Man sets world record living for 120 days underwater
PUERTO LINDO — A German aerospace engineer celebrated setting a world record Friday for the longest time living underwater without depressurisation -- 120 days in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama.

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US freezes almost all aid except for Israel, Egypt: memo
WASHINGTON — The United States, the world's biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday, making exceptions only for emergency food and military funding for Israel and Egypt.

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'We want peace': Colombians swept up in bloody guerrilla violence
TEORAMA (COLOMBIA) - The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the country's worst violence in over a decade -- as well as for rival militants tempted to take revenge.

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Bamboo farm gets chopping for US zoo's hungry new pandas
FRONT ROYAL (UNITED STATES) — On a snow-blanketed field in Virginia, a handful of workers were silent but for the groan of a chainsaw chopping through bamboo -- a delicacy for their furry clients down the road in the US capital of Washington.

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Serbians strike in protest over fatal roof collapse
BELGRADE - Thousands of young people took to streets across Serbia on Friday, after student protest organisers called for a general strike over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.

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Federal judge blocks Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge blocked Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States on Thursday as liberal states scored their first victory against the new president's hardline agenda.

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