Five-day RMT strike brings central London to a standstill, forces major event cancellations
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Rail union action disrupts Tube services during King’s accession anniversary; talks over pay and working conditions continue after nine months
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Illinois teacher accused of grooming sells marital home after judge orders buffer from alleged victim
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Christina Formella lists Downers Grove house for $569,990 and moves to parents' property after court-ordered 5,000-foot restriction; she denies charges and faces 55 counts.
Man accused of killing two Victorian officers had erupted on Facebook over Sydney cops’ brutal assault weeks earlier
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Dezi Freeman denounced two former New South Wales officers who were later jailed for stomping and pepper-spraying a naked, mentally ill woman before he allegedly shot dead two policemen while officers served a warrant
French Prime Minister Bayrou Faces Defeat in Confidence Vote, Deepening Political Turmoil
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Minority government’s €44bn austerity plan stalls as France confronts mounting public debt and a divided National Assembly
Tourists Warned as Turks and Caicos Records Worst Per-Capita Murder Rate in Years
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The British Overseas Territory has seen a recent surge in homicides and gang-related violence; authorities have increased policing and repatriated migrant boats as they seek to protect visitors and residents.
Train collides with double-deck bus northwest of Mexico City, killing at least eight
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State civil defense says 45 injured as emergency crews work at industrial-area crash site; cause not yet known
French prime minister faces near-certain no-confidence vote after warning against taxing the rich
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François Bayrou called the parliamentary vote as his minority government battles an austerity budget and mounting public unrest
Fugitive on FBI Most-Wanted Terror List Appears in London Court in Extradition Fight
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Daniel Andreas San Diego, arrested in a Welsh village last year, faces U.S. charges over 2003 San Francisco-area bombings; hearing continues.
American woman charged after about 20kg of cocaine allegedly found in luggage at Sydney Airport
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Australian Border Force and AFP say a 31-year-old U.S. national was arrested after officers found 14 vacuum-sealed bags that tested presumptively positive for cocaine following a flight from Los Angeles.