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    Lionel Messi says World Cup in Qatar will be his last
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    Lionel Messi says World Cup in Qatar will be his last

    Buenos Aires, Oct 07: Lionel Messi has confirmed that the World Cup in Qatar next month will be the last of his career. The 35-year-old Argentina star will play in his fifth World Cup but is still seeking his first title at the showpiece tournament. "There's some anxiety and nerves at the same...
    Thailand mourns children, others slain by ex-police officer
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    Thailand mourns children, others slain by ex-police officer

    Uthai Sawan (Thailand), Oct 7: Friends hugged sobbing family members struggling with staggering loss on Friday in a rural northeastern Thailand community mourning the children and other victims slain by a fired police officer in the nation's deadliest shooting rampage. At least 24 of the 36...
    French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature
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    French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature

    Stockholm, Oct 6: This year's Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to French author Annie Ernaux. Ernaux, 82, was cited for "the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory," the Nobel committee said. Mats Malm,...
    35 killed in attack beginning at Thailand childcare center
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    35 killed in attack beginning at Thailand childcare center

    Bangkok, Oct 6: At least 24 children and 11 adults were killed Thursday in an attack that began at a childcare center in northeastern Thailand, authorities said. The gunman then fled the scene, shooting from his car as he drove home, where he killed his wife and child before taking his own life,...
    Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 10-year prison term
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    Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 10-year prison term

    Bangkok, Oct 6: A court in military-ruled Myanmar has handed a 10-year prison sentence to a Japanese journalist who was arrested after filming an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat said Thursday. Tetsuo Kitada, deputy chief of mission of the Japanese Embassy, said Toru Kubota...
    Death toll rises to 174 after fans stampede to exit Indonesian soccer match
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    Death toll rises to 174 after fans stampede to exit Indonesian soccer match

    Malang, Oct 2: The death toll from panic at an Indonesian soccer match climbed to 174, most of whom trampled to death after police fired tear gas to dispel riots Saturday, making it one of the deadliest sports events in the world. Riots broke out after the game ended Saturday evening with host...
    129 dead after fans stampede to exit Indonesian soccer match
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    129 dead after fans stampede to exit Indonesian soccer match

    Malang (Indonesia), Oct 2: Panic at an Indonesian soccer match Saturday left 129 dead, most of whom were trampled to death after police fired tear gas to dispel riots, making it one of the deadliest sports events in the world. Riots broke out after the game ended Saturday evening with host Arema...
    Taliban official: Blast in Shiite area of Kabul kills 19
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    Taliban official: Blast in Shiite area of Kabul kills 19

    Kabul, Sep 30: A Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief says 19 people were killed and 27 were wounded in a suicide bombing in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital. Khalid Zadran, the spokesman, says the explosion in the Dashti Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul took place on Friday...
    Kremlin: 4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia on Friday
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    Kremlin: 4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia on Friday

    Moscow, Sep 29: The Kremlin says that the four regions of Ukraine that held referendums on joining Russia will be incorporated into the country on Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony in the Kremlin at which they will be...
    Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist gets 3 years
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    Suu Kyi convicted again, Australian economist gets 3 years

    Bangkok, Sep 29: A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating Myanmar's official secrets act, a legal official said. Suu Kyi received a three-year...
    6 dead, 20 wounded in school shooting in Russia
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    6 dead, 20 wounded in school shooting in Russia

    Moscow, Sep 26: A gunman on Monday morning killed six people and wounded 20 others in a school in central Russia, local police said. Governor of the Udmurtia region, Alexander Brechalov, said in a video statement that the still unidentified shooter got into a school in Izhevsk, the region's...
    Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall Tudor saga, dies at 70
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    Hilary Mantel, author of 'Wolf Hall' Tudor saga, dies at 70

    London, Sep 24: Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed "Wolf Hall" trilogy of historical novels, has died, her publisher said Friday. She was 70. Mantel died "suddenly yet peacefully" on Thursday surrounded by...
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