A military plane has crashed in South Africa's mountainous east, killing 11 officers, the air force Thursday. "On board the aircraft was a crew of six and five passengers and it was confirmed that there

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Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he wanted to improve strained ties with neighbouring Turkey, but warned Ankara in a newspaper interview not to interferre in Iraq's internal affairs In the latest sign of worsening

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A Bosnian court on Thursday sentenced an Islamist who opened fire at the US embassy in Sarajevo last year to 18 years in prison. "Mevlid Jasarevic committed a terrorist act by shooting 105 bullets over

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A young television news presenter was shot dead in a city centre in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, the latest deadly attack against a journalist to shock the region, officials said Thursday. President Vladimir Putin said

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday issued a sharp warning to European and central Asian nations that some countries were backsliding on democratic values and human rights. "I see a growing concern for

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Iranian oil tankers are sending incorrect satellite signals that confuse global tracking systems and appear to conceal voyages made by other ships to Syria, which, like Iran, is subject to international sanctions. The two countries

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Iranian oil tankers are sending incorrect satellite signals that confuse global tracking systems and appear to conceal voyages made by other ships to Syria, which, like Iran, is subject to international sanctions. The two countries

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US cotton futures were slightly higher on Wednesday, trading in a narrower range as volumes dropped and investors became more nervous as the US harvest nears its end and uncertainty over the US budget talks

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The most-traded March copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange slipped 0.62 percent to 57,400 yuan ($9,200) a tonne on Thursday. China's large copper smelters are offering 2013 exports of copper at cheaper premiums as

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Copper fell on Thursday along with a drop in the euro after the European Central Bank sharply downgraded its outlook for the region's economy, and on investor anxiety over the slow progress in budget negotiations

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