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'Dust lady' of 9/11 dies of cancer

A 9/11 survivor whose photograph became one of the enduring images of the attacks dies aged 42 after suffering with stomach cancer.
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US shares end choppy day with big jump

Shares on Wall Street finish with their biggest rise in four years as the chances of a September rate rise recedes - ending another rocky day of trading on global markets.
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Smaller panda cub twin dies in US

One of the panda cubs recently born at the National Zoo in Washington, DC has died, the zoo confirmed. No official cause of death has been named.
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England win first Women's Ashes T20

England beat Australia by seven wickets in the first Twenty20 to keep the Women's Ashes series alive with two games left.
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Club Brugge 0-4 Manchester United (1-7 agg)

Wayne Rooney scores a hat-trick as Manchester United ease past Club Brugge to reach the Champions League group stages.
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Dumoulin takes Vuelta a Espana lead

Tom Dumoulin is the new Vuelta a Espana leader after Australian Caleb Ewans won his first Grand Tour stage.
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Home of the free - and topless

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Inner lives of introverted bosses

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Spectacular real virgin births

Virgin births are now common, and they happen in ways we still don't understand
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The world's smallest private island

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