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Wet-and-wild ride: Indonesia mud bull races not for faint of heart 02 Dec 2018 - 11:14 am
This picture takenon December 1, 2018 shows an Indonesian jockey riding two bulls with a cart during a traditional sport bull race locally called
France to consider state of emergency to prevent riots recurring - Govt spokesman 02 Dec 2018 - 10:54 am
French Government's spokesperson Benjamin Griveaux (R) speaks with yellow vests (gilets jaunes) protestors before an official visit of Copelectronic, a company specialised in electronic and electric components, in Mouguerre, southwestern France, on Novemb
Iran says missile programme defensive after U.S. test allegation 02 Dec 2018 - 10:36 am
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5 people shot in Miami neighborhood, suspect still at large 02 Dec 2018 - 10:35 am
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Pablo Escobar's dark legacy refuses to die 25 years on 02 Dec 2018 - 10:01 am
Maria Eugenia Castano, resident of Pablo Escobar neighborhood, lights a candle at the portrait of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in her house on November 28, 2018, in Medellin, Colombia. / AFP / Raul ARBOLEDA
For Poland's mining region, coal remains a way of life 02 Dec 2018 - 09:17 am
A miner puts away his equipment after a night shift at the shaft at the Knurow mine on November 23, 2018 in Knurow, in Poland's southern mining region of Silesia. AFP / Janek SKARZYNSKI
How engineers are straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa 02 Dec 2018 - 09:09 am
A picture taken on November 28, 2018 shows the Pisa Tower in Pisa. / AFP / Tiziana FABI
From Bush to Clinton, a grace note for the ages 02 Dec 2018 - 09:07 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 18, 2005 US former presidents George Bush Senior (L) and Bill Clinton arrives in Phuket, south Thailand. AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
Mattis says Russia tried to 'muck around' US vote, again 02 Dec 2018 - 08:54 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks during a news conference after a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
Trump to notify Congress in 'near future' he will terminate NAFTA 02 Dec 2018 - 08:38 am
US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the signing of a new free trade agreement in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit. AFP / Martin BERNETTI
Conservative Indonesian Muslims hold big rally in Jakarta 02 Dec 2018 - 08:35 am
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Leftist leader takes reins in Mexico vowing to help poor 02 Dec 2018 - 08:23 am
Mexico's new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during his inauguration ceremony at Congress, in Mexico City, Mexico December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Trump says hopes to meet N.Korea's Kim in January or February 02 Dec 2018 - 07:52 am
File photo of US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018.  / AFP / SAUL LOEB
US, China declare 90-day halt to new tariffs, White House says 02 Dec 2018 - 07:45 am
US President Donald Trump (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a working dinner after the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Senior US admiral found dead in Bahrain 02 Dec 2018 - 01:51 am
Vice Admiral Scott Stearney, commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, speaks on the 1MC shipboard intercom to welcome the crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham to Manama, Bahrain October 24,
Gangs of "yellow vest" militants set heart of Paris ablaze 01 Dec 2018 - 08:50 pm
Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes in French) protesters demonstrate against rising oil prices and living costs in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on December 1, 2018. / AFP / NICOLAS TUCAT
French police, protesters clash in Paris riot; 80 injured 01 Dec 2018 - 08:06 pm
Protesters wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a French drivers' protest against higher diesel taxes, gather at the Place de l'Etoile near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Bitter Iraqis remember George HW Bush as 'Mr Embargo' 01 Dec 2018 - 07:43 pm
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seen with aide Ezzat al-Douri in this undated Reuters file photo