Tiny Fiji village restores dying fishery with coral planting
It had been decades since sharks last patrolled the reef off the coast of Fiji's Naidiri Village, but they returned this year following a community-led effort to protect the fishery and plant thousands of corals.
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'Two bad options': Rights groups decry IMF austerity demand
Coconut farmer Sombat Chuekrod travelled more than 200 kilometres to join hundreds on the streets of Bangkok on Friday demanding that the International Monetary Fund and World Bank change how they deal with the developing world.
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Guardians-Rays MLB playoff game postponed until Saturday
Game four of baseball's American League Championship Series between the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays has been postponed until Saturday, Major League Baseball said.
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'We've never had this': Bear sightings spook Russia
Seeing what looked like a brown blob in a tree while driving through Siberia's Irkutsk region, 36-year-old Daria Tyurneva pulled over, curious to get a better look.
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Guardians-Rays MLB playoff game start delayed by rain
The start of the Cleveland Guardians' home playoff game against the Tampa Bay Rays was delayed after rain pounded Cleveland on Friday, but officials still hoped to get the game underway.
Read more'True heroism': Police praise efforts to halt Oregon school shooter
The teenage gunman who shot dead three children and a teacher in an Oregon school was a former special needs student there, officials said Friday, as they praised the heroism of people who helped to shorten the rampage.
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Injured Jordie Barrett out of second Bledisloe Cup Test
New Zealand suffered a setback ahead of the second Bledisloe Cup Test against Australia in Sydney on Saturday with Jordie Barrett ruled out injured.
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As Champions Cup opens on mournful note, holders Bordeaux-Begles draw
Europe's club rugby competitions made a sombre start Friday with a minute's silence for Lions player Hyron Andrews who was found dead in his hotel room earlier.
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UN climate panel fails to agree date for global warming update: envoy
The UN's IPCC climate panel failed after a week of tough talks to reach an agreement on when to release its next report on global warming, the senior French envoy at the talks said Friday.
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Figueroa loses title at weigh-in but Kameda can win it
Brandon Figueroa lost his World Boxing Association featherweight title on the scales Friday when the American failed to make weight for Saturday's bout against Japan's Tomoki Kameda, organizers said.
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