Chinese 'ping pong diplomacy' figure dies

ZHUANG Zedong, a key figure in 1971's groundbreaking "ping pong diplomacy" between China and the United States, has died, China's official Xinhua News Agency reports. Zhuang was 72 and had struggled with cancer since 2008. A three-time world...

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Britain rules out 'panic' EU meat ban

BRITAIN'S food minister has ruled out imposing a ban on importing meat from EU countries due to the horsemeat scandal unless there is a threat to human health. Owen Paterson dismissed the idea of slapping an immediate ban on such imports but warned...

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Mali troops, rebels battle in Gao

A GUN battle between Malian soldiers and suspected Islamist rebels has erupted in the streets of Gao, the largest city in northern Mali, which has been rocked by suicide bombings each of the past two days. The two groups were trading gunfire...

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Foodmaker to sue supplier over horsemeat

FROZEN food producer Findus Nordic says it will sue French firm Comigel and its suppliers after horsemeat was found in its beef lasagnes. "This is a breach of contract and fraud," the head of Findus Nordic, Jari Latvanen, said in a statement...

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Five dead in cruise ship accident in Spain

SPANISH officials say five people have been killed and three injured when a lifeboat fell into the sea off a cruise ship that was tied up at the port of Santa Cruz in the Canary Islands. Citing the islands' Emergency and Security Co-ordination...

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Twins confound French police in rape case

FRENCH police investigating a series of rapes in the southern city of Marseille are confounded after tracing DNA evidence to a set of twins but not knowing which one may be to blame. With telling the difference between the twins' DNA extremely...

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Afghan boy jailed for having sex with men

HUMAN rights campaigners have voiced outrage over a 13-year-old Afghan boy jailed for having sex with two adult men, urging the government to release him and punish his abusers. The boy, accused of having sex with two men in a public park in the...

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