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Five People Escape Australian Hostage Taker

Five people have escaped from a restaurant in Sydney, Australia's central business district where a gunman is holding an undetermined number of hostages.

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Ecuador Power Plant Collapse Kills 13

In Ecuador, a sudden collapse at a construction site of a hydroelectric power plant being built by a Chinese company has killed 13 people.

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Merkel, Obama Join Neo-Cons As Danger of World War Rises

The world is dangerously close to the brink of thermonuclear world war. If we do not change the course of the Obama Administration, the British government, NATO, and the EU, toward Russia and China, an uncontrolled escalation could wipe out the human...

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Afghanistan's Ghani Vows Security Shake-up

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned on Sunday a recent surge in deadly attacks by the Taliban, calling the attacks on civilian and military targets “un-Islamic.”

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