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Hong Kong journalists kicked out of APEC summit

APEC hosts Indonesia deny stifling press freedom after withdrawing the credentials of nine Hong Kong journalists for shouting questions at the Philippine leader, insisting that they posed a security threat. Duration: 01:20 Oct 7, 2013
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Russia kicks off torch relay for Sochi Games

Russian torchbearers set off Monday on history's longest Olympic torch relay ahead of February's Winter Games in Sochi, which will take the flame across the country and even put it on a deer sleigh. Duration: 00:43 Oct 7, 2013
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US credits Assad over Syria arms destruction

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can take "credit" for moving quickly to eliminate his regime's chemical arms, US Secretary of State John Kerry says, after experts begin destroying the banned arms. Duration: 00:54 Oct 7, 2013
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Dutch fishermen give eels new lease of life

On an autumn morning on a small Dutch canal, fisherman Aart van der Waal pulls up a fish trap stuffed with squirming eels -- not for the pot, but as part of a bold initiative to save the critically endangered species. Duration: 00:39 Oct 7, 2013
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Asian artists use Hong Kong as launchpad to fame

Southeast Asian artists are hoping to step out of China's shadow to conquer the art world with creations inspired by the tumultuous history of their native countries. Duration: 02:17 Oct 7, 2013
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Cellular breakthrough trio wins Nobel for medicine

James Rothman and Randy Schekman of the United States and Thomas Suedhof of Germany won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for groundbreaking work on how the cell organises its transport system. Duration: 00:31 Oct 7, 2013
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Suicide bombers target Shiites in Iraq

Suicide bombers attacked a series of sites in Iraq on Sunday including a primary school, a police station in a Shiite village in the north of Iraq, and a mosque where Shiite pilgrims were gathered killing dozens. Duration: 00:34 Oct 7, 2013
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Kerry subs for Obama at APEC Summit in Bali

The US federal shutdown has stopped President Barack Obama from attending the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on the Indonesian island of Bali, and another summit this week of East Asian leaders in Brunei. Duration: 01:00 Oct 7, 2013
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Desmond Tutu marks his birthday with volunteers

South African Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu joins a group of volunteers to clean up the Joe Slovo informal settlement near his home in the Milnerton area of Cape Town on his 82nd birthday. Duration: 01:18 Oct 7, 2013
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Lampedusa overwhelmed with dead bodies

The cemetery on the remote island of Lampedusa has no space for the hundreds of corpses fished from the sea after a boat full of asylum seekers sank last week. Duration: 00:45 Oct 7, 2013
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