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Iran ex-official gets 6 years in jail for protests
A former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country's post-election unrest, official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.
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China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 - the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years.
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Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.
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Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, some 240 rescued
Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard a crowded Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but 29 people have died and at least 17 others were missing, officials said.
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Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported.
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Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit
Sixty-five world leaders so far have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations, a Danish official said Sunday.
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Police: IRA dissidents plant car bomb in Belfast
Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb outside police reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate, Northern Ireland's police commander said Sunday.
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5 Afghan border security guards killed in south
A roadside bomb killed five Afghan border security guards traveling on a heavily used road in southern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Sunday.
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Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.
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Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo
A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
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