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Dubbed ‘Pele in skirts,’ Marta Vieira da Silva considered one of best women ever to play soccer
More than 70 people killed after heavy rainfall inundates parts of country, threatens others
Four women protested his acquittal for rape 10 years ago, as ruling party faced worst-ever showing at polls
Frustrated by slow pace of rural electrification, many in country of 36 million people investing in own solar panels
Admiral Scott Swift visiting northern Chinese port of Qingdao as part of efforts to build trust, understanding between the two navies
But, Narendra Modi does not invite separatist leaders for talks, as suggested by his party's ally, People's Democratic Party, in coalition that governs Himalayan region
London police say intruder had been drinking, was not armed and was detained without using stun guns; breach is not believed to be terrorism related
Just 44 percent of Americans rated the US economy as 'good,'' although that proportion has risen steadily from 18 percent in 2011
Two-week state of emergency has been declared after heavy storm hit capital Skopje over weekend
They say the airstrikes, which continued into Tuesday, targeted Yemen's Shi'ite rebels but one of them hit a food factory
Republican presidential candidate playing ‘China-bashing card’ in attempt to rescue his falling poll numbers, China's official news agency says
Lawyer of Isa Saharkhiz says a court has sentenced his client to 3 years in prison on charges of insulting authorities and spreading propaganda against ruling system
Protests in eastern city of Lianyungang reflect public unease about safety of country's state-owned nuclear industry, growing willingness to oppose it
US-led coalition estimates that since the airstrikes began on Aug 8, 2014, IS has lost more than 40 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq
Elections will be held under a newly approved constitution that will ensure the military's control over the next government
Goodluck Jonathan denied the allegations Monday and, through a spokesman, said the militants want to kill him
Michael Rotich allegedly told undercover reporters posing as coaches that he could protect doping athletes from drug tests in exchange for a pay-off
Breaststroker Yulia Efimova of Russia allowed to compete in Rio following positive test for now-banned substance meldonium
Hundreds of civilians have died over the past year in inter-communal violence and a series of massacres by armed groups in Congo's North Kivu province
As one volunteer, an unemployed engineer, said to me after the opening ceremony: 'We can do great things here, too'
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