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Myanmar’s military leader puts in rare appearance at event honoring Aung San Suu Kyi’s father

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Trump administration seeks the release of grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein case

Trump’s decision to seek the release of grand jury transcripts but not Justice Department files comes after a recent article by the WSJ reporting on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein led many to believe the 47th US president may personally be implicated in evidence against the disgraced financier.
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Orgreave papers destroyed by police thought to include report on notorious truncheon beating

Miner who was seen on TV being beaten by officer said he was not aware of report’s existence before it was destroyed

Documents destroyed by police relating to operations at Orgreave during the miners’ strike in 1984 are believed to include a report on a notorious incident in which an officer beat a man over the head with a truncheon.

In the ITV News at 10 report on the violent scenes at Orgreave, the officer, PC Martin of Northumbria police, was seen hitting the miner, Russell Broomhead, several times with his truncheon.

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Slightly radioactive Fukushima soil is used at Japanese prime minister’s office to prove safety

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Escalating unrest in Syria lays bare new regime’s momentous challenges

Division between minority populations drag Syria further into cycle of violence and attracts Israeli opportunism

Seven months on from Bashar al-Assad’s fall, Syria is descending into yet another wave of bloody sectarian violence.

A local dispute between a Bedouin tribesman and a member of the Druze minority sparked clashes that drew in Syrian government forces and triggered Israeli airstrikes – leaving a trail of bodies in their wake.

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Belgian man crushed after driving nearly 500 miles to meet French model Sophie Vouzelaud he believed was his ‘future wife’

A Belgian man who drove nearly 500 miles to meet his future wife was stunned to find out French model Sophie Vouzelaud and her husband had no idea who he was.
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Man shot dead by police in Townsville

Police allege the man was armed with a machete and knife on The Strand in Townsville’s North Ward on Saturday morning

The Queensland police service says officers have shot and killed a man in Townsville after they allege he moved towards them with a machete and a knife.

Police were called to reports of a man armed with multiple weapons on The Strand and intersecting McKinley Street in Townsville’s North Ward just before 10am on Saturday, the QPS said.

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US says Israel-Syria agree to ceasefire as Druze minority, Bedouin clans continue to clash in Sweida

The agreement comes after intense clashes displaced tens of thousands of people and contributed to a worsening humanitarian crisis in a region still recovering from over a decade of brutal civil war.
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Tanker truck crashes and spills fuel into a creek on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula

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CNN panel devolves into chaos after lefty commentator suggests Trump wasn’t actually shot in the ear

Pandemonium broke out during a panel discussion about the White House’s transparency on President Trump’s health.