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24 May 2012 Last updated at 17:30 ET

Suspect held in Etan Patz deathAn undated photo of Etan Patz, who went missing in 1979

A man confesses to suffocating six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 in New York, as the child walked to a school bus stop on his own for the first time.


A policeman hits a protester in Montreal 23 May 2012700 protesters arrested in Quebec

Nearly 700 people are held in two Quebec cities in the biggest single night of mass arrests since student protests over fees began in February.

Tropical Storm Alberto off the US coast 20 May 2012US hurricane season 'near normal'

There will be nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season, a "near-normal" season, US weather officials forecast.

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