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Hospital in Yemen hit by Saudi-led airstrike — report
11 января, 2016
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Hospital in Yemen hit by Saudi-led airstrike — report

  An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a hospital in central Yemen on Monday, a state news agency reported. The alleged incident comes a day after Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a missile killed four people at one of its clinics in the country. The clinic which came under fire is in the Swadi district of...

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School in northern France evacuated over bomb alert
11 января, 2016
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School in northern France evacuated over bomb alert

A high school was evacuated in northern France over a suspected bomb threat. Security in the country remains high after two major terrorist attacks in 2015. The school called Mireille Grenet is in Compiègne, a commune in the north of France. The evacuation started on Monday morning. Police cordoned off the area. Some...

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Over 160 civilians, incl. unborn child, killed in Turkish crackdown on Kurds – report
11 января, 2016
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Over 160 civilians, incl. unborn child, killed in Turkish crackdown on Kurds – report

In five months of battling the Kurdish insurgency in southeastern Turkey, Ankara has killed over 160 civilians, according to a rights group report. Among them was an unborn child, whose mother was shot. In August, Ankara launched a ground operation to crack down on Kurdish fighters linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party...

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20 dead in bus crash in southern Mexico
11 января, 2016
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20 dead in bus crash in southern Mexico

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican officials say 20 people died when a bus plunged off a bridge and fell into a deep gorge. The head of the civil defense office in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz says the accident killed 20 of the 45 people on board. Yolanda Gutierrez said the bus was apparently carrying members of a soccer...

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Can-opener: Delivery truck becomes ‘102nd crash’ victim of infamous US bridge (VIDEO)
11 января, 2016
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Can-opener: Delivery truck becomes ‘102nd crash’ victim of infamous US bridge (VIDEO)

  Built before the advent of minimum clearance heights, Durham Bridge has claimed its latest steel scalp from a heavy goods truck, in what appears to be at least the 102nd vehicle smash at the accident black spot. The fresh crash took place while a news crew from NBC was around after recording an interview. The 11-foot-8...

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Teeth on forehead? Deformed mountain lion baffles Idaho wildlife officials
11 января, 2016
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Teeth on forehead? Deformed mountain lion baffles Idaho wildlife officials

A mountain lion with a bizarre deformity has left Idaho wildlife officials baffled. The cougar, who was legally shot last week, had a set of fully-formed teeth and what appeared to be whiskers, growing out of the left side of its forehead.   On Friday, Idaho Fish and Game said the abnormality may possibly be a result of a...

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Summer hailstorm batters Johannesburg area, destroys shopping mall roof (PHOTOS)
10 января, 2016
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Summer hailstorm batters Johannesburg area, destroys shopping mall roof (PHOTOS)

A violent hailstorm has wreaked havoc in Johannesburg, South Africa, causing the roof of a shopping mall to collapse and local residents to take shelter in their homes. It’s summer in South Africa, but dark clouds gathered over the African nation’s largest city at around 3pm on Saturday, covering the streets with an...

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4 killed in missile strike on Medicins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen
10 января, 2016
News of war

4 killed in missile strike on Medicins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen

At least four people have been killed in a missile strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres medical facility in Yemen, a spokesman has confirmed. The organization “strongly condemns this,” while adding that 10 people have been injured in the attack. The facility, which was hit by a rocket on Sunday, is in Razeh in the...

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US releases video it says shows Iranian rockets fired near American aircraft carrier
10 января, 2016
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US releases video it says shows Iranian rockets fired near American aircraft carrier

The US Navy has released footage purportedly showing the Iranian Navy firing unguided rockets in the strategic Strait of Hormuz near the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and other Western warships and commercial vessels. The 45-second black and white video shot from a Seahawk helicopter reportedly shows “fast inshore...

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Sean Penn interview helped catch notorious Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’
10 января, 2016
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Sean Penn interview helped catch notorious Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’

An interview the Hollywood actor Sean Penn had with Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman helped authorities re-capture the Mexican drug kingpin, it has emerged. In the talk, published in Rolling Stone on Saturday, Guzman said he had sent tunnel engineers to Germany for training before his truly movie-like escape through a...

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The son of prominent businessman beat the model in the center of Moscow
10 января, 2016
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The son of prominent businessman beat the model in the center of Moscow

22-year-old Anna Lisovskaya on his page "VKontakte" told about the abuse, which made over her boyfriend 22-year-old model Anna Lisovskaya was the victim of a severe beating, which gave her boyfriend — the son of a wealthy businessman Alexander Sharygo. On his page on the social network "VKontakte" the...

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Russian viral video of doctor hitting patient who dies
10 января, 2016
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Russian viral video of doctor hitting patient who dies

CCTV footage has emerged of a Russian hospital doctor punching a patient who collapsed and later died. The incident took place in the city of Belgorod, 670km (440 miles) south of the capital, Moscow, on 29 December. The patient had earlier kicked a nurse, after which the doctor punched him in the head, Russian media reported....

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