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Tourists Killed in Egypt Hot Air Balloon Crash - At least 19 foreign tourists were killed when a hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field Tuesday.Tourists from the U.K., France, Belgium, Hungary, Japan and Hong Kong were involved in what is being called one of the world's deadliest ballooning accidents.  (Photo: AP Photo/Hagag Salama)

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House of Mandela Wines Makes Debuts at South Beach Wine and Food Festival - Nelson Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe Mandela and granddaughter Tukwini Mandela have used the family name to launch a brand of South African wine."There is a lot of synergy between wine and our family," said Makaziwe Mandela. "But when you look at how the vine grows, the vine doesn't grow in a straight line … Life is not a straight line. What we are proud of is that out of adversity we helped create a wonderful experience."  (Photo: THEMBA HADEBE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Family Affair? - The brother of Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic star accused of murdering his girlfriend, is facing murder charges of his own, over the killing of a young woman. (Photo: AP Photo)

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Congolese Teen Star of War Witch Granted Visa to Attend Oscars - Resplendent in braids and an African print dress, 16-year-old Congolese actress Rachel Mwanza attended the Oscars where her film, War Witch, was nominated for Best Foreign Film.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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U.N. Claims Immunity in Haitian Cholera Cases - Citing legal immunity, the United Nations says it will not compensate thousands of Haitians affected by the country’s cholera outbreak, which has been traced back to U.N. peace keepers. (Photo: Sophia Paris/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)

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Haiti's "Baby Doc" Summoned to Court After No-show - A Haitian judge summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should again face charges for human rights abuses committed during the nearly 15 years of his brutal regime.(Photo: AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

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David Cameron’s Family Among Those Compensated for Slavery - A study shows that U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s ancestors were among those who received payouts from the U.K. government when slavery was abolished there in 1833. (Photo: Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Ruling Democratic Party Takes Barbados Elections - Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and the governing Democratic Labour Party retained power in Barbados’ tight national election. (Photo: REUTERS/Chip East)

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Study Suggests Ancient Continent Buried Under Indian Ocean - Scientists believe they have discovered evidence of a landmass that would have existed between 2,000 and 85 million years ago on the floor of the Indian Ocean.  (Photo: REUTERS/AU-UN IST Photo/Stuart Price)

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Kerry Hits the Road as Secretary of State - New Secretary of State John Kerry has embarked on his first international trip on the job and will visit England, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar on an 11-day journey. (Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis-Pool/Getty Images)

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U.S. Sends Troops to Niger - President Obama announced the deployment of 100 troops to Niger to provide intelligence support to French forces in neighboring Mali. (Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing)

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Leaders Sign Congo Peace Deal - Presidents and representatives of 11 countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region signed a peace deal at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday. The agreement, signed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, could lead to the creation of a special U.N. intervention force that will work to combat rebel groups in Eastern DRC.  (Photo: REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri)

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South Korea Inaugurates First Female President - Park Geun-Hye was sworn in as South Korea's first female president.  (Photo: Park Jin-Hee-pool/Getty Images)

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U.K. Football’s Anti-Racism Czar Quits Over N-Word Text - Football Association ambassador Paul Elliott was forced to resign from his post representing the organization after he sent an angry text message to a Black colleague using the N-word.   (Photo: John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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