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'Locks of love' bridge in Paris evacuated after railing collapse Sometimes too much love can be a bad thing as Paris discovered on Sunday when thousands of "locks of love" attached to a footbridge caused part of the railing to collapse, forcing an evacuation.

09 June 2014

Tennis: Sharapova supreme once more at French Open Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title in three years at Roland Garros on Saturday, defeating Romania's Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 in a gripping final, the first to go the full distance in Paris in 13 years and the second longest on record.

09 June 2014

Vietnam banking tycoon given 30-year jail term A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced a disgraced banking tycoon to 30 years in jail over a multi-million dollar scandal that shocked the nation's already fragile financial markets.

09 June 2014

French student dies in Australia cliff fall A young Frenchman has fallen to his death at a national park on the outskirts of Sydney, police confirmed.

09 June 2014

Protests after Nigeria's ousted central bank chief named new emir Hundreds of youths took to the streets of Nigeria's second biggest city on Sunday to protest against naming the ousted central bank chief Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano, the country's number two Muslim leader.

09 June 2014

Jennifer Lopez pulls out of World Cup opening ceremony Pop superstar Jennifer Lopez has pulled out of the World Cup opening ceremony in Brazil, FIFA said Sunday, four days before the tournament kicks off.

09 June 2014

S.Africa president Zuma discharged from hospital South Africa's President Jacob Zuma left hospital late Sunday, the day after he was admitted for routine tests following a bout of exhaustion, this office said.

09 June 2014

Five dead in 'tragic' Las Vegas shooting Two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian were killed in an apparent ambush Sunday that ended with the two gunmen killing themselves.

09 June 2014

Tennis: Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas loses ITF tournament in Nottingham Zarina Diyas has lost in the final of the ITF (International Tennis Federation) tournament held on June 3-9, 2014 in Nottingham, Great Britain.

09 June 2014

Attack on Pakistan's main airport leaves 24 dead Heavily armed militants launched an assault on Pakistan's busiest airport in the southern city of Karachi, leaving at least 24 dead including 10 militants in a six-hour siege that the army quelled at dawn.

09 June 2014

New Miss USA a martial-art champ in high heels Women from across the United States battled Sunday for the traditional Miss USA crown, and in the end, it was ex-tae kwon do teacher Nia Sanchez of Nevada who took it home.

09 June 2014

Harvard confirms antique book is bound in human skin Harvard University scientists have confirmed that a 19th century French treatise in its libraries is bound in human skin, Harvard University said this week, after a bevvy of scientific testing.

09 June 2014

Swiss sentence Guatemalan ex-police chief to life over prisoner killings Guatemala's former police chief Erwin Sperisen on Friday received a life sentence in Switzerland for seven murders committed in the Central American country.

09 June 2014

62 African migrants, crew drown in boat tragedy off Yemen: UN Sixty migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia along with two Yemeni crew members drowned on May 31 in the worst such tragedy off the coast of Yemen this year, the UN said.

08 June 2014

Banksy retrospective going on show in London The first -- and unauthorised -- retrospective exhibition of works by the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy is going on show in London next week ahead of a major auction sale.

08 June 2014

Twitter chews up Obama after gum gaffe at D-Day Social media users tore into Barack Obama on Friday after the US president was seen chewing gum during solemn ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

08 June 2014

Fans vote for leader of Japan girl group AKB48 after saw attack Thousands of fans of Japanese girl group AKB48 gathered Saturday for the results of a ballot on which member will lead the band for the next year amid tight security after two members were attacked by a man wielding a saw.

08 June 2014

Sony back at top of console sales after eight years Sony have topped worldwide sales of video game consoles for the first time in eight years, a newspaper reported Saturday, pipping struggling rival Nintendo and signalling the Playstation manufacturer's comeback.

08 June 2014

Flash floods kill over 50 in in north Afghanistan: officials Flash floods have killed more than 50 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of houses and forcing thousands to flee, provincial authorities said.

08 June 2014

Rakhat Aliyev's arrest confirmed by Vienna Prosecutors Kazakhstan’s ex-Ambassador to Austria Rakhat Aliyev has been arrested in Vienna, Austria.

07 June 2014

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