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  China premier criticises EU for telecom probe

  25 May 2013 : China's Premier Li Keqiang has slammed the European Union for plans to probe the country's telecom products and impose taxes on its solar panels, Chinese state media reported on Saturday.

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  Veterans cap Cannes race amid buzz for lesbian tale

  25 May 2013 : Cinema heavyweights Roman Polanski and Jim Jarmusch wrapped up the Cannes Film Festival race Saturday, as speculation raged whether a shockingly explicit lesbian love story could capture a top prize.

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  Female suicide bomber wounds 18 in Russia's Dagestan

  25 May 2013 : A female suicide bomber blew herself up in front of policemen in Russia's Dagestan on Saturday, injuring 18 people in the second bombing attack to hit the restive region this week, officials said.

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  Thousands attend mass for Italy's first mafia martyr

  25 May 2013 : Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful attended a ceremony in Sicily on Saturday putting on the path to sainthood a priest shot dead by the mafia 20 years ago for preaching against organised crime.

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  Rosberg on pole for Monaco GP

  25 May 2013 : Nico Rosberg claimed pole position for Sunday's 71st Monaco Grand Prix with a brilliantly-judged drive in capricious conditions as he and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton locked out the front row of the grid.

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  London turns German for Champions League final

  25 May 2013 : An estimated 180,000 German football fans swarmed into London on Saturday as anticipation grew ahead of the first ever all-Bundesliga Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

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  Syria rebels fight on as peace talks pressure mounts

  25 May 2013 : Syrian rebels kept up resistance Saturday to a massive assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on the opposition to attend a peace conference after the regime agreed to do so.

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  Pair grilled after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani plane

  25 May 2013 : Two men arrested on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport remained in custody Saturday for questioning by the police.

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  African Union opens 50th anniversary celebrations

  25 May 2013 : African leaders on Saturday opened celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made.

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  Africa to celebrate progress and 50 years of 'unity'

  25 May 2013 : African leaders gathered Saturday ahead of extravagant celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made.

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  16 children die in Pakistan school bus fire

  25 May 2013 : Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said.

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  Artists seek global audience at Hong Kong's Art Basel

  25 May 2013 : Having taken five Volkswagen Beetles and compressed them into spheres, artist Ichwan Noor was always going to grab attention at the inaugural Hong Kong Art Basel.

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