Philippe Diallo elected new head of French football
Philippe Diallo was elected the new president of the French Football Federation on Saturday.
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Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siege
Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday.
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Taiwan's armed forces hold coastal drills
Patrol boats circled and officers descended by rope from a helicopter during a staged hostage crisis in the southern city of Kaohsiung, as Taiwan's armed forces held drills on Saturday.
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Massive 'chirping' egg sculpture hatches in Warsaw
In a square in central Warsaw, a couple of people are bent over a huge sculpture of a blue egg, their heads turned and pressed against the shell.
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UBS set to carve up Credit Suisse after takeover day
UBS is set to finalise the takeover of Credit Suisse on Monday, but the hardest part is yet to come: turning the arranged marriage of Switzerland's biggest banks into a success.
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Latest Sudan truce begins amid civilian scepticism
A 24-hour ceasefire took effect Saturday between Sudan's warring generals but, with fears running high it will collapse like its predecessors, US and Saudi mediators warn they may break off mediation efforts.
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Messi gets rockstar welcome in China ahead of Australia friendly
Football superstar Lionel Messi arrived in Beijing by private jet on Saturday and was greeted by hundreds of jubilant fans, with his World-Cup-winning Argentina set to face Australia in a friendly match next week.
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Gordon, Brown step up for Nuggets in game 4 win over Heat
Aaron Gordon scored a career playoff high 27 points in an all-out attack on the Miami Heat on Friday that helped push the Denver Nuggets to the brink of their first NBA championship.
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Somalia security forces end hotel siege claimed by Al-Shabaab
Somali security forces brought to an end the siege of a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, state media said Saturday, after the Islamist Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Defiant Butler insists Heat will fight all the way
At the end of a season in which they have overturned the odds more than once to reach the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat hope they can pull off another upset despite going 3-1 down in the series with 108-95 defeat on Friday.
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