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| Water scare in China city after toxic leak |
| China confirmed today that an explosion at a petrochemical plant had caused “major pollution” of a river which has led authorities to shut off water supplies in one of its biggest cities for at least four days.
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| Pentagon plans Iraq troops cut in 2006 |
| Barring any major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of US forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades, from 18 n
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| Russian MPs act to ‘curb’ NGOs |
| Russia took a step towards curbing the activities of foreign human rights bodies and charities today when parliament backed a draft law that will assert tight state supervisi
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| Historian in Holocaust dock |
| British historian David Irving, known for his controversial views on World War II, has been charged with denying the Holocaust, a criminal offence in Austria, a state prosecu
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| Vatican bar on gay priests |
| Practising homosexuals should be barred from entering the Roman Catholic priesthood, the Vatican says, taking a strict line on the place of gays in the clergy, an issue that
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A barmaid fills a glass with a pint of beer in a London pub. About one third of all the pubs, clubs and shops in England and Wales licensed to sell al ... | Read
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