Nervousness in Germany on eve of elections
BERLIN - German politicians made a final scramble for votes on Saturday on the eve of key elections in which conservatives hope to win despite the dramatic rise of the far right targeting a record showing.

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Huge sinkholes threaten Amazonian town
BURITICUPU, Brazil - The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth. In recent weeks, huge sinkholes, several metres deep, have led the municipal government to declare a state of emergency.

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Six Thais among scammers arrested in Malaysia
Six Thai women are among the employees of a scam call centre arrested during a raid by Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur.

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Indonesian president takes local leaders to ‘boot camp&
President Prabowo Subianto, the ex-general who rose to power pledging to upend Indonesian politics, is taking hundreds of regional leaders on a week-long &boot camp& just as signs of dissent emerge against his populist government.

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Pope ‘rested well& on eighth night in hospital
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis &rested well& during his eighth night in hospital, where the 88-year-old is being treated for double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Saturday.

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Gaza hostage-prisoner swap set to go ahead after row over bodies
GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) — The seventh hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile Gaza ceasefire was set to go ahead on Saturday, despite an outpouring of grief and anger in Israel after Hamas returned the remains of two child hostages without their mother's.

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