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Japan proposes expanding commercial whaling to fin whales
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10-year-old Australian boy accused of sexually assaulting tourist
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Israel will fight with its ‘fingernails’ if needed - Netanyahu
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Former Fijian PM Bainimarama handcuffed, sentenced to prison
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Just how dangerous is Europe’s rising far right?
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Biden won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally
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Nottingham killer 'must never be released' - victims' families
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US police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33
Police used pepper spray to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at a US university.
‘A worm ate part of my brain,’ says US presidential candidate
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Thailand’s PM wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalised
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Locks of Beethoven’s hair offer new clues to the mystery of his deafness
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US soldier arrested in Russia, accused of stealing from girlfriend
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Niueans to consider leader's name change in constitutional reform
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Manslaughter charges dropped against wedding bus driver who killed 10 in crash
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