US `strongly opposes` Palestinian ICC membership

The United States said Wednesday it "strongly opposes" a request from the Palestinian Authority to join the International Criminal Court, fearing this will further delay peace talks with Israel.



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France says world must stop Libya from becoming terrorist haven

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Wednesday called upon the international community to act to prevent Libya from becoming a "sanctuary for terrorists."



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Yemen suicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite celebration

A suicide bomber dressed as a woman killed 33 people in central Yemen on Wednesday when he blew himself up at a celebration by Shiite militia supporters, medical and security sources said.



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Chinese stampedes: A chronology

At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede at New Year`s celebrations in Shanghai. Though most large gatherings in China are carefully controlled by authorities, the country has seen other incidents in which overcrowding has caused panic and deaths.



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Israel PM faces party vote ahead of snap elections

Members of Israel`s ruling rightwing Likud voted Wednesday for their party leader, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking another term at the helm ahead of early elections in March.



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Israel convicts organiser of West Bank teen kidnap, murder

A military court convicted an alleged Hamas militant Wednesday for organising and financing the kidnap and murder of three Israel teenagers, a crime that indirectly led to the last Gaza war.



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Serbia takes over as OSCE head

Serbia takes over the presidency of the OSCE from Switzerland on Thursday, as the multinational body plays a prominent role in efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.



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Australian, Germans feared dead on New Zealand mountain

An Australian and two Germans who went missing on New Zealand`s notorious Mount Cook are feared dead, police said Thursday, after days of fruitless aerial sweeps of the mountain.



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Activist arrests revive US-Cuba tensions

A Cuban crackdown on dissident activists caused a new rift Wednesday with the United States, the first diplomatic scuffle since this month`s historic announcement of a renewal in ties.



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Israel convicts Hamas militant for killing Jewish teens

An Israeli military tribunal Wednesday convicted Hussam Hassan Kawasme, a Hamas operative, of masterminding the abduction and murder of three Jewish teenagers in the West Bank in June.



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New UN Ebola mission chief to visit West Africa

The United Nations` new Ebola mission chief, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, will travel to West Africa next week for his first visit since his appointment in early December.



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33 break out of Venezuelan jail

Thirty-three suspects in custody at a police station in the capital municipality of Chacao escaped through a hole in the wall, Venezuelan authorities said Wednesday.



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US confirms killing Shebab intel chief in Somalia

The US military today confirmed killing the intelligence chief of Somalia's Shebab militants in an air strike this week, saying it dealt a setback to the al-Qaeda-linked group.



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Syria's Assad visits embattled Damascus district: Presidency

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a district on the outskirts of Damascus and thanked soldiers fighting "in the face of terrorism", his office said on its Twitter account on Wednesday, posting pictures of the rare trip.



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Syria's Assad visits embattled Damascus district: Presidency

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a district on the outskirts of Damascus and thanked soldiers fighting "in the face of terrorism", his office said on its Twitter account on Wednesday, posting pictures of the rare trip.



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Syria's Assad visits embattled Damascus district: Presidency

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a district on the outskirts of Damascus and thanked soldiers fighting "in the face of terrorism", his office said on its Twitter account on Wednesday, posting pictures of the rare trip.



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Ex-lover kills three at New Year party in France: Police

A man shot dead his former lover and two other people at a family New Year party in northern France before turning the gun on himself in an apparent crime of passion, police said Thursday.



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Sudan President says vote must go ahead for `stability`

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Wednesday elections slated for April and widely expected to extend his rule must go ahead on schedule to preserve stability, despite opposition calls for a delay.



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Hollande seeks to pep up French after `tough year`

French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday called for an end to "denigration and discouragement" in his crisis-hit country after what even he admitted had been a "tough year" in 2014.



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Gambia President returns home after reports of coup attempt

Gambia`s President Yahya Jammeh returned to Banjul on Wednesday and shops and banks reopened, a day after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in an apparent coup attempt led by a former commander of the presidential guard.



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Greece dissolves parliament for January ballot

Greece`s parliament was dissolved Wednesday ahead of an early election watched warily by markets and international creditors concerned that the austerity-weary country could start unwinding unpopular fiscal reforms.



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Mahmoud Abbas signs onto International Criminal Court after UN loss

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day after a bid for independence by 2017 failed at the United Nations Security Council.



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Tragic New Year's Eve for Shanghai as 'fake money' stampede kills 35

A stampede killed at least 35 people during New Year`s Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city`s famous Bund waterfront district.



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AirAsia LIVE: Clear weather allows search to resume, hunt on for black box

"The weather is clear today. We`re making an all-out effort to search for bodies and locate the fuselage," a search and rescue official told AFP.



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Ebola spreads in Sierra Leone as global cases top 20,000: WHO

The Ebola virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone, and the number of known cases globally has now exceeded 20,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.



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Activist arrests revive US-Cuba tensions

A Cuban crackdown on dissident activists caused a new rift with the United States on Wednesday, the first diplomatic scuffle since this month`s historic announcement of a renewal in ties.



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Pope condemns alleged corruption in Rome, says city needs "moral renewal"

Pope Francis condemned on Wednesday administrators and criminals in Rome who allegedly pocketed public funds meant to help poor migrants, saying the eternal city needed a "spiritual and moral renewal".



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AirAsia LIVE: Nine bodies pulled from sea, search resumes as weather clears

According to a report in The Telegraph, a total of nine bodies have been recovered from the Java Sea so far. Two of the bodies, of a male and a female, were flown in coffins numbered 001 and 002, to Surabaya for identification.



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New Year's Eve stampede kills 35 in Shanghai after fake money thrown from building

A stampede killed at least 35 people during New Year`s Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city`s famous Bund waterfront district.



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Mudslides, flash floods kill at least 53 in Philippines

Flash floods and mudslides have killed at least 53 people in the central and southern Philippines, the national disaster agency said on Wednesday, after days of heavy rains that have also hit neighbouring Southeast Asian countries.



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Top official in China`s restive Xinjiang replaced

The second most senior official in China`s strife-torn Xinjiang region has been replaced, state media said, after the area saw some of its worst violence in decades.



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Migrants from `drifting` ship arrive in Italy

Some 700 illegal migrants rescued from a ship near the Greek island of Corfu arrived in Italy on Wednesday, after their boat was intercepted while "drifting" towards the coast.



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Penny for her thoughts: Puppy heads home after 2,400-mile US road trip

A puppy called Penny could be reunited with her worry-stricken US owners by week`s end after she went on a nearly 2,400-mile road trip that took her to an Iowa truck stop and a Pennsylvania pet hospital, her family said on Tuesday.



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KAL chief`s daughter apologises for `revenge` message

The second daughter of Korean Air`s CEO apologised Wednesday for swearing "revenge" in a text message to her sister, who has been arrested for delaying a flight with a tantrum over snacks.



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AirAsia plane search: US pledges additional aid

The US has pledged additional aid to search for a missing AirAsia plane, as debris and six bodies have been found, a media report said on Wednesday.



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AirAsia plane wreckage: Singapore Navy vessels alter course

Three vessels of Singapore Navy have change their original search area for the wreckage of an AirAsia plane and are expected to reach their new location on Wednesday morning, a media report said.



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Sea bed sonar image believed to be that of missing AirAsia plane

A sonar image showing a large, dark object on the sea bed is believed to be a missing AirAsia plane, an official with Indonesia`s search and rescue agency said on Wednesday after bodies and debris were found in the area.



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Indonesia says finds large dark object presumed to be AirAsia jet

A sonar image showing a large, dark object under the sea was presumed to be the missing AirAsia plane, an official with Indonesia`s search and rescue agency said on Wednesday.



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Police kill man who threatened US authorities

A man who threatened on social media to kill police was shot dead by them near Philadelphia on Tuesday when he tried to run them down in his car, police said.



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Hong Kong culls 15,000 chickens amid bird flu alert

Hong Kong began culling thousands of chickens Wednesday after the deadly H7N9 virus was discovered in poultry imported from China, days after the city raised alert levels when a woman was hospitalised with the disease.



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Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers

A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media reported.



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Ex-Soviet republics hit by Russian economic crisis

Russia`s economic turmoil has sent shock waves across former Soviet republics as the ruble`s collapse pushes the crisis into the region with strong ties to Moscow, analysts said.



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New York mayor meets main police unions to ease tensions

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio met on Tuesday with representatives of the main police unions, as he sought to ease tensions exacerbated by the murder of two officers ambushed in their patrol car.



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Cuba detains performance artist, other dissidents

Havana: Cuban authorities detained or kept at home several dissidents Tuesday, including a performance artist who organized an open-mic session for Cubans to speak out about their future.



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Former US president George HW Bush discharged from hospital

Former US president George HW Bush was discharged from a hospital in Houston Tuesday after a stay of about a week for treatment of shortness of breath, his spokesperson said.



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US teen was pointing gun when shot by police: Officials

A police investigation has confirmed that a black US teenager was brandishing a gun when he was fatally shot by a white officer in Missouri, officials said Tuesday.



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Boko Haram raids northeast Nigeria town: Witnesses

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen launched a deadly raid Tuesday on a village near the town of Chibok where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in April, witnesses and a security source said.



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Senior US lawmaker under fire over speech to racists

A senior Republican US lawmaker faced down demands for his resignation Tuesday, retaining the support of his party leadership after he admitted giving a speech to a racist group.



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Cuban dissidents say Yoani Sanchez''s husband, others detained in Havana

Cuban police detained at least four political opponents on Tuesday, including the husband of prominent blogger Yoani Sanchez, hours before a performance artist planned to stage an unauthorized open microphone event, dissidents said.



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For US soldiers, new Iraq mission brings unexpected return

As Sergeant Michael Lair went from base to base in 2011, moving American gear to Kuwait ahead of the US withdrawal from Iraq, it seemed unlikely he would be returning.



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China to give parents of wrongfully executed man $330,000

A Chinese court will give the parents of a teenager wrongfully executed for murder and rape 18 years ago more than two million yuan ($330,000) compensation, it said Wednesday.



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Premier says Greek future in Europe hangs on election result

Greece`s prime minister warned Tuesday the financially-stricken nation may be forced out of the eurozone if January`s parliamentary election hands hard-left party Syriza power to reverse years of austerity measures.



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Greek vote could boost Europe`s anti-austerity parties: Analysts

An election win for Greece`s far-left Syriza party could cause political contagion across Europe by boosting support for other populists, as well as reopen the vexed question of EU-backed austerity, analysts said.



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Merkel deplores new far-right group`s `hatred`

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a New Year`s address deplored the rise of a right-wing populist movement, saying its leaders have "prejudice, coldness, even hatred in their hearts".



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Small earthquake shakes area south of Los Angeles

A magnitude-3.9 earthquake shook an area south of Los Angeles on Tuesday, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.



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UN vote underlines need for Mideast peace talks: EU

Paris: EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday`s vote at the UN Security Council on Palestinian statehood underlined the need for Israel and the Palestinians to urgently resume peace negotiations.



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Eight shot in Canada, killer commits suicide: Police

A man shot and killed eight people, including two children, before committing suicide, Canadian police said on Tuesday.



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Palestinian resolution fails at UN Security Council

The UN Security Council failed Tuesday to adopt a resolution on Palestinian statehood that was strongly opposed by the United States.



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Italy finds 700 migrants on `drifting` ship

Italy`s Navy on Tuesday said it had taken control of a ship carrying some 700 migrants, including a heavily pregnant woman, after it issued a distress call near the Greek island of Corfu.



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Stowaways raise fears of more deaths in Adriatic ferry disaster

Two Albanian seamen were among 13 people confirmed killed in a ferry disaster in the Adriatic Sea on Tuesday, as officials warned the discovery of stowaways on board meant the true death toll could be far higher.



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Palestinian draft resolution fails in UN council, US votes against

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017.



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Italian officials check on ship carrying hundreds of migrants

Italian officials boarded a cargo ship carrying hundreds of migrants on Tuesday after it left Greek waters and headed towards the coast of southern Italy, the navy said.



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US calls for release of Americans in Iran, denies swap deal

The United States called on Tuesday for the release of US citizens held in Iran, but denied a report that Washington had proposed a prisoner exchange for a former US Marine.



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UN Security Council to vote on Palestinian resolution

The UN Security Council was to vote Tuesday on a draft resolution on Palestinian statehood that is almost certain to be defeated in the face of strong opposition from the United States.



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Russia`s Navalny: Ambitious crusader against Putin

Russia`s charismatic protest leader Alexei Navalny, who galvanised the opposition with attacks on President Vladimir Putin and exposed the exorbitant wealth of the elite, was arrested Tuesday after protesting his brother`s sentencing for embezzlement.



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Somalia says US airstrike kills al-Shabab leader

A US airstrike killed the intelligence chief of Somali terror group al-Shabab, Somalia's intelligence service said today.



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LIVE: Bad weather obstructs AirAsia flight debris recovery; 6 bodies found

Stormy weather on Wednesday forced Indonesian rescuers to suspend their search for the bodies of those on AirAsia`s Flight QZ8501, which plunged into the water at the weekend carrying 162 people.



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Canadian frigate to join NATO forces off Ukraine

A Canadian frigate with 250 marines on board set off from Halifax on the Atlantic coast Tuesday to join NATO forces in the Mediterranean Sea monitoring the Ukraine crisis.



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14 killed in clash on Burundi-DRCongo border: Officials

At least 14 fighters were killed today in clashes between Burundian security forces and members of an unidentified armed group who came from the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said.



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Palestinians demand UN vote on Israeli withdrawal, defeat likely

UN Security Council is expected to vote as early as Tuesday afternoon on a Palestinian draft resolution that calls for a peace deal with Israel within a year and an end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017.



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AirAsia QZ8501: Airline confirms debris of missing plane, bodies retrieved

AirAsia Tuesday confirmed that the debris spotted in the Java Sea, is from the missing flight QZ8501, even as three bodies confirmed to be those of passengers in the ill-fated plane were retrieved.



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UN, EU concerned at arrest of top Bahrain Shiite leader

The UN human rights chief on Tuesday called on Bahrain's government to immediately release the leader of the country's main Shiite opposition group and the European Union warned that his arrest could further destabilize an already fragile political environment.



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IS group claims suicide attack in Iraq

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a funeral tent north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad the day before that killed 16 people and wounded 34 others.



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Polls to determine whether Greece stays in Europe: PM

Greece started counting down Tuesday to a snap election next month as the prime minister warned that the ballot will determine whether the crisis-hit country remains part of the eurozone.



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Greece orders probe into Italian ferry tragedy

Greece`s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a probe into the cause of the deadly blaze on the Norman Atlantic ferry which was carrying nearly 400 people from Greece to Italy.



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Russian police arrest Kremlin critic Navalny at protest

Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny defied house arrest Tuesday to join a protest in central Moscow but was swiftly detained by police, a live stream on Dozhd television channel showed.



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Italian prosecutors order ferry back to Italy

Italian prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the crippled Greek ferry Norman Atlantic back to Italy as part of a criminal investigation, saying they fear more bodies will be found aboard the vessel when it is properly searched.



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German opposition urges probe into NATO 'hit list'

German opposition lawmakers called on Tuesday for an investigation into reports that the country's army and foreign intelligence agency contributed to a NATO list of Taliban targets in Afghanistan, some of whom were killed.



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US to send second ship to aid search for AirAsia debris

The US Navy plans to send a second ship to help search for wreckage from an AirAsia jet that apparently crashed off the Indonesian coast, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.



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Mass grave with 70 bodies found in Syria

A mass grave with the remains of 70 people, who had been killed by the Islamic State (IS) militants at an earlier time, was uncovered Monday in the country`s eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the state news agency SANA reported.



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American Airlines flight diverted to Jamaica

An American Airlines flight was diverted to Kingston due to a "pressurization issue" during its Bogota-to-Miami trip, the airline said.



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IS releases interview with captive Jordanian pilot

The Islamic State group has published an interview with the Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed in northern Syria.



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Lightning kills 4 on Brazilian beach

At least four beachgoers in Brazil have died after being struck by lightning on the Sao Paulo coast.



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US sends destroyer to search for missing jet

The United States deployed a destroyer to help look for a missing AirAsia jetliner, US officials said Monday, amid fears the aircraft crashed into the sea.



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Critics ask how AirAsia jetliner went missing in age of GPS

Air travel advocates are demanding global aviation authorities explain how an AirAsia jetliner with 162 people aboard got lost at a time when satellites and webcams monitor society`s every move.



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Secret files shed light on first Thatcher-Gorbachev talks

Classified documents made public Tuesday shed light on the political courtship between Britain`s Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev -- whom she famously declared she could "do business" with.



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Arabs endorse Palestinian U.N. draft urging end of Israel occupation

Arab U.N. delegations on Monday endorsed a Palestinian proposal to forge a peace deal with Israel within a year and end Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017, despite fierce Israeli and U.S. opposition.



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Greek move to elections hurts euro

Greece`s move to new parliamentary elections sent the euro to a fresh multi-year low against the dollar Monday, as worries spread of a possible poll victory by the leftist Syriza party.



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US blasts Azerbaijan clampdown on Radio Free Europe

The US State Department on Monday lambasted Azerbaijan over its crackdown on the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, calling the arrests of journalists an attack on civil society.



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Nine killed in Syria blast

At least nine people were killed Monday when a car bomb blast hit a gas factory in Syria`s central province of Homs, a monitoring group said.



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Autopsy shows three L.A. police bullets hit unarmed black man

An unarmed 25-year-old black man slain by Los Angeles police officers in August suffered three gunshot wounds, including one to his back, a long-awaited autopsy report showed on Monday.



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US blacklists more Russians tied to whistleblower death

The US rolled out new sanctions against named Russian officials Monday under its "Magnitsky" law, named after a Russian whistleblower who died in a Moscow prison in 2009.



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US air strike targets senior Somali militant: Pentagon

US war planes carried out a strike in southern Somalia on Monday targeting a senior leader of the Shebab militia, the Pentagon said, without giving any details of casualties.



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Female bishop linked to US bicycle fatality

The first female Episcopal bishop in Maryland has been put on leave after she was involved in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist, her diocese said Monday.



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Indonesia fears missing jet `at bottom of sea`

Dozens of planes and ships searching Indonesian waters for a missing AirAsia plane focused Monday on a patch of oil for possible clues, as a senior official warned the aircraft was likely at the bottom of the sea.



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Guyanese authorities resume search for missing aircraft

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, or GCAA, resumed Monday the search for a small cargo aircraft that went missing over the weekend with a crew of two people aboard.



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UN chief urges North Korea to accept talks with Seoul

United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a South Korean proposal to hold high-level talks with North Korea and urged Pyongyang to accept the offer.



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Ex-president Bush breathing normally, still in hospital

Former US president George H.W. Bush is now breathing normally, but he will stay at least one more night at a Texas hospital, his spokesman said Monday.



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Ebola death toll in Africa rises to 7,842: WHO

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 7,842 out of 20,081 cases recorded, the World Health Organization said Monday. The previous toll released on December 26 was 7,693 deaths and 19,695 cases.



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UN chief urges peaceful Sri Lanka vote

UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged the Sri Lankan government Monday to ensure next week`s elections are peaceful and that minorities are able to vote without fear.



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Lost AirAsia's request to change course was denied

The plane sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air traffic control couldn't say yes immediately - there was no room.



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Afghan soldiers at small outpost vow to hold firm as US exits

One ergonomic office chair, heaters that don't work and some maps are the only signs that US troops once battled daily with the Taliban at Siah Choy, a small combat outpost in southern Afghanistan.



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`I`m born winner` says football star Weah after poll win

Football legend and Liberian opposition leader George Weah declared himself a "born winner" Monday, after trouncing the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a Senate election in the Ebola-ravaged country.



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Hillary Clinton trumps Jeb Bush in 2016 matchup: poll

Presumed Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton would comfortably defeat Jeb Bush for president if the two members of their famous US political clans went head to head in 2016, poll results showed Monday.



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Indonesia seeks U.S. help to find missing plane - U.S. State Dept

Indonesia has asked the United States for help in locating the AirAsia jet that went missing on Sunday carrying 162 people, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.



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Italian navy says ten dead in ferry fire disaster

The Italian navy said Monday the death toll following a fire on board a car ferry in the Adriatic had risen to ten.



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Ebola diagnosed in medical worker in Britain: Official

A healthcare worker recently returned from Sierra Leone was on Monday diagnosed with Ebola by doctors in Glasgow in the first diagnosis of the virus in Britain during the current outbreak.



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Nazi-hunters condemn Mass for WWII Croatia leader

The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre slammed Monday a Mass in Zagreb to commemorate Croatia`s World War II pro-Nazi leader, claiming it was a "badge of shame" for the Catholic Church.



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Chile seeks overhaul of Pinochet anti-strike laws

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet sent a bill to Congress Monday that would overhaul strict anti-strike laws put in place 35 years ago by late dictator Augusto Pinochet.



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Funeral set for 2nd NYPD officer killed in ambush

The second of two New York City police officers to be buried after a daylight ambush will be mourned at a funeral this weekend.



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Eight missing after migrant boat sinks off Turkey: Reports

The Turkish coastguard was searching Monday for eight people believed to be Syrian migrants missing after their boat capsized off southwestern Turkey while on its way to Greece, news reports said.



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China arrests 87,000 for gambling, prostitution

Police in China have arrested 87,000 people in the campaign against gambling and prostitution that was launched earlier this year, the ministry of public security said.



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Five arrested in Morocco on 'terror' charges

Morocco has indicted five people on charges of plotting "terrorist acts" and belonging to an illegal religious group, the official MAP news agency said on Monday.



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Arabs discuss UN resolution to end Israel's occupation

Arab ambassadors met on Monday to discuss Palestinian amendments to a UN resolution that would call for an end to Israel's occupation within three years, a move vehemently opposed by Israel.



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No US embassy in Iran for now, says Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama said Washington was not ready to open an embassy in Iran due to differences over nuclear policy, a position that contrasts with his new approach to Cuba.



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European stocks withstand Greek political turmoil

European stock markets withstood political turmoil in Athens on Monday, closing higher despite losses earlier in the day after Greece failed to a elect a president and headed for snap polls.



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Poroshenko announces Putin meeting in new peace push

Ukraine`s Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko promised Monday to meet Russia`s Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace with pro-Kremlin fighters in the separatist east.



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China looking at deal with U.S. to recover dirty assets -report

China is looking at signing an agreement with the United States to target assets illegally taken out of China by corrupt officials, a state-run newspaper said on Monday, as the government tightens the screws in its anti-graft battle.



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Indonesia says missing AirAsia plane QZ8501 could be at 'bottom of sea', 2nd day's search futile

A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search.



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Indonesia says missing AirAsia plane QZ8501 could be at "bottom of sea", second day's search futile

A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search.



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Palestinians seek to move forward on UN resolution

Palestinian envoys pressed on with changes to a draft UN resolution on statehood Monday and their amended text could be put to a vote at the Security Council this week



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Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet makes emergency landing at Gatwick

A Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet en-route from London to Las Vegas on Monday turned back midway and made a dramatic but safe, emergency landing at the Gatwick airport in the UK after developing a landing-gear fault.



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Two in Bahrain get death penalty for cop's death in blast

Manama: Bahrain`s High Criminal Court Monday sentenced two citizens to death in connection with a bomb blast earlier this year in which a police officer was killed.



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Greece must pursue reforms after new elections: Germany

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Monday that Greece must stick to agreed economic reforms regardless of the results of a snap election due next month.



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Islamic State kills its own fighters who try to disjoin militant group

A recent report from British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has revealed that the atrocious militant group– Islamic State –shows no mercy even to its own militants and executes them if they try to return home.



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Iraqi security forces recapture large sections of Dhuluiya town

Iraqi security forces and pro-government militias took control of large parts of the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad on Monday from Islamic State fighters, police and army sources said.



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Islamic State claims killing of Iranian military adviser in Iraq

The Islamic State group has claimed the killing of a senior Iranian officer advising Iraqi forces in their fight against the jihadists, in posts on jihadist Internet forums on Monday.



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Egypt court bans annual Jewish pilgrimage

An Egyptian court Monday banned an annual Jewish pilgrimage in the Nile Delta province of Baheira honouring a Moroccan rabbi, saying it went against local traditions, a judicial official said.



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Tunisia`s new president to be sworn in Wednesday

Newly elected Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi will be sworn in Wednesday at a ceremony in parliament, which is dominated by his anti-Islamist Nidaa Tounes party, officials said.



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Gmail blocked in China

Google Inc`s Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world`s biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame.



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Obama praises troops as US marks end of war in Afghanistan

The longest war in American history has come to a "responsible conclusion" with the withdrawal US and NATO combat forces from Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama has said but warned that the country remains "a dangerous place".



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'Auschwitz anniversary a reminder of the danger of staying silent'

Next month`s 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp is a reminder, at a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise again, of what happens when the world stays silent about persecution, the president of the World Jewish Congress said.



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South Korea officials face punishment after `nut rage` inquiry deemed unfair

South Korea`s transport ministry vowed to punish eight of its officials Monday after admitting their investigation into a "nut rage" incident involving Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-Ah was unfair.



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Two Canadian Porter planes make emergency landing after smoke

Two airplanes belonging to Canada's Porter Airlines had to make emergency landings on Sunday after smoke appeared in their cabins, the company said.



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French-Japanese couple missing since leaving for IS-controlled area

A French-Japanese couple who planned to visit areas controlled by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group went missing after leaving Tokyo last month, reports and a source said on Monday.



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Russia's Lavrov sees chance to solve Ukraine crisis in 2015 - Interfax

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sees a real opportunity to solve the Ukraine crisis in 2015, Interfax news agency quoted him as saying on Monday.



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Little India district shaping up in Bahrain

'Little India' district in Bahrain has moved closer to becoming a reality as discussions are underway to rejuvenate the area around a Hindu temple in Manama to acknowledge the strong relations the country has with its Asian expatriate community.



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China offers assistance in search of missing AirAsia

China today offered to send aircraft and ships to help in the search operations for an AirAsia flight that vanished over the Java Sea with 162 people on board.



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Scaffold collapse at Chinese school kills 10

At least 10 people were killed and four others injured today in China when a scaffold collapsed at a construction site in a school here.



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Family of 10 misses ill-fated AirAsia flight

An Indonesian family of 10 said Monday they had a miraculous escape when they arrived too late to catch AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which went missing shortly after take-off en route to Singapore.



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Missing AirAsia plane no MH370 mystery: Australia PM

The plight of a missing AirAsia jet lost over the Java Sea cannot be equated with Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which vanished without a trace in March, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday.



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`Is it a curse?`: Prayers for missing AirAsia plane

The disappearance of an AirAsia flight marks a tragic climax to a heartbreaking 2014 for Malaysians still grieving from the loss of two planes operated by their national carrier, and has some wondering whether their country is cursed.



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AirAsia QZ8501 ​LIVE: 'Papa come home, I need you', writes pilot's daughter

An elegiac plea made by the missing plane's pilot's daughter on social media has been widely highlighted in Indonesian media.



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Snow brings chaos to Europe, but skiers rejoice

Heavy snowfall brought both chaos and joy across Europe overnight Sunday, with some 15,000 people stranded overnight in the French Alps while skiers revelled in the fresh powder blanketing slopes.



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Indonesia transport minister says will review AirAsia operations

Indonesia`s transport minister said Monday the government would review AirAsia`s operations in the Southeast Asian country following the disappearance of a plane carrying 162 people.



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AirAsia Flight QZ8501 ​LIVE: 'Papa come home, I need you', appeals pilot's daughter

An elegiac plea made by the missing plane's pilot's daughter on social media has been widely highlighted in Indonesian media.



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Hundreds still awaiting airlift on stricken Italian ferry

Italian and Greek helicopter crews worked into the night to airlift passengers off a burning ferry adrift in the Adriatic Sea, battling darkness and bad weather that hampered rescue efforts by other ships throughout Sunday.



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Ferguson police spokesman suspended after ''pile of trash'' remark

The spokesman for the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, has been suspended without pay after admitting he referred to a roadside memorial to an unarmed teenager killed by police as a "pile of trash," the city announced over the weekend.



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Greece faces crucial vote that could trigger election

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faces a vote in parliament on Monday that will decide whether the country goes to snap elections that could bring the leftwing Syriza party to power and derail an international bailout.



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South Korea proposes talks with North Korea talks next month

A top South Korean official offered Monday to hold high-level talks with North Korea in January, as Pyongyang battles growing pressure over human rights and a fresh cyber row with the US.



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Air Asia Flight QZ8501 Live: 'Plane has crashed, likely at the bottom of sea'

The missing AirAsia plane with 162 people on board en route for Singapore has crashed and is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency chief Bambang Soelistyo said Monday.



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Indonesia searches Java Sea for missing AirAsia plane, relatives wait

Indonesia searched the Java Sea on Monday for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing after its pilot failed to gain permission to alter course to avoid a storm cell during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.



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Sr Bush to remain in hospital: spokesman

Former US President George H W Bush, hospitalised after experiencing shortness of breath, has improved but will remain in the hospital until weekend for further observation.



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Israeli minister''s associate detained for graft scandal

A close associate of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was detained Sunday by police for possible involvement in a major corruption scandal, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said.



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Australia joins hunt for missing AirAsia flight

Australia on Monday joined the Indonesia-led search for an AirAsia plane which disappeared on the weekend with 162 people on board, the military said.



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Detained Radio Liberty journalists questioned in Azerbaijan

Police in Azerbaijan have detained a dozen journalists working for US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty amid an ongoing crackdown on the outlet that has been criticised by Washington and rights groups.



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Search resumes for missing AirAsia plane: official

Indonesia resumed at dawn Monday the search for an AirAsia plane that went missing in the Java Sea with 162 people on board, a search and rescue official said.



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Britain says one of its nationals on missing AirAsia jet

A British national was on board the AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing in bad weather Sunday en route from Indonesia to Singapore, the foreign ministry said.



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Over 150 Rwandan Hutu rebels surrender in DR Congo

A group of 155 Rwandan Hutu rebels turned themselves in on Sunday in the face of threatened action by UN and Congolese troops as part of efforts to restore calm in the Democratic Republic of Congo`s restive east.



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Iraqi forces launch offensive on IS in Dhuluiyah

Iraqi forces backed by Sunni tribes advanced into the town of Dhuluiyah north of Baghdad on Sunday in a new attempt to push out Islamic State group jihadists, officials said.



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50 Britons trapped in French Alps gymnasium after heavy snow

A group of around 50 British holiday makers bitterly complained of inaction Sunday after being stuck in a French gymnasium for a second night following heavy snowfall in the Alps.



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First air strikes hit Libya`s militia-held Misrata

Forces loyal to Libya`s internationally recognised government carried out their first air strikes on Sunday against the country`s militia-held third city of Misrata, a spokesman said.



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Children among the dead in Syria bombing: Monitor

A car bombing killed six people including two children in a Kurdish area of Syria`s northern province of Aleppo on Sunday, a monitoring group said.



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Search halted for missing AirAsia plane as night falls

Indonesia suspended until first light the search for an AirAsia plane that went missing Sunday in the Java Sea with 162 people on board after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather.



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Swiss citizen dies in Slovenian highway crash

A Swiss national died and 30 people were injured, two of them seriously, in a highway pile-up Sunday after heavy snow in central Slovenia, police said.



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Chechen president offers `special regiment` to defend Russia

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov on Sunday proposed the creation of a "special regiment" made up from Chechnya`s armed forces to help defend Russia from Western aggression.



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Blaze ferry passed checks, had fire door problem: owner

The ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic passed a recent technical inspection after a repair to a faulty fire door, its Italian owner said Sunday.



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US-born leader of African Hebrew Israelites dies

The leader of a community of African Americans who moved to Israel decades ago in the belief they were of ancient Hebrew ancestry has died, their spokesman said on Sunday.



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Barack Obama salutes end of NATO combat mission in Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama saluted Sunday the "milestone" end of NATO`s combat mission in Afghanistan, but warned the country remains "a dangerous place."



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Yemen: 12 killed in clashes north of capital

Security officials and tribal leaders in Yemen say 12 people have been killed in clashes between tribesmen and Shiite rebels north of the capital Sanaa.



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Incumbent president and conservative rival in Croatia run-off: Exit polls

Croatia`s centre-left President Ivo Josipovic and his conservative rival Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic will face off in a run-off vote on January 11 after neither candidate won an outright majority in the first round, exit polls showed Sunday.



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Bahrain police arrest Shiite opposition chief: Party

Police in Bahrain arrested the head of the banned Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq on Sunday after he had been called in for questioning, his party said.



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Islamic State executed nearly 2,000 people in six months: Monitor

The Islamic State militant group has killed 1,878 people in Syria during the past six months, the majority of them civilians, a British-based Syrian monitoring organisation said on Sunday.



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AirAsia Flight QZ8501 en route from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people goes missing

An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore on Sunday after pilots requested a change of flight plan due to bad weather, triggering a massive search in the third major incident this year involving a Malaysian carrier.



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Flamboyant AirAsia boss confronts first major crisis

Malaysian mogul Tony Fernandes, who transformed a floundering carrier into Asia's biggest budget airline, faces his first major crisis after an AirAsia plane went missing Sunday with 162 people on board.



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Missing flight is third Malaysia-linked incident

The disappearance of AirAsia Flight 8501 on Sunday was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based.



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Greek ferry disaster: One dead, hundreds stranded

A fire erupted on a ferry carrying 478 people from Greece to Italy on Sunday, leaving one person dead and trapping hundreds on top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered evacuation.



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Hamas asks Palestine to withdraw draft UNSC resolution

The Hamas Sunday called on the Palestinian Authority to withdraw the draft resolution that it intends to present to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for ending the Israeli occupation.



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Fire in ferry with 478 onboard, bad weather hits rescue operations in Italy

A ferry with 478 people on board caught fire while sailing from Greece to Italy Sunday. Though more than 100 people were evacuated, adverse weather hampered rescue operations in the vessel off the Greek island of Corfu, officials said.



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AirAsia plane crash reports not true: Malaysia

Malaysia's Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai dismissed claims that wreckage of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 was found, media reported Sunday.



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Australia offers help to find missing AirAsia flight

Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop offered to help Indonesia in the search and rescue mission for the Malaysian plane missing since early morning.



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China to closely monitor missing AirAsia flight

China said that it is "closely monitoring" the developments regarding the AirAsia flight that went missing on Sunday en route from Indonesia to Singapore after losing contact with air traffic controllers.



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Gunmen kill policeman in Egypt's Alexandria

Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded three others in a drive-by attack on a patrol in Egypt's second city Alexandria on Sunday, a security official said.



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AirAsia mourns with grey logo after plane goes missing

AirAsia on Sunday changed its bright fiery red logo to grey on its Twitter and Facebook pages after its aircraft, carrying 162 passengers, went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore.



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AAP ''desperate'' for media attention: BJP

Asserting that the people have stopped taking the Arvind Kejriwal-led party seriously, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party is desperate to grab media attention.



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Rescuers struggle to reach burning ferry in heavy seas off Greece

Passengers aboard a car ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece early on Sunday pleaded for help as rescue vessels struggled to approach the burning vessel in high winds and rough seas.



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Save paper: Delhi govt officials asked to write notes on both sides

With an aim of saving precious paper pulp, Labour Department of the Delhi government has asked all its officials, including all deputy commissioners, to write notes on both sides of paper and type in single space.



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Ukraine shuts down faulty nuclear power plant reactor

Ukraine on Sunday shut down one of the six reactors in its most powerful nuclear power plant for the second time in a month due to an apparent electrical malfunction.



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Anti-Arab group poses legal, political dilemma for Israel

A far-right Israeli group that agitates against Arabs in the name of religion and national security is forcing the Jewish state into a legal and political balancing act as it tries to contain sectarian violence.



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Merkel greets Ukraine prisoner swap, urges truce talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday welcomed a prisoner swap between Ukraine`s government and pro-Russian rebels but expressed regret about the stalling of truce talks.



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South Korea nuclear operator says cyberattacks continue, reactors safe

South Korea`s nuclear power operator said on Sunday that cyberattacks on non-critical operations at the company`s headquarters are continuing but the country`s nuclear power plants are operating safely and are secure from attack.



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Singapore PM expresses concern over missing AirAsia plane

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday called Indonesian President Joko Widodo to express concern and pledged assistance of air force in the search of Air Asia plane which went missing after losing contact with air traffic controller.



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Croatians elect new president under cloud of economic crisis

Croatians went to the polls Sunday to elect a president under the cloud of a deep economic crisis, with incumbent Ivo Josipovic seen as the frontrunner as he sought a second term leading the EU`s newest member state.



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Italian ferry evacuated in Greek waters as fire takes hold

A rescue operation is under way in high winds in Greek waters for an Italian ferry carrying 466 people that has caught fire, Greek officials said early Sunday.



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White House monitoring missing AirAsia situation

The White House said it was monitoring the situation surrounding an AirAsia plane that disappeared traveling from Indonesia to Singapore and that President Barack Obama was briefed on the matter.



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ISIS plan attack on Queen's guards: Report

Soldiers guarding key Royal palaces in the UK are on high alert following reports of a planned attack on the Queen's guards by Islamic State militants.



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Angry police shun NYC mayor at funeral for slain officer

Tens of thousands of police from cities across the United States filled a New York City church and nearby streets on Saturday for the funeral of one of two policemen shot by a man who said he was avenging the killing of unarmed black men by police.



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Strict sharia forces gays into hiding in Indonesia's Aceh

Overwhelmed by fear, members of the main gay rights group in the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh started burning piles of documents outside their headquarters in late October, worried that the sharia police would raid them at any moment.



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Air Asia flight QZ 8501 from Indonesia to Singapore goes missing, over 155 people on board

An Air Asia flight carrying 155 passengers from Indonesia's Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with the air traffic control on Sunday morning.



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Greek MPs hold crunch presidential vote to avert snap polls

Lawmakers in debt-laden Greece will on Monday try for a third and final time to elect a new president and avoid a snap general election that could undermine the country`s international bailout.



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Sweden can`t avoid immigration debate: Analysts

Sweden may have narrowly avoided snap elections that would have been dominated by a debate on immigration, but with asylum seekers arriving in record numbers the issue is unlikely to stay off the agenda for long, analysts say.



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Ex-president Bush expected to leave hospital soon

Former US president George H.W. Bush will stay at a Texas hospital through the weekend after experiencing breathing problems, but his spokesman said Saturday he could be discharged soon.



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UN mission condemns attacks on oil installations in Libya

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Saturday strongly condemned the renewed attacks on Libya`s oil installations, which set ablaze storage tanks in the Sidra oil terminal.



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Four die of bird flu in Libya: Minister

Four people have died of bird flu in Libya in recent days, the health minister of the country`s internationally recognised government said on Saturday.



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Belarus strongman sacks PM amid economic woes

Belarussian strongman Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday sacked his prime minister and several other top officials as the ex-Soviet state reels from the effects of Russia`s economic crisis next door.



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5 killed in helicopter crash in Brazil

Officials say a helicopter has crashed in southeastern Brazil, killing five people.



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Palestinians held after firebomb injured Israeli girl: Shin Bet

Two Palestinians suspected of throwing a firebomb that wounded an 11-year-old Israeli girl and her father have been arrested in the West Bank, the Shin Bet security service said Saturday.



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Ukraine says Crimea transport halt temporary

Ukraine's suspension of transport connections with the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula is expected to be only a temporary measure, a Ukrainian security official said on Saturday.



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Greek don`t want new adventure, PM warns ahead of vote

The Greek public doesn`t want a new adventure, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras warned Saturday as he sought to stave off a snap election by urging lawmakers to choose a new president in a third and final round of voting.



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Ukraine secures cheap Russian coal, power supplies

Moscow promised on Saturday to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev`s failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea.



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Thieves fry Kenya's power grid to cook fast food

The morning scene is increasingly routine for Kenyans. When it`s time to start the day, the power is already out. Somewhere nearby, the shell of a wrecked electrical transformer lies on its side underneath the pole where it had been fixed 20 feet off the ground.



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Britain posts 41 million wills, including Princess Diana's

Some 41 million British wills dating back to 1858, including those of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, were made available in an online database on Saturday.



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Somali Islamist with $3 mn US bounty on head surrenders: Govt source

A leader of Somali Islamist group al Shabaab, who has a $3 million U.S. bounty on his head, has surrendered, a Somali government source and local media said on Saturday.



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Late pope gets flowers from would-be assassin

Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish former extremist who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II, on Saturday laid flowers on the late pontiff`s tomb.



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Car bomb hits diplomatic security building in Libyan capital

A car bomb exploded Saturday outside the diplomatic security building in Tripoli but caused no casualties, a Libyan official said, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility.



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Late pope gets flowers from would-be assassin

Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish former extremist who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II on Saturday laid flowers on the late pontiff's tomb.



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Thousands gather for slain New York police officer's funeral

Tens of thousands of police and other mourners filled a New York City church and surrounding streets for the funeral on Saturday of one of two police officers ambushed by a gunman who said he was avenging the killing of unarmed black men by police.



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Agonising, lonely search for missing kids in China

In the grainy video, Zhang Xiuhong can see her daughter ride her bike down a country road on her way to school one spring afternoon six years ago.



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US plagued by doubts as it exits Afghan war

After 13 years, the United States is winding down its war in Afghanistan, plagued by doubts about what was accomplished at such a high cost.



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Car bomb hits diplomatic security building in Libyan capital

A car bomb exploded on Saturday outside the diplomatic security building in Tripoli but caused no casualties, a Libyan official said, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility.



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North Korea suffers another Internet shutdown: Chinese state-media

North Korea suffered an Internet shutdown for at least two hours on Saturday, Chinese state-media and cyber experts said, after Pyongyang blamed Washington for an online blackout earlier this week.



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Syria ready to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition dismissive

Syria said on Saturday it was willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting talks next year to end its civil war but the Western-backed opposition dismissed the initiative.



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Thousands gather for slain New York police officer's funeral

Tens of thousands of police and other mourners filled a New York City church and nearby streets for the funeral on Saturday of one of two police officers shot dead by a man who said he was avenging the killing of unarmed black men by police.



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NY officers' deaths touched soul of nation: Joe Biden

Vice President Joe Biden says the slayings of two New York City police officers in an ambush shooting have "touched the soul of an entire nation."



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15 suffocate in illegal mine in DR Congo

Fifteen people have suffocated while digging in an illegal mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the problem of illicit mining is widespread, an official said Saturday.



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Morocco banned Moses epic for 'showing God': Distributor

Morocco banned biblical epic "Exodus: Gods and Kings" on the flight of the Jews from ancient Egypt because it "represents God" which is forbidden under Islam, its distributor said Saturday.



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