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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.Tokyo will host Olympic Games in 2020
Tokyo has been named as the host city for the 2020 Olympics. All three cities made impassioned pleas to the International ...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 ...G20 leaders vow to crack down on tax evasion by multinationals
The Group of 20 leading economies has decided to force the world\'s largest multinational companies to pay more taxes.Thai rubber farmers, police clash as crisis deepens
Rubber farmers clashed with security forces in southern Thailand as protesters torched cars and police fired tear gas in the latest unrest ...Australia votes with Abbott set for landslide win
Australians are voting Saturday in national elections that are expected to return conservatives to power and end the Labor Party\'s six-year government ...Chinese official jailed for smiling at accident
A work safety official in China, seen "smiling" at the scene of a multiple-fatality accident, Thursday was sentenced to 14 years in ...Syria – Count The Cost
The President and Congress will make the decisions when it comes to Syria. They and military leadership have ...Basketball star visits North Korea
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman landed Tuesday in North Korea for what he called a trip to hang out with authoritarian leader ...Japan unveils $470m plan for Fukushima water leaks
The Japanese government on Tuesday said it would spend the equivalent of $470 million to try to tackle the toxic water crisis ...




