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SpaceX capsule to dock with space station

Launch marks the first time a commercial enterprise has sent its own craft to the orbiting lab and openedAstronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) reached out and caught SpaceX's Dragon capsule for docking at the orbiting lab in a historic first for commercial spaceflight.

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Man confesses to killing missing New York boy

A man has confessed to strangling to death a boy who vanished on his way to school in 1979 New York police say.

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US rights report criticises Iran and Syria

State department praises Myanmar as an example of reformThe US has criticised human rights conditions in Syria and Iran, but after years of denouncing Myanmar's rights record, the country's state department has held it up as an example of reform in a world convulsed by citizen uprisings.

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Fire on nuclear submarine at US shipyard

A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured four people.

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Mexico students protest alleged media bias

Thousands of university students have marched through central Mexico City to protest media coverage they say favours the candidate of the former ruling party in upcoming presidential elections.

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Costa Rica braces as volcano rumbles

Emergency officials in Costa Rica say they have moved some residents away from the Turrialba volcano outside the capital San Jose after it spewed toxic gas and ash, signs of a potentially imminent eruption.

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US Secret Service chief apologises for scam

US senators investigating the Secret Service prostitution scandal have said that dozens of allegations of misconduct by agents point to a culture of carousing and urged its director, Mark Sullivan, to get past his insistence that the romp in Colombia was a one-time mistake.

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Power outage protests hit Myanmar

Hundreds have taken to the streets of Myanmar's major cities to protest continued power outages throughout the country.

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Quebec students mark 100 days of fee protests

Tens of thousands of people defied an emergency law restricting protests by marching in Montreal to mark the 100th day of student protests over plans to raise tuition.

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Colombian troops killed in FARC attack

At least 12 Colombian soldiers have been killed in an attack by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest rebel group.

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