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Strikes cripple London underground
Millions of London commuters struggled to get to and from work as a 24-hour strike by workers on the capital's underground rail system disrupted much of the network, hurting the city's convalescent economy.
Women stung 500 times by wasps
Fire officials say a Massachusetts woman who fell onto a wasps' nest in her yard was stung more than 500 times.
Wildfire roars through Colorado
A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing 3000 people to flee and destroying dozens of homes - some that belonged to the firefighters themselves, authorities said.
500 homes cut off in Victoria floods
More than 500 homes have been isolated by floods and could be inundated as the swollen Broken and Goulburn rivers converge on Shepparton's southern outskirts.
Pressure to spare woman facing stoning
The international crossfire over Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery has intensified, with a top European Union official calling it "barbaric" and an Iranian spokesman saying it's about punishing a criminal and not a human rights issue.
Gillard's second shot at power
Julia Gillard has promised to heed the lesson handed to Labor at the election and govern with a new style of openness after her nerve-racking wait ended and she scraped back into power by the slimmest of margins.
500 rapes in rebellion-torn Congo
The United Nations has reported more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July - more than double the number previously reported.
Human remains found in shark's stomach
Bahamian police are trying to identify human remains found in the stomach of a tiger shark caught off the Exuma islands.
Quake strikes Fiji region
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck at sea in the Fiji region this morning, however no tsunami alert has been issued.
Let the sun shine in: Gillard
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says her minority government will be held to higher standards of accountability as a result of the deal struck with the independents.
Capsized boat carrying four times list
A Congolese official says a capsized boat that killed as many as 200 people was carrying four times as many people as the passenger list claimed.
Burning Koran 'endangers troops' says Petraeus
The top US and Nato commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday an American church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger US troops in the country and Americans worldwide.
Hundreds flee Colorado wildfire
A wind-whipped wildfire roared through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying an unknown number of homes - some that belonged to the firefighters themselves.
New 'superbug' gene confirmed
Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a health ministry official said Tuesday.
Soldiers fire on family's car in Mexico, two dead
Soldiers opened fire on a family's car at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, authorities and relatives said Monday.
Nevada plane crash kills one, injures three
A small plane crashed and burst into flames on a street in a southern Nevada residential neighbourhood Monday, killing one person and badly injuring three others, authorities said.
Rwandan leader slams Western critics at swearing-in
Rwandan President Paul Kagame rejected on Monday accusations he has failed to safeguard human rights and vowed not to let Western critics of his rule influence the path of the central African country.
Police to probe tabloid phone-hacking claim
British Prime Minister David Cameron's press chief offered on Monday to talk to police over claims he encouraged reporters to illegally intercept phone messages in his previous role as a tabloid newspaper editor.
WikiLeaks founder may get chop
Melbourne computer hacker turned whistleblower extraordinaire Julian Assange is under pressure from within WikiLeaks to step down from the helm of the site he created.
US Afghanistan commanders condemn Koran-burning plan
US military commanders in Afghanistan warned on Monday that a small Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks could endanger the lives of American troops.

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