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Pope urges G8 to strive for immediate Syria ceasefire

by  Agence France-Presse  on  June 16, 2013

On the eve of the G8 summit, the Pope wrote to British Prime Minister David Cameron to act fast to end a conflict that...

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Nelson Mandela 'continues to get better': Zuma

by  Agence France-Presse  on  June 16, 2013

Nelson Mandela "continues to get better" after more than a week in hospital battling a lung infection although his...

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Turkey protests flares after police storm park

by  Michelle FITZPATRICK/Agence-France Presse  on  June 16, 2013

Police sealed off a flashpoint Istanbul park on Sunday after firing tear gas and water cannon to dislodge thousands of...

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Gunmen kill 2 polio workers in northwestern Pakistan

by  AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE  on  June 16, 2013

Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead two health workers during an anti-polio drive in northwest Pakistan

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5.8-magnitude quake strikes central Mexico

by  Agence France-Presse  on  June 16, 2013

Officials downgraded the tremor's magnitude from an initial report of 6.0 on the Richter scale

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Wave of car bombs kills 14 in south Iraq: officials

by  Agence France-Presse  on  June 16, 2013

The blasts went off in Kut and Aziziyah, both in Wasit province bordering the capital, and vehicles rigged with...

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China to hold local leaders responsible for air quality

by  Agence France-Presse  on  June 16, 2013

China has pledged to hold local government leaders responsible for improving air quality, officials said

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Egypt's Morsi severs relations with Syria

by  Agence France-Presse  on  June 16, 2013

Morsi also denounced the intervention in the conflict of powerful Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah

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North Korea proposes talks with US

by  Agence France-Presse  on  June 16, 2013

North Korea is willing to have 'serious discussions on a wide range of issues, including the US goal to achieve the...

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Turkey police storm protest park after PM ultimatum

by  Michelle Fitzpatrick, Agence France-Presse  on  June 15, 2013

(UPDATE) Police fired tear gas and jets of water to disperse hundreds of demonstrators in Istanbul's Taksim Square

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