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US President Barack Obama speaks about his administration's drone and counterterrorism policies, as well as the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in Washington, DC 23 May 2013 Obama defends 'just' drones war

President Obama defends the use of drones as a "just war" of self-defence against deadly militants, and a campaign that has made America safer.

Part of Interstate 5 bridge collapsed in Skagit River near Mount Vernon, Washington. 23 May 2013 US road bridge falls into river

Three people are rescued after part of a US road bridge on the main route between Seattle and Vancouver collapsed into a river in Washington state.

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Lewis Hamilton believes he has a "pretty good" chance of winning the Monaco GP after a competitive showing in practice.

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Model wearing the necklace later stolen from Eden-Roc hotel New jewel theft hits Cannes festival

A necklace reportedly worth 1.9m euros (£1.6m) is stolen during the Cannes film festival, the second such theft to hit this year's event.

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Statin pill Some statins 'raise diabetes risk'

Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing Type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.

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VKontakte welcome page - screen grab Error blacklists Russian 'Facebook'

Russia's most popular social network, VKontakte, is temporarily blacklisted by mistake - and some users find it blocked.

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Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals.

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Las grietas del modelo chileno

La polémica entre el gobierno y la oposición sobre el desempeño económico de Chile en los últimos años omite un dato esencial: este país, siempre presentado como el modelo a imitar en la región, depende del precio del cobre.

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英航班机迫降致希思罗机场跑道关闭

英航一架空中客车A319飞机在起飞后因机件故障折返希思罗机场紧急降落,乘客及机组人员安全下机,机场一度关闭两条跑道。

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روسيا: دمشق تقبل "من حيث المبدأ" المشاركة في مؤتمر السلام

متحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الروسية يعلن أن الحكومة السورية وافقت من حيث المبدأ على المشاركة في مؤتمر دولي للسلام لحل الأزمة في سوريا.

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دفاع اوباما از کاربرد 'عادلانه' هواپیماهای بدون سرنشین

باراک اوباما با عادلانه دانستن کاربرد هواپیماهای بدون سرنشین برای هدف قرار دادن تندرویان به عنوان یک اقدام دفاعی، از کنگره خواسته است مانع از تلاش او برای انتقال زندانیان گوانتانامو به بازداشتگاه های فوق‌امنیتی در خاک آمریکا نشوند.

Rapper - Jaak Slave pride

The Afrikaans rapper, Jaak, uses hip-hop to raise the consciousness of his people, whom he calls the 'brown' underclass of Paarl in South Africa.

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BBC Culture meets Justin Timberlake and Oscar Isaac, stars of Inside Llewyn Davis, and finds out about the festival's celebrations of 100 years of Indian cinema.

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