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Team Sky's Chris Froome extends his lead in the Tour de Romandie after finishing second in the penultimate stage.

Sokeel Park assists refugees from North Korea adjust to their new lives in the South. He hears first hand accounts of everyday life in the oppressive country — a life that can be poor, dangerous and rigidly controlled by the state.

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is recovering in a Georgetown hospital Saturday, following surgery for a fractured shoulder. The 74-year-old justice fell while riding his bike along Washington's National Mall on Friday.

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Liverpool start life without the suspended Luis Suarez with an emphatic victory against relegation-threatened Newcastle.

Faced with sharp losses after the Boston Marathon bombing attack, businesses in the affected Copley Square area can apply for federal help, the Small Business Administration says. People flocked to Boylston Street on Saturday, its first weekend the street's been fully open since the bombing attack.

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A plane has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing four military personnel, the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says.

Barry Hawkins beats world number one Mark Selby and Judd Trump defeats Marco Fu in the World Championship second round.

Clermont Auvergne reach their maiden Heineken Cup final as they survive a late assault by former champions Munster.

Joe Root scores a magnificent 182 as Yorkshire chase down Durham's declaration target of 336 at Chester-le-Street.

Eight people and a puppy are rescued from an island and causeway after becoming stranded by the tide.

Sectarian tensions are fueling violence and protests in Iraq, where more than 170 people have been killed since Tuesday, when government forces clashed with Sunni Muslim protesters. "Sectarianism is evil," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says on Iraqi TV, after 10 Iraqi military and militia members were killed in separate attacks Saturday.

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Armed drone aircraft have been operated remotely from Britain for the first time, the MoD confirms.

Emmerson Boyce's late own goal robs Wigan of a much-needed win over Spurs and leaves their survival hopes in doubt.

An American tourist held in North Korea is accused of trying to bring down the country's regime, according to the North's official news agency. The move comes as tensions grow on the Korean peninsula between the isolated North and the South's Western allies.

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More than 2,500 people receive MMR vaccinations in a fourth weekend of special clinics to tackle the Swansea measles epidemic.

Throughout the region that was once the Ottoman empire, people make coffee pretty much the same way: using coffee beans ground into a fine powder, then boiled in a little brass pot. But ordering "Turkish" coffee today doesn't go over well in some Balkan or eastern Mediterranean countries that have some lingering anti-Turkish feelings.

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Three Port Talbot neighbours win £1m between them, sharing half of the town's second £2m prize in a year on the People's Postcode Lottery.

Leinster will return to the RDS for a Challenge Cup final against Stade Francais after thrashing defending champions Biarritz.

Part of the collection at the National Library of Wales is thought to have suffered water damage after a fire in the roof.

Federal agents who are investigating poison-laced letters that were sent to President Obama and others have arrested Everett Dutschke, of Tupelo, Miss. The Daily Journal of Tupelo reports that the arrest occurred around 1 a.m. Saturday.

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