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Australia v India: Tourists need two wickets to win third Test in MelbourneAustralia v India: Tourists need two wickets to win third Test in Melbourne
Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon have held out for 14 overs after coming together at 215-8
Third Test, Melbourne (day four)
India 443-7 dec - 106-8 dec: Agarwal 42, Cummins 6-27
Australia 151 - 258-8: Cummins 61*, S Marsh 44, Jadeja 3-82
Australia need 141 more runs to win; India need two wickets
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India moved to within two wickets of victory

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China 'releases' Canadian teacher Sarah McIverChina 'releases' Canadian teacher Sarah McIver
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A Canadian citizen who was detained in China amid frosty relations between the two countries has been released and returned to Canada, media reports say.

Teacher Sarah McIver, from Alberta, was held earlier this month for "unlawfully working in China".

Global Affairs Canada confirmed that a Canadian citizen had been

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Two killed and 12 injured after tourist bus hit by roadside bomb in Egypt
A roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus in an area near the Giza Pyramids, killing two people from Vietnam and wounding 12 others.
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Kurds plea for Assad help to stop threat of Turkish attack
Kurdish Syrian forces yesterday asked the Assad government for protection against a Turkish attack on a flashpoint town.
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Syrian troops enter flashpoint town after Turkey threatens offensive
Syria's military has entered a flashpoint Kurdish-held town and raised the national flag after Turkey threatened to launch an offensive.
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Neil Prakash: Australian jihadist stripped of citizenshipNeil Prakash: Australian jihadist stripped of citizenship
Image caption Neil Prakash appeared in IS propaganda videos

Australia's most wanted jihadist, Neil Prakash, has been stripped of his Australian citizenship.

Announcing the move, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton described Prakash as "a very dangerous individual".

Intelligence officials say Melbourne-born Prakash

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