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Qualcomm Profit Rises; Company Notes 'Challenges' in ChinaQualcomm's third-quarter profit rose 42% and the San Diego-based company on Wednesday also increased its full-year earnings outlook. Wall Street Journal 13 hours ago
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China plans to extend Tibet railway line to India, Nepal borders by 2020China plans to extend a railway line linking Tibet with the rest of the country to the borders of India, Nepal and Bhutan by 2020 once an extension to a key site in Tibetan Buddhism opens, a state-run newspaper reported on Thursday. S.China Morning Post 9 hours ago
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Police failed to investigate lead on rapist Police failed to properly investigate information that implicated serial rapist Malcolm Rewa to a historic sex attack on a woman in 1987, the IPCA has found.However, the Independent Police Conduct Authority said it was not able... New Zealand Herald 17 hours ago
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Taiwan plane crash kills 48 and injures 10At least 48 people were killed and 10 injured when a twin-engine turboprop plane crashed while attempting to land in Penghu Islands, according to Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration. CNN.com 7 hours ago
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| VIDEO: Australia 'ready to police MH17 site' Australia's prime minister, Tony Abbott, is offering to send 50 police officers to help secure the site in eastern Ukraine where MH17 crashed. BBC News 5 hours ago
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| 2 Foreign Aid Workers Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan, Officials Say Two Western women employed by an international aid organization were shot dead Thursday morning in the western city of Herat, Afghan officials said. NYTimes.com 5 hours ago
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| Glasgow 2014: Sissons realistic about chances Kiwi triathlete Ryan Sissons concedes they may well be racing for bronze at best when they line up at the Commonwealth Games overnight. Newstalk ZB 9 hours ago
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| Cricket: Sri Lanka batting first in Colombo Sri Lanka has won the toss and is batting first in the second cricket test against South Africa in Colombo. Newstalk ZB 10 hours ago
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