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Bahrain rights group awarded Norway's Rafto Prize.

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, whose founder and director are both jailed, won Norway's Rafto Prize for rights defenders Thursday for its fight against repression in the Gulf state. Duration: 0:58 Sep 26, 2013
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New space crew joins ISS on Olympic torch mission

An American and two Russians Thursday boarded the International Space Station after a lightning journey from Earth, on a mission that will see the Olympic torch for the 2014 Sochi Games taken into space for the first time. Duration:00:34 Sep 26, 2013
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Pakistan earthquake death toll tops 350

Tens of thousands of survivors of Pakistan's earthquake waited for help in soaring temperatures Thursday, as the death toll rose past 350 and anger grew at the slow pace of government aid. Duration:00:52 Sep 26, 2013
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Radio brings 'fresh air' to Syria's Aleppo

A local radio station in Aleppo is trying to bring information to listeners, provide updates on the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, and even try to keep morale up during bombings. Duration: 00:36 Sep 26, 2013
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Abbas insists Mideast peace deal must be 'permanent'

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told the United Nations on Thursday that US-brokered peace talks with Israel needed to result in an agreement that permanently resolves all disputes. Duration: 1:18 Sep 26, 2013
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Olympic committee praises Sochi ahead of Games

The International Olympic Committee on Thursday declared Russia's Olympic venues in Sochi were ready for the 2014 Winter Games, adding it was satisfied that a law on homosexuality passed by Russia did not violate the Olympic charter. Duration: 01:16 Sep 26, 2013
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Obama raises stakes in debt, spending showdown.

President Barack Obama Thursday warned he would never allow Republicans to kill or delay his health care law, raising the stakes in a showdown that could shutter the government or trigger a US debt default. Duration : 01:32 Sep 26, 2013
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Guinea to elect parliament amid ethnic tensions

Guineans will on Saturday vote in the first parliamentary elections in the troubled west African nation in over a decade, after months of delays and a campaign plagued by unrest. Duration: 00:31 Sep 26, 2013
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Messi tax evasion case not a concern for his fans

Lionel Messi moved into second place on the all-time list of Champions League goalscorers with his 27th career hat-trick as Barcelona beat Ajax 4-0 at the Nou Camp on Wednesday. Duration: 01:02 Sep 26, 2013
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Omar Abdullah on VK Singh: Have no financial dealings with Army

Srinagar, Sep 25 (ANI): Breaking his silence over Former Army Chief, General (retd) VK Singh___s allegations Former army chief VK Singh's claim that the army paid ministers in Jammu and Kashmir to "keep people together", State Chief, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that ministers in the state had no financial dealings with the Army. Sep 25, 2013
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Advaniji is everyone's 'margdarshak': Narendra Modi

Bhopal, Sep 25 (ANI): In a show of unity, Gujarat Chief and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014 polls, Narendra Modi called veteran party leader Lal Krishna Advani the "margdarshak" of the BJP and touched his feet publically at a Bhopal rally on Wednesday. Sep 25, 2013
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