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Families protest China mine disaster

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Semenya will keep gold amid gender dispute

South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday.

U.N.: More children in school, fewer dying
U.N.: More children in school, fewer dying
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