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![play [Texans recover from deadly tornadoes]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30791235725/80_50_70.jpg)
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Texans recover from deadly tornadoes
20 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [Melbourne 'not-for-profit pub' aids charities]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30787139792/80_50_70.jpg)
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Melbourne 'not-for-profit pub' aids charities
20 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [Syria refugees face Lebanon sanitation issues]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30782019875/80_50_70.jpg)
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Syria refugees face Lebanon sanitation issues
20 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [Lebanon provides schooling for Syria refugees]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30782019866/80_50_70.jpg)
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Lebanon provides schooling for Syria refugees
20 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [Denmark claims Eurovision Contest]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30784067539/80_50_70.jpg)
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Denmark claims Eurovision Contest
20 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [Do companies have the right to patent human genes?]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30781507605/80_50_70.jpg)
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Do companies have the right to patent human genes?
20 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [Analysis: Al-Assad's Argentine interview]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30779971888/80_50_70.jpg)
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Analysis: Al-Assad's Argentine interview
20 May 13 | 2:14
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![play [England beats NZ in first Lord's test]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30780483689/80_50_70.jpg)
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England beats NZ in first Lord's test
20 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [Arsenal through to Champions League]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30780483606/80_50_70.jpg)
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Arsenal through to Champions League
20 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [Google defends tax avoidance allegations]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30778947616/80_50_70.jpg)
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Google defends tax avoidance allegations
20 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [Imran Khan accuses opponent of murder]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30778435665/80_50_70.jpg)
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Imran Khan accuses opponent of murder
20 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [SBS 6:30 News - 19 May part 1]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30749763898/80_50_70.jpg)
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19 May 13 | 12:00
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19 May 13 | 21:00
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19 May 13 | 9:00
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19 May 13 | 5:00
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18 May 13 | 11:00
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18 May 13 | 21:00
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18 May 13 | 11:00
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18 May 13 | 5:00
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![play [SBS 10:30 News - 17 May part 1]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30581315569/80_50_70.jpg)
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SBS 10:30 News - 17 May part 1
17 May 13 | 9:00
![play [Dutch News 19 May]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/28997699955/80_50_70.jpg)
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![play [Budget 2013: Winners and losers]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30167107743/80_50_70.jpg)
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'I wish there'd been a vaccine'
At just 10 months old, Gillian Thomas was too young to remember
contracting the polio virus but more than 60 years later she still
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The mint julep’s muddled history
04 May 2012, 16:19 PM
North America | Before it was the toast of Kentucky Derby, the mint julep used to be a political ice breaker.
