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Chinese officials say they are investigating reports that tainted milk powder has caused premature sexual development in baby girls.
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Wearing rubber sumo suits, athletes compete in the stupid and challenging Sumo Suit Athletic Championships in London.
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A lion and tiger become the proud parents of two “liger” cubs in a private Taiwanese zoo.
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With improved security in the area since the second Intifada, Israel removes a security barrier around the West Bank settlement town of Gilo.
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė received letters of credence from Ambassador Igor Klipii of the Republic of Moldova.
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences to President Hu Jintao over the tragic disaster in China's Gansu province - claiming more than one thousand innocent lives.
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On 9 August, Daiva Valerija Čekanauskas-Navarrette started her duties as the new Lithuania’s Honorary Consul in the United States.
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EU coordinates emergency relief and assistance for countries in need.
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Message from Mr José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, to His Excellency Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Desperate flood survivors in Pakistan's northwest fight for food, as Ramadan begins.
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The holy month of Ramadan begins around the world.
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World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick visited Moldova on August 11-12 at the invitation of Prime Minister Vlad Filat.
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The World Bank will provide the Palestinian Authority (PA) $5 million to fund the Teacher Education Improvement Project.
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Mario Garza, resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Honduras, issued the following statement in Tegucigalpa
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The Council adopted a decision extending the mandate of the European Union monitoring mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia) by twelve months until 14 September
2011.
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Hundreds of New Yorkers enjoy a dip in rubbish dumpsters that have been converted into swimming pools as part of the city's summer initiative.
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Pygmy hippo calf, Kambiri, makes her public debut at Sydney zoo.
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Chinese rescuers free a man trapped in a collapsed building for more than 58 hours, following mudslide in Zhouqu county.
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A 34-year-old British explorer completes an 859-day expedition to become the first known man to have walked the entire length of the Amazon River.
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A woman attacks McDonald's workers and breaks the drive-through window after being told chicken McNuggets were not being served at the Toledo, Ohio restaurant.
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