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At least four killed by bomb in southwest Pakistan

At least four killed by bomb in southwest Pakistan

At least four people were killed and 15 others injured Monday by a bomb blast in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said.

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Assistant ref stood down after Robertson elbow incident

Assistant ref stood down after Robertson elbow incident

Assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis will not be involved in any matches while the Football Association investigate whether he elbowed Liverpool's Andrew Robertson.

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Toll rises to four in French building collapse

Toll rises to four in French building collapse

Rescue workers on Monday recovered a fourth body from the rubble of a collapsed apartment in France's Marseille, a cabinet minister said, as firefighters raced against the clock to find four people still missing.

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Rescuers find sixth body after French Alps avalanche

Rescuers find sixth body after French Alps avalanche

Emergency workers found two more victims of an avalanche near Mont Blanc in southeastern France on Monday, bringing the death toll from the tragedy to six.

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China ends Taiwan war games aimed at 'sealing off' island

China ends Taiwan war games aimed at 'sealing off' island

China declared it had "successfully completed" three days of war games around Taiwan on Monday, after it deployed dozens of aircraft to launch simulated strikes and an aerial blockade of the self-ruled island.

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Italy's Berlusconi steadily improving, doctors say

Italy's Berlusconi steadily improving, doctors say

Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has been in hospital for leukaemia and a lung infection, is getting progressively better, doctors said Monday, expressing "cautious optimism" over his condition.

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Taiwan's frontline islanders resigned in face of Chinese military might

Taiwan's frontline islanders resigned in face of Chinese military might

At a beach on a windswept Taiwanese archipelago just a few miles from mainland China, Lin Ke-qiang offers a gloomy prediction: should war ever break out with Beijing, his island does not stand a chance.

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Toll rises to three in French building collapse

Toll rises to three in French building collapse

Searchers on Monday recovered a third body from the rubble of a collapsed apartment in France's Marseille, as rescue workers raced against the clock to find five people still missing.

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Fifth victim found after French Alps avalanche

Fifth victim found after French Alps avalanche

A fifth person has been found dead and one is still missing after an avalanche near Mont Blanc in southeastern France, the local prosecutor's office said Monday.

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Asian markets mixed as traders weigh US jobs data

Asian markets mixed as traders weigh US jobs data

Asian equities were mixed Monday in holiday-thinned trade after US jobs data indicated the Federal Reserve would likely have to hike interest rates again but soothed recent worries about a possible recession.

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