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Wrestling wins IOC vote for place in 2020 Olympics
Wrestling has won back its place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, after beating out bids from rival sports squash, baseball and softball.Clashes between Boko Haram, Nigeria vigilantes kill 18
An attack by suspected Islamic sect members on a town guarded by a vigilante group in northeast Nigeria on Sunday killed at ...Obama returns to US to face Congress battle over Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama returned to Washington Friday night after discussing Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 ...NASA sends unmanned rocket to the moon
An unmanned Minotaur 5 rocket blasted off from the Virginia coast on Friday to send a small NASA science satellite on its ...Pakistan releases seven Afghan Taliban fighters
Pakistan on Saturday announced the release of seven senior Afghan Taliban figures to help the peace process in war-torn neighbour Afghanistan, the ...Twin blasts kill at least 20 in Somalia
At least 20 people have been killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after two explosions ripped through a busy car park, police ...Maldives votes for new president
With over half the ballot boxes counted, former president Mohamed Nasheed is in the lead in the much anticipated Maldives presidential elections, ...Conservative leader Abbott wins landslide Australia election victory
Australia\'s conservative opposition won a resounding victory in national elections, handing the Labor party one of its worst-ever defeats and installing Tony ...European Union urges US to await UN report on Syria
European foreign ministers on Saturday endorsed a "clear and strong response" to a chemical weapons attack that strongly points to the Syrian ...Madrid eliminated from Olympics 2020 venue race
Madrid has been eliminated in dramatic fashion from the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games after the first round of voting ...