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Army chief of staff Gen. George Casey Jr. talks about the Fort Hood tragedy.

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Civilian officer Sgt. Kim Munley's courageous actions saved lives at Fort Hood.

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Bob Woodruff reports on victims who tragically lost their lives at Fort Hood.

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Maj. Hasan denounced the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in an online post.

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Leaders from China and Africa start a three-day summit in Cairo on Sunday to boost economic ties. China is now a major investor in the resource-rich continent but it has also outsourced some of its production there. One factory in Egypt is manufacturing products for Chinese companies that, once finished, are exported.

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The Swedish island of Gotland has discovered huge reserves of Burgundy truffles whose quality matches the best of what France has to offer. Swedish chefs already prefer the local variety, even though it's more expensive. AFP goes foraging for delicacies in the newfound truffle trove.

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During the momentous events in Berlin in 1989, they worked as news reporters for Russian media. Twenty years on AFPTV talks to two journalists who witnessed first-hand the fall of the Wall and the crumbling of the Soviet Union.

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Former French president Jacques Chirac's charity foundation gave its first award for the prevention of conflicts to two Nigerian preachers on Friday. The jury also gave a special prize to Park Jae-Kyu, South Korea's former unification minister.

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election as he voiced frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements and delivered a major blow to Washington's Middle East peace efforts.

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Paris confectioner builds a chocolate replica of the Berlin Wall to mark 20th anniversary of its fall.

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A Czech family blames "high energy" for unexplained small fires and other "paranormal" activities in their home.

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For nearly 60 years he's been Japan¿s most famous robot. Astro Boy, the celebrated comic strip and cartoon superhero first sketched by manga master Osamu Tezuka, has been given a new lease on life in a 3D Hollywood blockbuster.

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown demands that Afghan President Karzai combats corruption and defends the British strategy in Afghanistan.

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Kangaroos overtake tiny town

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At least 34 people are killed when an overcrowded bus plunges into a gorge in Kangra valley in India's northern Himachal Pradesh state.

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The city of Rome introduces a fleet of "tourist angels" on chariot-shaped Segways to improve the city's tourist services.

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71-year-old Beijing retiree Han Fushan finds an environmentally friendly way to create his artwork. He turns unwanted plastic bags into kites.

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Why are hundreds of kangaroos overrunning towns in the Australian outback?

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China stresses its peaceful intentions as modernising air force celebrates 60 years.

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Honduran de facto leader Roberto Micheletti says he will install a national unity government without the participation of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

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Irish rockers U2 warmed up the German capital with a concert broadcast live during the MTV Europe Music Awards, the first in a series of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Duration : 00:31

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In a bid to boost its flagging tourism industry, Cyprus is laying golf courses by the acre. But the manicured greens demand much irrigation and opponents say developers' plans to use water from desalination plants would be harmful to the environment. Duration : 02:16.

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For nearly 20 years, Reverend Martin Weskott has been saving books printed in the former East Germany from the rubbish heap of history. He stores them in a barn and opens the site up once a week to give people the chance to buy the Communist-era literature. Weskott believes he has sold about one million East German books over the years. Duration: 01:32

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Award winning French chocolatier Patrick Roger is commemorating the fall of communism with a fifteen meter long and nine hundred kilogram chocolate reproduction of the Berlin Wall. (Nov. 06)

The boss of Firepower, Tim Johnston has complied with a court order to hand in his passport, after he made an unexpected return to Australia.

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How would you pair French wine with braised abalone? A year after Hong Kong scrapped a 40 percent tax on wine, sales are booming, and the territory is positioning itself as the wine capital of Asia. Duration : 01:56

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Japan firm makes "First Lady" masks ahead of President Barack Obama's Tokyo visit.

Police in Thailand are hunting an Australian businessman accused of running an investment scam targeting holidaymakers.

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A delay in flu vaccines has prompted Mongolians turn to traditional flu remedies, such as eating horse meat.

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Queensland's south east covered in white after hail pelts the state, damaging properties.

Taxi drivers will have to pass an english test before they can work anywhere in Australia.

Scientists are baffled after tens of thousands of dead starfish washed up in Ireland.

Indonesia has given Australia another week to resolve the Oceanic Viking asylum seeker crisis.

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Suspected gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is a licensed psychiatrist.

Indonesia will decide today whether to extend permission for the Australian Custom ship to stay in its waters.

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Many patients awaiting the vaccine are angry over CDC distribution decisions.

Australia's Defence Minister John Faulkner has hinted Australia won't send more troops to Afghanistan.