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Officials Search for Casualties in Australia Fires

Posted: 6:42 PM Australian authorities are searching for bodies among the charred ruins of more than 100 homes and other buildings destroyed by wildfires in the island state of Tasmania.

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Sudan, South Sudan Agree to Implement Oil Deal

Posted: 4:27 PM The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to the unconditional and speedy implementation of deals reached in September to demilitarize their shared border and allow oil exports to flow from South Sudan's oil fields north through Sudan's pipelines.

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New Child Soldier Fears in Central African Republic

Posted: 2:03 PM The U.N. children's agency says it's concerned about a growing number of children being recruited by armed groups in Central African Republic as President Francois Bozize's government faces a rebellion in the north.

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France's Bardot Threatens Exile Over Elephants

Updated: 2:05 PM PARIS (AP) - Sex symbol-turned-animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot is threatening to join actor Gerard Depardieu in Russian exile unless France halts the scheduled euthanasia of two sick circus elephants.

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Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Leaves UK Hospital

Posted: 6:24 AM A 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has been released from a Birmingham hospital to live with her family, doctors said Friday.

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British Government Extradites Terror Suspect

Posted: 9:01 AM LONDON (AP) - Police in Britain have extradited a terror suspect to the United States to face charges that he took part in an alleged al-Qaida plot to detonate explosives aboard the New York City subway system.

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Brazil Judge Urges Fine For Mayor Who Rode Donkey

Updated: 1:43 PM SAO PAULO (AP) - A Brazilian judge is urging prosecutors to fine a small-town mayor who rode a donkey to his inauguration to needle an opponent who allegedly referred to him as a "burro" in a debate.

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Cash Only At Vatican

Updated: 1:42 PM VATICAN CITY (AP) - It's "cash only" now for tourists at the Vatican wanting to pay for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services after Italy's central bank decided to block electronic payments, including credit cards, at the tiny city state.

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Al-Jazeera Buys Current TV From Al Gore

Updated: 8:52 AM Al-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that has struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, Al Gore confirmed Wednesday.

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Indian Police Charge 5 in New Delhi Gang Rape

Updated: 6:08 AM Authorities filed rape and murder charges Thursday against five men accused of the gang rape of a 23-year-old university student on a New Delhi bus, a crime that horrified Indians and provoked a national debate about the treatment of women.

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Myanmar Military Admits Airstrikes on Rebels

Updated: 1:49 PM YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military has acknowledged carrying out airstrikes against ethnic Kachin rebels in the country's north and says it captured a hilltop post from where the insurgents launched attacks on government supply convoys.

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Royal Mail to Issue 'Doctor Who' Stamps

Updated: 12:17 PM Britain's Royal Mail is marking the 50th anniversary of the science fiction show "Doctor Who" with a series of stamps featuring each of the 11 actors who have played the title role. Those featured include the present doctor, Matt Smith as well as past Time Lords such as David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston.

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Dozens Killed, Wounded in Airstrike Near Damascus

Posted: 6:24 AM A Syrian warplane blasted a gas station near Damascus Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of people and igniting a huge fire in what could be one of the bloodiest attacks in weeks during the 22-month civil war.

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Ivory Coast Stampede Survivors Blame Barricades

Posted: 6:14 AM Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New Year's Eve fireworks display at a stadium said Wednesday that barricades stopped them from moving along a main boulevard, causing the crush of people.

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61 Killed in New Year's Stampede in Ivory Coast

Posted: 10:33 AM Authorities say that at least 61 people were killed in a stampede when New Year's revels turned into a panicked stampede in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial center.

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India Launches New System For Handling Welfare

Updated: 5:25 AM India will send billions of dollars in social welfare money directly to its poor under a new program, aiming to cut out the middlemen blamed for the massive fraud that plagues the system.

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