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British pilot suspected of being drunk arrested at Gatwick airport

ABritishAirwayspilotsuspectedofbeingdrunkwasarrestedatGatwickairportonThursdayevening,ithasemerged.SussexPolicesaidtheywerecalledtotheairportat8.25pmonThursdaya

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Bus catches fire in Kazakhstan, killing 52 Uzbeks, only 5 escaped

AbuscaughtfireinaremotepartofKazakhstanonThursday,killing52citizensofneighboringUzbekistan,theKazakhInteriorMinistrysaidonThursday.Thebuswastravelingalongaroadi

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Multiple strong earthquakes hit western Iran

SeveralstrongquakeshaveshakenwesternIraninthepasttwohoursfollowingthe5.6-RichterscaleearthquakethatjoltedSoomarcityinwesternKermanshahprovinceonThursday,Seismol

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Trains cancelled, classes suspended in China snowstorms

ThefirstsnowofthenewyearhitlargepartsofcentralandeasternChinasinceWednesday,meteorologicalstationsaidThursday.InYichangincentralChina'sHubeiProvince,49trainshad

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Snow hits central China

ThefirstsnowoftheNewYearstartedhittinglargepartsofcentralChina'sHenanProvinceWednesday,thelocalmeteorologicalstationsaidThursday.OnThursdaymorning,snowontheroad

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DPRK continues contact with ROK via border hotline

TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)onThursdaycontinueditscontactwiththeRepublicofKorea(ROK)throughareopenedcross-bordercommunicationschannel.Thursday'sfi

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Cuba's Raul Castro to leave office in 2018

CubanPresidentRaulCastroonThursdayaffirmedthathewillleaveofficeinApril2018,whenthecountry'snewnationallegislatureconvenestoelectaleaderforthenextfiveyears."When

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Another DPRK soldier defects to South via DMZ: Seoul

ADPRK(theDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea)soldierdefectedtotheSouthonThursdayacrosstheDemilitarizedZonethatdividesthepeninsula,Seoul'sdefenceministrysaid.The"l

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Two dead, four missing in Taiwan factory fire

TwopeoplewerekilledandfourothersweremissingafterfirebrokeoutonThursdayinafactoryinTaoyuan,Taiwan,reportslocalmedia.FiveVietnameseworkershavebeenrescuedandtakent

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Bus accident involving Singaporean tourists reported in N. Finland

AbustransportingSingaporeantouristswentofftheroadinFinnishLaplandareaonThursdayevening,andsomeofthe30-membergroupweretakentohospitalforcheckup,reportssaid.Theac

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5 killed, 3 injured in central China scaffold collapse

FivepeoplewerekilledandthreeothersinjuredwhenascaffoldcollapsedWednesdayafternooninaconstructionsiteincentralChina'sHubeiProvince,localauthoritiessaidThursday.T

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Stunned Zimbabweans contemplate uncertain future without Mugabe

ZimbabweansonThursdayweighedafuturewithouttheirleaderofnearlyfourdecadesafterthearmyplaced93-year-oldPresidentRobertMugabe,aliberationheroturnedauthoritarianlea

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Taliban, IS infighting leaves 7 dead in eastern Afghanistan

AtleastsevenmilitantsfromTalibanandIslamicState(IS)werekilledandfourotherswoundedafterclasheruptedbetweentworivalgroupsintheeasternNangarharprovinceonThursday,a

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6.0-magnitude quake hits 165 km off Hachijo-jima, Japan: USGS

Anearthquakeof6.0-magnitudejolted165kmESEofHachijo-jima,JapanonThursday,theU.S.GeologicalSurvey(USGS)said.Theepicenter,withadepthof20.34km,wasinitiallydetermine

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Afghan army defuses 64 landmines, IEDs in day: gov't

TheAfghanarmyfoundanddefused64landminesandImprovisedExplosiveDevices(IEDs)withinaday,saidcountry'sdefenseministryonThursday."TheAfghanNationalArmy(ANA)engineeri

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Death toll from India power plant explosion rises to 26

Thedeathtollfromanexplosionatagovernment-runcoal-firedpowerplantinnorthernIndiahasrisento26,thegovernmentsaidThursday,asmorepeoplediedfromtheirinjuries."Thedeat

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Catalan leader threatens to declare independence if no talks are held

CatalanleaderCarlesPuigdemontclarifiedThursdaythatindependencehadnotbeendeclared,butthreatenedtodosoiftheSpanishcentralgovernmenttriggersArticle155ofConstitutio