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Shots fired at Cannes film festival
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A man was arrested at the Cannes film festival after firing a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast on the palm-lined waterfront, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover.
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40 Votes
23 Votes
No protection for Afghanistan women
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Afghanistan's parliament has failed to pass a law banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago.
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21 Votes
North Korea fires three test missiles
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North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast yesterday (NZ time), South Korea's Defence Ministry said, prompting Western powers to urge Pyongyang to exercise restraint.
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28 Votes
'Amazing' no one died in New York train crash
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Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
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28 Votes
Many injured as car drives into US parade
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About 50 to 60 people were injured early today (NZ time) when a driver, described by witnesses as an elderly man, drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.
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40 Votes
At least 60 hurt in US train crash
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A commuter train travelling eastbound from New York City derailed near the Connecticut suburb of Fairfield during the evening rush hour on Friday and collided with a westbound commuter train, injuring up to 60 people, three critically, officials said.
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