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Manson follower Leslie Van Houten denied parole by California governor
23 июля, 2016
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Manson follower Leslie Van Houten denied parole by California governor

California Governor Jerry Brown has denied parole for Leslie Van Houten, a former follower of Charles Manson, who is serving a life sentence for murder. A prison board had recommended parole. However, Governor Brown said her "inability to explain her willing participation in such horrific violence" made him think she...

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Florida policeman shoots autistic man’s unarmed black therapist in Miami
22 июля, 2016
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Florida policeman shoots autistic man’s unarmed black therapist in Miami

A Florida policeman shot and wounded an autistic man's unarmed black therapist on Monday, local media reports. Charles Kinsey, who works with people with disabilities, told WSVN television he was helping a patient who had wandered away from a facility. Mobile phone video shows Mr Kinsey lying down with his hands in the air,...

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Man Who Threw Suspicious Package at NYPD Van in Custody After Standoff
21 июля, 2016
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Man Who Threw Suspicious Package at NYPD Van in Custody After Standoff

A man who is suspected of throwing a suspicious package into an NYPD van in Times Square has been taken into custody, police said this morning. The man had been sitting in a parked SUV, prompting the closure of New York's Columbus Circle and surrounding streets earlier today. The suspect was initially reported to be wearing...

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Rio Olympics 2016: Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month’s Games
21 июля, 2016
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Rio Olympics 2016: Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month’s Games

A decision to ban Russian track and field athletes from Rio 2016 over the country's alleged state-sponsored doping regime has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Russia's athletics federation was suspended by the sport's world governing body, the IAAF, after an independent report found evidence of...

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Australian rugby player Michael Quinn admits US child sex charge
21 июля, 2016
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Australian rugby player Michael Quinn admits US child sex charge

Australian amateur rugby union player and scientist Michael Quinn has pleaded guilty to travelling to the US to have sexual conduct with a child. Quinn, 33 and a player with the Melbourne Chargers, arrived in the US on 19 May and believed he had made contact with child traffickers in LA. Instead he was arrested on 21 May after...

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At Least 75 Dead, Missing in Recent China Flooding
21 июля, 2016
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At Least 75 Dead, Missing in Recent China Flooding

At least 75 people in northern China have died or gone missing since Monday in some of the worst flooding in years, the government said Thursday. The figures released by the Civil Affairs Ministry come amid continuing heavy downpours that have caused havoc across usually dry regions, including the capital Beijing. Already, 576...

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UK nuclear submarine collides with merchant vessel off Gibraltar
21 июля, 2016
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UK nuclear submarine collides with merchant vessel off Gibraltar

One of the UK's newest nuclear-powered submarines has docked in Gibraltar after a collision with a merchant vessel during a training exercise. The Royal Navy said it has launched an immediate investigation after HMS Ambush was involved in the "glancing collision" while submerged off the coast of the British...

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German train attack: Afghan refugee ‘had IS flag in room’
19 июля, 2016
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German train attack: Afghan refugee ‘had IS flag in room’

A hand-painted flag of so-called Islamic State has been found in the room of an Afghan asylum seeker accused of carrying out an axe and knife attack on a south German train, officials say. The 17-year-old injured four people from Hong Kong, one critically, in the attack in Wuerzburg on Monday evening. He was shot dead by police...

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Breaking news: Donald Trump’s motorcade crashes on the way to New York airport
19 июля, 2016
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Breaking news: Donald Trump’s motorcade crashes on the way to New York airport

Donald Trump's campaign team has been involved in a crash on the way to a New York airport, according to reports. One of the presidential candidate's vehicles was involved in a collision as he headed to catch a flight from LaGuardia to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday. Staff were believed to be...

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Russian doping: Olympic chiefs to decide on sanctions after McLaren report
19 июля, 2016
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Russian doping: Olympic chiefs to decide on sanctions after McLaren report

Russia should be banned from this summer's Olympics and Paralympics after evidence was found of a four-year, state-sponsored doping programme, says the World Anti-Doping Agency. A Wada-commissioned report found urine samples of Russian competitors were manipulated across the "vast majority" of summer and winter...

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Qandeel Baloch: Pakistani social media star strangled by her brother
18 июля, 2016
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Qandeel Baloch: Pakistani social media star strangled by her brother

Qandeel Baloch, one of Pakistan's most famous and controversial social media stars, has been strangled to death in what police are calling a case of so called "honor" killing in the city of Multan in the country's province of Punjab. Azhar Akram, Multan's chief police officer, told CNN that Baloch was...

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The Latest: Obama Briefed on Baton Rouge Officer Shooting
18 июля, 2016
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The Latest: Obama Briefed on Baton Rouge Officer Shooting

The Latest on the shooting of law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge (all times local): 1:20 p.m. The White House says President Barack Obama has been briefed on the shooting of police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and has asked to be updated throughout the day as more details become available. The White House has been...

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