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USA, Germany in control as Dutch eye World Cup knockouts

USA, Germany in control as Dutch eye World Cup knockouts

Co-hosts the United States and Germany will bid to complete perfect World Cup group stage campaigns on Thursday, while the Netherlands and Japan look poised to join them in the last 32.

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Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 32, injure more than 700

Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 32, injure more than 700

Powerful twin earthquakes have killed 32 people and injured more than 700, the nation's interim president said Thursday, after the massive shocks collapsed entire buildings and sent people running in panic.

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French aversion to air conditioning melts as homes sizzle

French aversion to air conditioning melts as homes sizzle

As Europe's heatwave leaves millions sweltering in poorly insulated apartments, schools and retirement homes, more French people are breaking with tradition to turn to air conditioning.

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Hong takes blame as South Korea's World Cup hopes fade

Hong takes blame as South Korea's World Cup hopes fade

South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo took the blame for his team's limp 1-0 defeat to South Africa on Wednesday that left their World Cup hopes hanging by a thread.

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'We shut up big mouths,' says South Africa's World Cup coach Broos

'We shut up big mouths,' says South Africa's World Cup coach Broos

South Africa coach Hugo Broos said his team had shut up the "big mouths" after the Bafana Bafana qualified for the World Cup knockouts for the first time in their history by beating South Korea 1-0 on Wednesday.

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Brazil advance at World Cup, history for South Africa, Canada, Bosnia

Brazil advance at World Cup, history for South Africa, Canada, Bosnia

Brazil punished Scotland's defensive frailties to advance to the World Cup's last 32 on Wednesday as South Africa, Canada and Bosnia-Herzegovina completed a historic hat-trick by progressing to the knockout rounds for the first time.

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Mothers search, men weep amid debris of Venezuela quakes

Mothers search, men weep amid debris of Venezuela quakes

"Antonio, it's your mom, I'm right here," a mother's desperate cries bounced off the rubble of a 22-story building in Caracas that collapsed following two powerful earthquakes in Venezuela on Wednesday.

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Confirmation still a rite of passage in Denmark but less Christian

Confirmation still a rite of passage in Denmark but less Christian

At 15, like most Danish teenagers, Nora Pihl chose to get confirmed but for her, as for a growing number of young Danes, it wasn't a religious affair.

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South Africa stun South Korea to make World Cup history

South Africa stun South Korea to make World Cup history

South Africa beat South Korea 1-0 on Wednesday to reach the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time in their history -- an astonishing turnaround after a dismal opening defeat.

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Clarke fears Scotland 'probably going home' after Brazil World Cup loss

Clarke fears Scotland 'probably going home' after Brazil World Cup loss

Scotland coach Steve Clarke accepted that his team may be heading home from the World Cup in a few days after completing the group stage with a comprehensive 3-0 loss to Brazil on Wednesday.

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