AFP – North Korea on Sunday released photographs of leader Kim Jong-Il watching a football match, in an apparent bid to quell mounting speculation over the state of his health.
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Reuters – China has vowed to wipe out the “dark” trade of adding the chemical melamine to animal feed, with farm officials claiming only a fraction of feed businesses have used the banned substance that has killed children.
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AFP – Thousands of civilians displaced by conflict languished on the roads of east Congo Sunday as Western powers pressured Congolese and Rwandan leaders to prevent “another Rwanda” tragedy.
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AFP – Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is hopeful the imminent return of Fernando Torres will help his side get over the 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur that ended their unbeaten start to the season.
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AP – The U.N.’s Mideast envoy said Saturday he was “alarmed” by Israel’s decision to resume house demolitions in the West Bank.
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AP – A 48-year-old New Yorker who survived almost two days bobbing in the choppy waters of a vast South American river said she was kept alive by a plastic bucket and the desire to see her daughter again.
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AP – Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call Saturday from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and telling her she would make a good president someday.
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AFP – Riders from Britain’s successful Beijing Olympic team were out in front again as the hosts won all six golds up for grabs here Saturday on the second day of the opening leg of the World Cup.
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AP – Brazil’s government is reaching out to Iran, suggesting its president visit the South American nation in the coming year, an official said Saturday.
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AP – Tutsi-led rebels tightened their hold on newly seized swaths of eastern Congo Saturday, forcing tens of thousands of frightened, rain-soaked civilians out of makeshift refugee camps and stopping some from fleeing to government-held territory.
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