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published time	name	headline
2012/2/6 7:38	BBC.co.uk	JFK mistress reveals new details Mimi Alford, a former mistress of President John F Kennedy, reveal new details of their relationship in a book, according to US media reports.
2012/2/6 6:34	BBC.co.uk	Egypt 'to try foreign NGO staff' Egypt says it is to try 43 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.
2012/2/6 6:01	BBC.co.uk	Greek leaders pause bailout talks Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition end talks on details for a crucial 130bn-euro EU rescue plan without agreement.
2012/2/6 5:35	BBC.co.uk	US anger at Syria veto 'travesty' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters.
2012/2/6 5:01	CNN.com	U.S. brigadier general dies in Afghanistan U.S. Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner died in Kabul of apparent natural causes, officials said, making him one of the highest ranking officers to die in Afghanistan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/F3JKmvU77-c" height="1" width="1"/>
2012/2/6 4:42	BBC.co.uk	Brazil crime up as police strike Soldiers patrol the streets in the Brazilian state of Bahia where a police strike has caused the crime rate to soar.
2012/2/6 1:39	CNN.com	Ministry: Suicide car bomber targets kills 7 A suicide car bomb exploded Sunday in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar City, killing seven people and wounding at least nine, the interior ministry said.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/jhlhMV1zi-4" height="1" width="1"/>
2012/2/5 19:06	CNN.com	Military planes used in Australia floods Authorities were using military helicopters and a C-130 cargo plane Sunday to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by rising floodwaters in the eastern Australian province of Queensland, the government said.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/JFULMTZZhWk" height="1" width="1"/>
2012/2/5 17:23	CNN.com	Recovery mode in PNG ferry sinking Authorities in Papua New Guinea said Sunday it may be time to shift from rescue to recovery mode in their search for 98 people who remain unaccounted for in last week's ferry sinking.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/ORxQeYGzfvA" height="1" width="1"/>
2012/2/5 6:10	CNN.com	Civilian deaths rise in Afghanistan The rate of civilians killed in the decade-long conflict in Afghanistan rose again in 2011, according to a new United Nations report .<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/KA_2dvlAguw" height="1" width="1"/>