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	Texas Executed the 400th Prisoner
Texas celebrated the execution of its 400th prisoner. The governor's spokesman said the procedure is quite effective
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	Russian Fighters Will Show Wonders at MAKS-2007 Air Show
The International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2007 started today. The ground exhibition will feature newest developments of Russian construction bureaus, as well as the flight demonstration of the best pilot teams from all over the world.
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	Japan Marks the 62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima's Atomic Bombing
Japan will never forget Hiroshima. Recently the country market the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II.
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	Van Gogh's $25 Million Painting Is a Fake
The officials from The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, say that the only artwork by Van Gogh found in the gallery is in fact a fake.
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	Spain Workers Smashed Madrid Hotel to Relieve Stress
Forty bankers, teachers and other workers were selected from more than 1000 volunteers who had written to the owners of NH hotels describing stressfulness of their lives before the wrecking team was assembled.
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	Russian Mine Blast at Novokuznetsk (coverage)
Early morning, on May 24th, 217 people, workers at the "Yubileynaya" mine in Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo Oblast (Russia), got into the elevator to go deep down the mine and collect more coal for their country. However, the scenario was rewritten at approximately 7:30 AM Moscow Time (4:30 AM GMT).
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	Timeline of the events in Tallinn, Estonia
A brief chronology of latest events in Tallinn, Estonia, caused by the decision of Estonian authorities to disassemble a Soviet Soldier monument of the WWII era.
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	President candidate's son caught with a gun
David Huckabee, a son of presidential candidate, the former Arkansas governor and Republican party activist Mike Huckabee was arrested in Arkansas airport after it was disclosed he had a loaded handgun in his carry-on.
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	Fighting in Somalia to cause aid crisis
A warning came from the UN stating that Somalia currently faces a humanitarian disaster. This is due to the fact that the government-backed forces from Ethiopia are fighting the insurgents.
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	Drug wars in Rio resulted in 19 casualties
The drug wars from Rio de Janeiro produced further 19 victims. In two shoot-outs in different regions of the city the police collected 13 and 6 dead bodies respectively.
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	BREAKING: The Virginia Tech Shooter Identified
Shooter at the Virginia Tech University officially identified.
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	Shooting at Virginia Tech University - 30 Killed (updated)
30 people killed in a shooting massacre at the Virginia University today, Monday, April 16th, 2007. The motives of the shooter nor his identity are unknown to the police at the moment.
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