline explosion that rocked a city in eastern China, state media said Thursday, as the death toll rose to 13.

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over

China

pipeline

blast

toll

hits

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Malaysia charges ex-minister over trade zone scandal (AFP)

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia charged a former minister on Thursday in connection with a multi-billion-dollar government overspend on a free trade zone, in one of the country's biggest financial scandals.

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charges

ex-minister

over

trade

zone

scandal

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Italy quietly raises retirement age (AAP)

The Italian government has quietly raised the retirement age by more than three years as part of its austerity plan.

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raises

retirement

age

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Floods kill 13 in China's northeast (AFP)

BEIJING (AFP) - Thirteen people have been killed and another six are missing after floodwaters swept through northeastern China, state media said Thursday, as the death toll from the worst floods in years neared 1,000.

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China's

northeast

(AFP)

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