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2:30 AM ACST | SAO PAULO: A Brazilian television presenter accused of ordering murders to boost his crime show's ratings has died of an infection while in hospital.
2:30 AM ACST | Sheriffs in Ireland, who execute court judgments against borrowers who default on loans, are chasing luxury cars, motorbikes and art as creditors try to recoup money they lent before the economy collapsed.
2:30 AM ACST | BANGKOK: The survival of some of the world's largest freshwater fish, including a giant catfish, is threatened by a series of hydroelectric dams planned for the Mekong River, a leading environmental group has warned.
2:30 AM ACST | NEW DELHI: The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has defended himself after he was criticised for accusing elements of the Pakistani state of promoting the export of terrorism.
2:30 AM ACST | LOS ANGELES: The California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has declared a fiscal state of emergency, requiring most state employees to take three days of unpaid leave every month until a new budget is enacted.
2:30 AM ACST | LONDON: The editor-in-chief of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks claims his organisation doesn't know who sent it about 91,000 secret US military documents, saying the website was set up to hide the source of its data.
2:30 AM ACST | WASHINGTON: Arizona's controversial laws aimed at curbing illegal immigration are destined to be contested in the US Supreme Court after a preliminary ruling put most of the crackdown on hold.
2:30 AM ACST | VILLERS-AU-TERTRE: Dominique Cottrez, a nursing auxiliary in the north-eastern French city of Douai, has been charged with the murder of eight of her newborn babies, sources said, as police pushed ahead with investigations into France's apparently worst infanticide.
29 Jul 10 | Rome's Colosseum needs a facelift, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to raise 25 million euros (32 million dollars) to restore the crumbling symbol of the Italian capital.
29 Jul 10 | Wikileaks' editor-in-chief claims his organisation doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret US military documents, telling journalists that the website was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.
29 Jul 10 | R&B star Ne-Yo believes Lindsay Lohan's jail ordeal is a wake-up call to celebrities who think they can ride above the law.
29 Jul 10 | Schapelle Corby has reportedly received her strongest support yet to drastically cut her 20-year jail term for drug smuggling.
29 Jul 10 | A five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of chips has won a €7500 ($11,000) pay-out from a supermarket chain, his lawyer said.
29 Jul 10 | California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal state of emergency, requiring most state employees to take three days of unpaid leave per month until a new budget is enacted.
29 Jul 10 | France vowed on Wednesday to tear down illegal Gypsy camps and expel Gypsies from other EU states who break the law, after President Nicolas Sarkozy said the minority posed security "problems."
29 Jul 10 | German state authorities on Wednesday accused the organiser of last weekend's Love Parade techno festival of major security breaches which may have led to the crush that killed 21 people and injured more than 500.
29 Jul 10 | A suspected former Nazi death camp guard has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes during the Third Reich, German prosecutors said on Wednesday.
29 Jul 10 | French police detained a couple after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in a house and in the garden of another home in a northern village, officials said.
29 Jul 10 | KUALA LUMPUR: In a sensational twist in the sodomy trial of the Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, a prosecutor has been dropped after being accused of having an affair with the star witness.
29 Jul 10 | A LANDSLIDE sweeps aside buildings in the village of Wangong in Hanyuan county of the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan. About 4000 villagers were evacuated and 21 people were missing.
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