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2 Dragon Boats Capsize In Southern China, 17 Dead

Around 40 people were pulled out of the water alive with rescue work ending around 10pm. (AFP)

Beijing:  Seventeen people were killed Saturday after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, state-run Xinhua news agency said.

Rowers on board the two long, narrow kayak-like boats were practising for a race in Taohua

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Saudi Forces Shoot Down -Toy Drone- Near Royal Palaces

An investigation had been launched into the incident, Saudi official said. (Representational)

Riyadh:  Saudi forces on Saturday shot down an unidentified toy drone that hovered over a Riyadh neighbourhood home to royal palaces, state media said, prompting a security alarm in the capital.

"At 1950 (local time) a security

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Russia -Welcomes- North Korea's Nuclear Declaration

Moscow has "welcomed" North Korea's Kim Jong Un's declaration on halting nuclear tests

Moscow:  Moscow "welcomes" North Korea's Kim Jong Un's declaration on halting nuclear tests and calls on the US and Pyongyang to work together to reduce tensions, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

"We welcome

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BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels began withdrawing from an enclave northeast of Damascus on Saturday and will go to northern Syria, state TV and a rebel official said, in a surrender agreement that marks another victory for President Bashar al-Assad.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Behind the apartment's curtain, a tough guy is boxing, throwing left and right hooks and jabs, and lunging forward, enough to make any passing criminal think twice before breaking in.
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YANGON (Reuters) - The family of a Myanmar policeman who told a court how police planted secret documents on Reuters reporters to "entrap" them was evicted from police housing in the capital Naypyitaw on Saturday, less than 24 hours after his testimony, family members said.
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