Oscar Grant Film 'Highlights Racial Tensions'

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent The mother of a young black man, whose high-profile death sparked protests similar to those over the killing of Trayvon Martin, has told Sky News that America is failing to tackle the problem of racial profiling....

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Obama: Trayvon 'Could Have Been Me' Years Ago

Barack Obama has said Trayvon Martin "could have been me 35 years ago" and urged Americans to do some "soul-searching" about the country's racial history. The president took the rare step of speaking about his own personal experiences of racism, as...

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India: 25 Children Die After Eating School Meal

Some 25 children, aged between four and 12, have died after eating free meals at a primary school in eastern India. Dozens more needed hospital treatment in Patna, the Bihar state capital, after they fell ill following a lunch of rice, lentils, soybeans...

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Greece Passes Job Cuts As Thousands Protest

Greece's parliament has narrowly approved a new batch of austerity measures that will see thousands of public-sector job cuts. The country has been kept out of bankruptcy since it started receiving rescue loans in 2010 from the International Monetary...

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Panama: Cuba 'Owns' North Korean Ship Arms

Cuba has claimed it owns the arms found on board a North Korean ship that Panama has impounded. Panama has called for UN investigators to inspect the shipment of missile parts found on the Chong Chon Gang as it tried to enter the Panama Canal last week....

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India: 19 Children Die After Eating School Meal

Nineteen children have died and more are sick after eating free meals at a primary school in eastern India. A Bihar state official said 28 children, aged between eight and 11 have been hospitalised in Patna, the state capital. Ten of them are...

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Shark Attack: Teenage Girl Killed Off Reunion

A 15-year-old girl has died after a shark tore her in two while she was swimming off a beach on the French island of Reunion. The victim is understood to have been just three to five metres from the shore at the bay of Saint-Paul, northwest of the island,...

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Mexico Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Captured

Mexican marines have captured the leader of the brutal Zetas drug cartel, officials have announced. Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, known as El Cuarenta or Z-40, was caught before dawn in Nuevo Laredo in northern Mexico, government spokesman Eduardo Sanchez...

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Five Jamaican Athletes Fail Drug Tests

Five Jamaican athletes, including Asafa Powell, have tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs, according to the country's anti-doping authority. Herb Elliott, chairman of the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), confirmed the body...

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Zimmerman Verdict: Clashes In Los Angeles

By Tom Parmenter, in Washington DC Clashes have broken out between police and protesters in Los Angeles in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal, US media reports. Police officers have fired non-lethal rounds at the demonstrators on one of the...

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Moscow Bus Crash: 18 Killed And 25 Injured

Eighteen people have been killed and another 25 injured in a road crash outside Moscow, Russian officials said. A truck, a bus and several other vehicles were involved and the dead includes a young girl, said the interior ministry. The accident took...

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Trayvon Martin: George Zimmerman Acquitted

George Zimmerman has been acquitted of all charges over the death of black teenager Travyon Martin in Florida. Mr Zimmerman was freed after the jury deliberated for more than 15 hours over two days in the second-degree murder trial. The jurors notified...

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