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Exodus of Hungarian doctors jeopardises Hungary's healthcare

Hungarian doctors are well known for their hardworking attitude and dedication, but low wages and poor funding mean thousands are leaving the country to earn better salaries abroad, leaving their own country's healthcare system floundering. Duration: 02:36. Sep 10, 2013
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Iranian foreign ministry rejects Syria intervention

Iran's first female government spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, Marzieh Afkham, spoke to reporters today in Tehran during the weekly ministry press conference. Afkham said that military action against Syria would only escalate the crisis. Duration: 00:37 Sep 10, 2013
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Rent hikes push Myanmar's poor into homelessness

Soaring rents in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon have seen hundreds of poor families shunted from their homes, forcing them to turn to charity as their last buffer from life on the streets. Duration: 02:15. Sep 10, 2013
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Syria 'agrees' to Russian plan for chemical weapons

Moscow is currently in talks with Damascus to develop a "concrete plan" for the Syrian regime to hand over its chemical weapons arsenal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. Duration: 01:53 Sep 10, 2013
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Four guilty of bus gang rape that sickened India

An Indian court convicts four men of the gang rape and murder of a student on a New Delhi bus in a crime that sickened the nation and led to new laws to tackle endemic sex crime. Duration: 01:01 Sep 10, 2013
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French retirees join march against pension reforms

French unions have taken to the streets to protest reforms to France's debt-ridden pension system, but no major disruptions are expected after the Socialist government took a soft approach. Duration: 00:44 Sep 10, 2013
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Dozens of bushfires flare in Australia

Residents look at the flames from a bush fire that erupted in Sydney's western suburb of Castlereagh, New South Wales on September 10, 2013. Duration: 00:32 Sep 10, 2013
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Relief in Damascus streets as US strike put on hold

Damascus residents expressed relief a day after a surprise initiative by Russia proposed Syria hand over its chemical weapons stockpile to international control, heading off punitive US strikes for the regime's alleged poison gas attacks. The government of President Bashar al-Assad, which denies having carried out the attacks, welcomed the proposal, along with most of the international community. Duration: 00:49 Sep 10, 2013
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Norway moves right with populists likely in government

Norway shifts right in elections, ending eight years of centre-left rule and setting the stage for a new Conservative-led government with the populist anti-immigration Progress Party as junior partner. Duration: 01:35. Sep 10, 2013
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