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The operation in the private clinic off the Champs-Élysées involved one semicircular cut, 10 dissolving stitches and a discounted fee of $2,900. But for the patient, a 23-year-old French student of Moroccan descent from Montpellier, the 30-minute procedure represented the key to a new life: the illusion of virginity.

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Two lorry drivers were killed on picket lines in Spain and Portugal on Tuesday as strikes by thousands of truckers over soaring fuel prices turned deadly.

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A airliner has exploded into fire after landing at Khartoum's airport. About 200 passengers were thought to have been aboard, but it is unclear if any were killed or injured.

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BRUSSELS: The European Union and the United States are ready to go beyond agreed United Nations sanctions if Iran shuns demands that it suspend sensitive nuclear work.

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The World Bank on Tuesday put the blame for rising food prices in South Asia on export controls by India and others, while the US has severely criticised New Delhi's handling of the crisis, stating the trade bans have rattled international markets.

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A bomb exploded on Monday at a bus station in a town east of Algiers, killing 20 people, a security source said.

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Leading energy-consuming nations urged oil producers Saturday to boost their output to counter soaring prices threatening the world economy, while they pledged to develop clean energy technologies and improve efficiency.

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A powerful coalition of drug gangs led by Mexico's most-wanted man is collapsing, meaning the surge in bloodshed and police killings will get worse, a senior U.S. counternarcotics official said.

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In a joint statement, energy ministers from the Group of Eight countries, joined by China, India and South Korea, also urged oil producers to boost output, which has stalled at about 85 million barrels a day ...

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Ruling party militants prevented the opposition from holding a rally in a Harare suburb Sunday, while police attacked supporters in Bulawayo and prevented them from putting up election campaign posters, party ...

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