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| Dismay over figureheads who won’t stop traffic |
| European newspapers were dismayed yesterday by the European Union’s choices for its first president and foreign policy boss, lamenting that they lacked the star power required for the high-profile jobs. |
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| Bruni pix fails to excite at auction |
| A nude photo of French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, identical to one sold last year for $91,000, was withdrawn yesterday from a Paris auction after bids failed to hit the reserve price. |
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| Gunman slays four in Pacific island rampage |
| A gunman went on the rampage in the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific yesterday, killing at least four people and wounding six, including five Korean tourists, officials said. |
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| Kids vote Mandela, Machel for prize |
| Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel were yesterday named winners of a children’s rights prize in a vote involving over 7mn children worldwide. |
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| ‘Code Red’ bushfire warning is issued |
| Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes yesterday as record-breaking hot weather sparked “catastrophic” warnings in two states, just months after the country’s worst ever wildfire disaster. |
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