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Martin Solveig bids goodbye to DJing at retirement gig

Martin Solveig bids goodbye to DJing at retirement gig

French DJ Martin Solveig, who hit worldwide success with smashes including "All Stars" and "Hello", has hung up his decks, announcing his retirement onstage at a concert watched by 70,000 people.

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France's Boisson wins maiden WTA title in Hamburg

France's Boisson wins maiden WTA title in Hamburg

French number one Lois Boisson battled to her first WTA title on clay in Hamburg on Sunday with a straight sets win over Hungary's Anna Bondar.

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England to host next three World Test Championship finals

England to host next three World Test Championship finals

England will stage the next three World Test Championship finals after the successful hosting of the first three showpiece matches, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Sunday.

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Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's rapidly diminishing PM

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's rapidly diminishing PM

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday.

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Pakistani camel relearns to walk with prosthetic leg

Pakistani camel relearns to walk with prosthetic leg

Cammie, a young camel whose front leg was chopped off by a landlord in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, left her caregivers emotional as she walked for the first time on a prosthetic leg.

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Lesotho's jockeys saddle up for mountain horse racing

Lesotho's jockeys saddle up for mountain horse racing

Swathed in vibrant woollen blankets against the biting winter chill, jockeys -- some no more than boys -- thundered down a dusty track carved between the undulating hills of the tiny kingdom of Lesotho.

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Texas flood missing toll revised sharply down to three

Texas flood missing toll revised sharply down to three

Authorities in Texas have sharply lowered the number of people still believed missing after catastrophic flooding earlier this month, saying the search continued for three individuals in the worst-hit area of the US state.

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South Korea rain death toll hits 17, with 11 missing

South Korea rain death toll hits 17, with 11 missing

Heavy rain in South Korea has killed at least 17 people in recent days, government records showed Sunday, while 11 remain unaccounted for in the intense downpours.

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Dominant Marquez cruises to Czech MotoGP win

Dominant Marquez cruises to Czech MotoGP win

Marc Marquez won the Czech MotoGP on Sunday for his eighth victory in 12 races this season and fifth in a row, extending his commanding lead in the world championship.

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Bublik wins first clay title in Gstaad

Bublik wins first clay title in Gstaad

Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik battled past Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the Gstaad final on Sunday to clinch his first career clay-court title.

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