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Paris - A 14-year-old Moroccan boy rode 1,300 kilometres from Tangiers right across Spain to the French city of Biarritz hiding and clinging in the axle area of a truck.

Sydney - The Australian Rugby League players will wear black armbands at Sunday’s World Cup match against New Zealand as a mark of respect for the uncle of Johnathan Thurston, who died after being assaulted in a Brisbane park on Saturday.

Beijing - Officials in a rural county of south-western China’s Yunnan province ordered the culling of more than 11,000 dogs after rabies killed six people, state media said on Sunday.

London - British music company EMI reported a loss of 757 million pounds (1.2 billion dollars) in its first year as part of the private equity group Terra Firma, news reports said Saturday.

Madrid (dpa) - A bomb exploding at a train station in Spain’s northern Basque Country early Saturday morning caused heavy damage, but no injuries, officials said.

Singapore - East Asia should be able to achieve an annual economic growth of 3 per cent to 5 per cent considering the current global financial crisis, Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said, in press reports Saturday.

Beijing - Asian and European leaders began a second day of talks on Saturday with a focus on measures to fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Los Angeles - The mother and brother of Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson have been shot to death in Chicago in an apparent domestic dispute, local TV stations reported Friday.

Washington - The United States has imposed sanctions on 13 companies accused of aiding the weapons programmes of North Korea, Iran or Syria, the State Department said Friday.

Leverkusen, Germany - Bayer Leverkusen jumped to the top of the Bundesliga standings with a 2-0 victory Friday night over local rivals Cologne.