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African migrants nurse wounds near Spanish enclave

In a forest overlooking the Spanish enclave of Melilla, hundreds of other African migrants nurse fresh wounds from a desperate bid to scale the heavily guarded border fence into the Spanish enclave. They describe being attacked by Moroccan security forces, who they say fired rubber bullets and hurled rocks. Duration: 00:43 Sep 19, 2013
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S. Africa murder rate up for first time in 9 years

After years of decreasing crime, South Africa is grappling with a rise in the number of murders, burglaries and carjackings, with close to 45 people killed a day, the government said Thursday. For the first time in nine years, the number of murders increased -- by 0.6 percent in the year to April -- police minister Nathi Mthethwa said, announcing annual statistics. Duration: 01:04 Sep 19, 2013
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New Angela Merkel waxwork unveiled in Berlin

The Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin has unveiled a new waxwork of German Chancellor Angela Merkel featuring her signature diamond shape pose. The figure was revealed just three days before Germany goes to the polls in a general election on Sunday. Duration: 00:27 Sep 19, 2013
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Sri Lankas Tamils vote under the shadow of guns

Tamil voters in northern Sri Lanka are set to elect their first ever semi-autonomous council on Saturday, in a post-war power-sharing exercise already marred by allegations of army intimidation and harassment. Duration: 00:29 Sep 19, 2013
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Russia to send UN 'evidence' of rebel chem attack

Moscow will send the United Nations information it received from Syria implicating rebels in the August 21 chemical attack near Damascus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. Duration: 00:57 Sep 19, 2013
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Iraq Kurds to vote amid domestic, regional tensions

Iraq's Kurdish region goes to the polls on Saturday, grappling with a swathe of disputes with the central government while fellow Kurds fight bloody battles across the border in Syria. Duration: 00:34 Sep 19, 2013
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Acapulco tourists seek exit as new storms loom

Thousands of frustrated tourists lined up under sweltering heat Wednesday to board airlifts out of the flooded Mexican resort of Acapulco while the storm-lashed country braced for more bad weather. Duration: 01:05 Sep 19, 2013
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