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Archive photo of a Predator drone, December 2008 Obama to set out US drone policy

President Obama is expected to defend US drone strikes and promise more transparency over the attacks, in a major counter-terrorism speech.

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Space engineers in Ecuador are trying to establish if the country's only satellite has been damaged in a crash with space debris.

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Robert Redford receives a standing ovation for his performance in his survival-at-sea epic All Is Lost at a Cannes Film Festival screening.

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A way of creating more effective vaccines which could protect against a broad range of flu viruses has been reported by US researchers.

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Google has acquired a US start-up that generates power using turbines flying on robotic tethered kites.

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Installation is under way of an expanded monitoring system for Iceland's volcanoes, which it is hoped will give the world more warning of the next big eruption.

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La mujer que confrontó a los atacantes de Londres

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, de 48 años, se bajó de un autobús y se puso a hablar con los hombres que mataron a cuchillazos a un soldado británico en Woolwich, en el sur de la capital británica.

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“朝方愿接受中方建议与各方展开对话”

报道说,正在访华的朝鲜特使崔龙海表示,朝鲜愿接受中方建议,同有关各方开展对话。

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اعتداء وولتش: استهداف مساجد في بريطانيا عقب الحادث

الشرطة البريطانية تقبض على شخصين عقب هجمات منفصلة استهدفت مساجد بعد مقتل جندي في اعتداء يشتبه أنه "إرهابي".

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هاشمی رفسنجانی: آنها که این کار را کردند نیازی به دشمن خارجی ندارند

اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی در اولین واکنش به رد صلاحیت خود توسط شورای نگهبان، گفته قصد نامزدی نداشته اما به دلیل مراجعات فراوان به رغم آگاهی از مشکلات و موانع موجود و افزایش حجم تهمت‌ها و تخریب‌ها "پس از ارسال پیام به خدمت رهبری خود را برای خدمت عرضه کردم."

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