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| Women shine in Mexico contest | |
 It seemed like the start to another dreary day, at a female prison in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, in Mexico. But inside the prison, young inmates were preparing to take part in an unusual beauty pageant. It was intended to lift their spirits on International Women's Day.
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| Rapper gets a year in jail | |
 After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail. That's after he pleaded guilty to gun possession charges stemming from an incident in 2007.
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| Hail storm hits Melbourne | |
 Interstate reinforcements have been called in to assist cleaning up after a large hailstorm hit Melbourne Saturday. The city, as well as the whole state of Victoria, has been warned that more extreme weather is coming.
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| VIDEO: Tourists enjoy steam train ride | |
 A locomotive museum in India do not just display old trains, but visitors can actually ride on them.
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| Bracing for biggest flood in 120 yrs | |
 In Australia, the town of Saint George, in southeast Queensland, is preparing for what could be its biggest flood in 120 years.
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| Luxury car makers unveil novelties | |
 As automakers unveil new models amid economic uncertainties, at this year's Geneva car show, luxury makers are showing off smaller or more fuel-efficient cars.
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| 86 people killed, 250 missing | |
 At least eighty people were buried after a landslide engulfed a village in eastern Uganda, following seven hours of rain.
But authorities say up to 300 people could have died in the disaster. |
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| VIDEO: Floods continue to cause chaos | |
 Heavy rains continued to cause problems in Peru.
A third mudslide hit a town in the Cusco region and river flooded in Peru's Huanco region.
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| VIDEO: Parts of Queensland under water | |
 In Australia, parts of Southern Queensland were under flood waters after heavy rainfall overnight.
More than 160 millimetres of rain was recorded over a 24-hour period. |
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| Cambodians create blend of coffee | |
 The rich, earthy aroma of roasting coffee wafts over the dusty town of Mondulkiri in Cambodia's remote north east.
NOW, The hills surrounding the town, once inhabited by local tribes, is under the threat of being turned into rubber plantations and farms for other cash crops. |
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