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Chinese policeman killed in Tibetan unrest
Reuters | 12:00PM
A Chinese policeman has been shot dead while pursuing “an alleged riot leader” in an ethnically Tibetan part of western China, state media have said.
Family in Austrian incest case united
Reuters
The family of an Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her have been united for the first time in what doctors described as an “astonishing” gathering.
Austrian dungeon dad in court
Cellar victim offers Fritzls help
Russia sends more troops to Georgian rebel regions
Reuters
Russia has despatched extra peacekeeping troops to Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region to counter what it said were Georgian plans for an attack, prompting the European Union to accuse it of stoking tensions.
US activist Jesse Jackson urges Haiti debt relief
Reuters
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has called for urgent debt relief for Haiti to ease the burden of a food crisis that sparked violent protests in the impoverished Caribbean nation earlier this month.
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