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Five dead, around 100 rescued after fire on Indonesia tourist boat
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Five people were killed and around 100 people rescued on Sunday after a fire ripped through a…
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Andy Murray, Olympic athletes and Posh Spice honoured in Queen’s New Year List
By Adela Suliman LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic athlete Mo Farah, tennis star Andy Murray, actor Mark Rylance, comedian Ken Dodd…
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New York’s Times Square erupts with cheer as a new year dawns
By Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of merrymakers witnessed the descent of the kaleidoscopic New Year’s…
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North Korea’s Kim says close to test launch of ICBM
Image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the first party committee meeting in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released…
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Pope, in year-end message, urges action on youth unemployment
Image: Pope Francis leads the First Vespers and Te Deum prayers in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican December 31, 2016.…
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Baghdad blasts kill 29 as Mosul fighting intensifies
Image: Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack at a market in central Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2016.…
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Gun attack kills at least 35 at Istanbul nightclub
Image: An injured woman is carried to an ambulance from a nightclub where a gun attack took place during a New…
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Cubans surf the web at home in Havana pilot project
Image: Retired teacher Margarita Marquez, 67, uses the Internet after it was recently installed at her home in old Havana, Cuba,…
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Violence spreads like a contagious infection among friends
Image: Shutterstock By Ronnie Cohen (Reuters Health) – – Adolescents who engaged in violent activities were more likely to have…
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Grandparents who help care for grandchildren live longer than other seniors
Image: Shutterstock By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – – Grandparents who help out occasionally with childcare or provide support to…
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