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Juve's Yildiz to miss 'several months' with foot injury

Juve's Yildiz to miss 'several months' with foot injury

Turkish attacker Kenan Yildiz will undergo an operation on his foot after picking up an injury during Juventus's opening match of the Serie A season, club affairs officer Giorgio Chiellini said Friday.

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War criminal Ratko Mladic's death lays bare Bosnia's wounds

War criminal Ratko Mladic's death lays bare Bosnia's wounds

To survivors of the Srebrenica massacre, the death of former Bosnian Serb military leader and war criminal Ratko Mladic changes little about his legacy.

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Celine Dion arrives in France ahead of sold-out comeback dates

Celine Dion arrives in France ahead of sold-out comeback dates

Canadian superstar Celine Dion arrived in Paris on Friday two weeks ahead of the first of her sold-out comeback concerts in the French capital.

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Thieves buy tickets before plundering necklace from Vienna museum

Thieves buy tickets before plundering necklace from Vienna museum

Two men bought tickets to enter Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) before smashing a display case, grabbing a 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace and walking away, police said Friday.

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Nepal floods trauma 'enormous': Red Cross

Nepal floods trauma 'enormous': Red Cross

The Nepal-Tibet flood disaster has left an "enormous" level of trauma, the Red Cross said Friday, with early estimates suggesting 93,000 people may have been affected.

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Asian Games chiefs say room for everyone amid accommodation crunch

Asian Games chiefs say room for everyone amid accommodation crunch

Asian Games organisers said Friday that all participants at next month's event would have a place to stay after numbers ballooned to more than 17,000, raising fears of a bed shortage.

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Norwegians mourn King Harald as son succeeds to throne

Norwegians mourn King Harald as son succeeds to throne

Thousands of people gathered outside Norway's royal palace to pay their respects to King Harald, who died Friday aged 89 after a reign of three and a half decades.

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All-round Tongue stars for England in second Test against Pakistan

All-round Tongue stars for England in second Test against Pakistan

Josh Tongue shone with both bat and ball to put England on top of the second Test against Pakistan at Lord's on Friday.

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Swiss nuclear plant fully back online after heatwaves

Swiss nuclear plant fully back online after heatwaves

The Beznau nuclear power plant in Switzerland, which was shut down multiple times over the last two months due to summer heatwaves, is fully operational again, Swiss energy company Axpo said Friday.

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UEFA's legal move 'massive escalation' in bitter Infantino feud

UEFA's legal move 'massive escalation' in bitter Infantino feud

UEFA's intention to launch a legal suit accusing FIFA president Gianni Infantino of "criminal mismanagement" is a "massive escalation" of their feud, a former marketing director of the International Olympic Committee told AFP.

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