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60-year-old man found dead near safety after trekking across remote Australian Outback

PERTH, Australia – Police say a 60-year-old man who attempted to trek 48 kilometers (30 miles) with little water in searing heat across Australia’s parched Outback after his car broke down has been found dead 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) from safety. Police said in a statement Thursday that the man …

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Cambodian leader inaugurates operations at country's biggest hydropower project

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia’s prime minister has inaugurated the country’s biggest hydropower dam, a Chinese-built project to help supply electricity for villages and factories. Prime Minister Hun Sen was joined Monday by the Chinese ambassador at the official opening of the 338-megawatt Russei Chrum Krom hydropower project, which took …

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UN human rights chief appeals to Saudi king to pardon convicted blogger, halt his flogging

BERLIN – The United Nations’ top human rights official is appealing to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah to pardon a blogger convicted of insulting Islam and sentenced to be flogged. Raif Badawi was brought to a public square in Jiddah last week and flogged 50 times. He was sentenced last May …

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