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China anger over girl 'handcuffed' for spilling drink
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This image, believed to be of the girl, caused outrage on Chinese social media sites
Two Chinese officials have been suspended after being accused of handcuffing and parading a 13-year-old girl down a street for spilling a drink on a government car, state media say.
The officials - a Communist Party chief and a police officer - reportedly forced the teenager to walk up and down for 20 minutes.
The incident has caused uproar on Chinese social networking sites.
Local officials have been accused of acting in a high-handed manner.
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Alaska Airlines passenger held for 'emergency exit bid'
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The incident occurred on an Alaska Airlines flight
A passenger on a US flight has been arrested for allegedly trying to open an emergency exit, after making "unusual statements," says the FBI.
Alexander Michael Herrera, 23, was arrested on an Alaska Airlines flight from Alaska to Oregon, the FBI said in a statement.
Passengers and crew members restrained Mr Herrera using shoe laces and seat belts, news agency AP reported.
Mr Herrera faces charges of interfering with a flight crew.
The incident occurred on Alaska Airlines flight 132 from Anchorage, Alaska to Portland, Oregon.
Passengers and crew members told police that "the man made unusual statements prior to the incident and then attempted to open the door," the FBI said.
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Iraq violence: Baghdad car bombs kill at least 66
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Firefighters were called to extinguish the blaze from a car bomb attack in Baghdad
At least 66 people have been killed in a series of car bombs targeting mainly Shia areas in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say.
Many more were wounded as at least a dozen explosions hit busy shopping areas and markets in the city.
There has been a recent marked rise in attacks in Iraq linked to growing political and sectarian tension.
It has raised fears of a return to the levels of sectarian violence seen in 2006 and 2007, in which thousands died
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Dutch volleyball's Visser killed in Spain 'over business'
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Ms Visser is seen here playing in the European Women's Volleyball Championships in 2009
Spanish police believe the murders of former Dutch volleyball star Ingrid Visser and her partner in south-eastern Spain may have been business-related.
Their bodies were found in a shallow grave in a lemon grove, two weeks after they disappeared in the region.
An ex-director of a Spanish volleyball club is among three people arrested.
Murcia's police chief told reporters there appeared to have been a business disagreement between the couple and the suspects.
Ms Visser, 35, disappeared along with her partner Lodewijk Severein, 57, on 13 May, shortly after after checking into a hotel in the city of Murcia.
They were supposed to meet a doctor the next day, but failed to turn up, and the authorities were alerted. Their rental car was found on a city street more than a week later
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A fire burns at the site of a CSX freight train derailment, on May 28, in White Marsh, Md., where fire officials say the train crashed into a trash truck, causing an explosion that rattled homes at least a half-mile away and collapsed nearby buildings, setting them on fire
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Windows and a garage door of a nearby business are blown out from a train derailment that caused a major explosion in the Rosedale neighborhood on May 28, in Baltimore, Md. Residents in nearby neighborhoods were advised to voluntarily evacuate.
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A rather pleased looking trader work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 106.29 points, or 0.69%% per cent, to close at 15409.39 a record high
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Barbadian-born singer Rihanna performs at the Lisbon Atlantic Pavillion during her 'Diamonds World Tour' in Lisbon, Portugal
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Steaua soccer players arrive at Bucharest Constitution Plaza in an open bus while celebrating after winning the national soccer championship title. Thousands of supporters from all over the country joined celebrations
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Demonstrators protest against the use of drones outside the International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, in Atlanta, United States. Conference organizers say the gathering allows representatives from academia, industry and government to discuss expansion of unmanned aerial vehicles commonly called drones.
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Newly married brides walk across the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic
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Herbal medicine: A worker harvests cannabis plants at a plantation near the northern town of Nazareth. Marijuana is an illegal drug in Israel. Medicinal use of it was first permitted in 1993. Cannabis is used in Israel to treat 11,000 people suffering from illnesses such as cancer, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and post traumatic stress disorder
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Firemen battle a fire in Lashio, Northern Shan state of Myanmar. Myanmar's government called for calm after mobs burned down a Muslim orphanage, a mosque and shops during a new eruption of religious violence in the east of the country
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Here's one for all you Power Rangers fans. White Tiger! Tbilisi Zoo director, Zurab Gurielidze, holds a ten-week-old white tiger cub while its mother, Cameron, lwatches on in Georgia's capital Tbilisi. The white tigress gave birth to the three cubs in March
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Palestinian homes built without a construction permit are often demolished by order of the Jerusalem municipality.
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Scuffles with the security forces made no difference
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Here members of a Palestinian family react after Israeli bulldozers demolished their family house in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Beit Hanina
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Absolutely riveting! Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond during a visit to officially open the Global Pipeline Welding Development Centre in Clydebank, Scotland.
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Marathon runners compete during the Tenzing Hillary Everest marathon at Everest Base Camp. This year, Nepal marked the 60th anniversary of the Everest Diamond Jubilee after Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the summit in 1953
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One of three brave activists from the Femen feminist group, is arrested by a policeman as they demonstrate in front of the Justice Palace in Tunis. The women, two French and the other German, shouted: "Free Amina," in reference to the young Tunisian woman imprisoned for protesting against hardline Islamists and awaiting trial for illegally possessing pepper spray.
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Continuing on a watery theme, schoolchildren and visitors get a close view of Inuka – the first Polar Bear born in the tropics – as seen through the viewing window of his enclosure during the launch of the Frozen Tundra Exhibit at the Singapore Zoo
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Oof! This sculpture has been attracting plenty of attention since being installed in Zhangzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. The sculpture is one of the works forming the Zhangzhou International Public Arts Work Exhibition
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An Afghan man stands near the body of a suicide attacker killed by security personnel in Panjshir province. Taliban suicide bombers, some dressed as police, killed a policeman in a rare attack on the governor's compound in Afghanistan's anti-Taliban Panjshir valley.
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Faces in the crowd: soccer star David Beckham sits behind actor Tom Cruise with his daughter Harper, his sons and wife Victoria during Game 7 of the Western Conference semi-final hockey playoff in Los Angeles, California, last night
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To the other end of the age scale: 80-year-old Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, who became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest last Thursday, waves to the crowd on his arrival at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo.
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This picture released overnight by the Chilean National Geology and Mining Service shows an aerial view of the Copahue volcano spewing gas in the region of Bio Bio, Chile on 24 May 2013. Chile has begun the evacuation of some 2,200 people living near the volcano close to the border with Argentina despite a decrease in seismic activ
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Blast off: Russia's Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft lifts off from the Russian leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome early this morning. The rocket is carrying an international crew of US astronaut Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and European Space Agency (ESA) Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano
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A Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas as people protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project, in Taksim Square in central Istanbul May 28, 2013.
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President Barack Obama hands to an assistant, a teddy bear in Chicago Bears NFL football team colors that was won at an arcade game he played alongside New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the boardwalk at Point Pleasant in New Jersey, May 28, 2013. Obama and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie teamed up again to tour areas damaged by last year's Hurricane Sandy, giving a boost to a Democratic president enmeshed in scandals at home
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An ethnic Miao minority man shaves another villager's head with a sickle in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, May 22, 2013. The village, an ethnic Miao settlement with a population of 2,200, is believed to be the last community authorized by the Chinese government to keep guns.
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Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, a member of the International Space Station (ISS) crew, waves to his daughter as he leaves for a final pre-launch preparation at Baikonur cosmodrome May 28, 2013
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Members of the TUM CREATE group ride a prototype of their VOI scooter at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore May 28, 2013. The electric-powered VOI multipurpose scooter was designed to provide the ease of mobility and affordability of a scooter while offering car-like comfort and protection to the passenger. TUM CREATE is a joint research programme between Germany's Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) and the NTU. The group is looking to further develop the prototype
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Students walk on bricks laid out along a road after the rain, in a middle school in Shangqiu, Henan province, China May 27, 2013. The 150 metre long road is always flooded after rain in recent years. A project to build a higher road for the students' safety in rain was scheduled last year but has not yet been carried out, according to local media. Picture taken May 27, 2013.
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A topless man sits atop a wire pole in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, May 27, 2013. The man was persuaded to get down to ground by one of his fellow villagers after he climbed up and down the pole for three times and threatened to kill himself to keep the police away. Picture taken May 27, 2013.
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits at a city council executive committee meeting at City Hall in Toronto, May 28, 2013. Two top aides quit Ford's office on Monday as the embattled leader of Canada's biggest city faces lingering allegations he was caught smoking crack cocaine on video, accusations he has firmly denied. The departures of the mayor's press secretary and deputy press secretary came just days after Ford fired his chief of staff. The mayor confirmed on Monday that both George Christopoulos and Isaac Ransom left of their own accord.
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Firefighters burn a mock coffin bearing the words "RIP Public Services", during a protest against austerity measures in front of the Catalunya Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, on May 29. The European Union moved away from its focus on tough austerity Wednesday when it gave France, Spain and four other member states more time to bring their budget deficits under control to support their economies.
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Riot police charge at firefighters during a protest against austerity measures in front of the Catalunya Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, on May 29, 2013. The European Union moved away from its focus on tough austerity Wednesday when it gave France, Spain and four other member states more time to bring their budget deficits under control to support their economies.
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In this image released by mountain guide Adrian Ballinger of Alpenglow Expeditions and taken Saturday, May 18, a climber prepares to descend the Hillary Step as he makes his way down from the summit of Mount Everest, in the Khumbu region of the Nepal Himalayas. Nepal celebrated the 60th anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, by honoring climbers who followed in the footsteps of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Dutch artist Alice Wielinga (standing left), along with four models, hold up images depicting stereotypes of women as they protest for the improvement of women's rights and interrupt a fashion show during Amsterdam Floating fashion week
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Haiphong, Vietnam: A rickshaw driver transports live pigs
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Kalbarri, Australia: An aerial view of the Hutt Lagoon and man-made divides – the world's largest algae farm. The micro-organisms present in the salt lake produce tonnes of beta-carotene, a versatile pigment
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Panjshir valley, Afghanistan: A man looks at the dead body of a suicide attacker after he was killed by security personnel. Six Taliban insurgents, some wearing suicide vests, attacked the governor's compound
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Karzakkan, Bahrain: A girl is carried by her mother during the funeral of Sayed Omran Sayed Hameed, who died in hospital after developing respiratory complications. His relatives claim that he died after inhaling poisonous teargas used by riot police
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Glasgow, Scotland: A squirrel sits in a tree in Kelvingrove park, eating a Tunnock's teacake
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Salqin, Syria: A boy walks in the rubble of buildings damaged by what activists said were missiles fired by Syrian air force fighter jets loyal to President Bashar al-Assad
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Rosedale, Maryland, US: A fire burns at the site of a CSX freight train derailment. The train crashed into a rubbish truck, causing an explosion that rattled buildings at least half a mile away
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An Afghan policeman is seen at the burning International Red Cross building. A senior Afghan official said security forces rescued seven foreigners working for the International Red Cross on Wednesday after a two-hour-long gun battle with an insurgent at a guest house in the eastern city of Jalalabad
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A momentous kiss in Montpelier. Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau kiss during their marriage, France's first official gay marriage, at the city hall in Montpellier. France is the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage, an issue that has also divided opinion in many other nations. The definitive vote in the French parliament came on April 23 when the law was passed legalising both homosexual marriages and adoptions by gay couples.
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Spelling is for wimps. Kurdish youngsters hit each other with whips at Dicle, in Diyarbakir. They fight to prove their courage as part of a thousand-year old tradition that Diyarbakir locals believe will increase their harvest. The so-called 'Whip Fest' is held every year in the last week of May to aid a bountiful harvest. The thick rope whips are soaked in water for a day before they are used, and the fighting continues despite the deep scars left on the skins of the village youth
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It's the second round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Maryland, USA and the pressure is on. Rebecca Baron can't watch.
