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Cardinal Pell makes final attempt to quash sexual abuse convictionsEx-Vatican treasurer George Pell asks Australia's top court to review his sexual abuse convictions.
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Farooq Abdullah: Outrage over detention of senior Kashmiri MP
Farooq Abdullah is detained under a law that allows detention without formal charge for two years.
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India probe over women's cricket match-fixing claim
Police are investigating two men for allegedly approaching a player from the Indian women's national team.
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Why are South Korean politicians shaving their heads?
Allegations of corruption linked to a justice minister have renewed a traditional form of protest.
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Elon Musk says 'pedo guy' tweet was not accusation
The Tesla CEO's lawyers say the term means "creepy old man" in South Africa where Mr Musk grew up.
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Looking back at 100 days of protests in Hong Kong
How a controversial extradition bill with China sparked months of violent protest.
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World's biggest amphibian 'discovered' in museum
DNA from historical museum specimens may help save the giant salamander from extinction in the wild.
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Pokemon: 'Ash Ketchum failing for 22 years taught me being a loser is OK'
The world's most popular Pokemon trainer, Ash Ketchum, achieves the goal he set for himself in 1997.
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Thailand Tiger Temple: Authorities remove tigers from attraction site
Thai officials have started an operation to remove all the living tigers at the Tiger Temple.
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China gripped after sighting of its own 'Loch Ness Monster'
Is the creature in the Yangtze a monster, a snake - or something less animated altogether?
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Shane Gillis: Saturday Night Live's new hire fired for slurs
Gillis apologised for the remarks saying he was a comedian "who pushes boundaries".
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Afghanistan war: Tracking the killings in August 2019
Violence across Afghanistan is killing dozens a day as US forces negotiate a withdrawal, the BBC finds.
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