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Indonesia raises volcano alert status in Bali to highest, closes airport

IndonesiahasraisedalertforMountAgungvolcanotothehighestlevel4,disastermanagementsourcessaidonMonday.AuthoritiesshutthemainairportinBaliislandafterpowerfulerupti

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Venezuela delays removing currency bills amid crisis, protests

With protests rocking his unpopular government, embattled President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday (Dec 17) pushed back to next month taking Venezuela's highest denomination bill out of circulation.

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Two Sri Lankans set to become country's first to summit Mount Everest

​Two Sri Lankan nationals, Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala and Johann Peries will begin their final ascend to summit Mount Everest this week, becoming the country's first to reach the highest peak in the world, a statement said here on Monday.

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Italy's highest court rejects Berlusconi's "legitimate impediment" in fraud tria

Italy's highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal of former premier Silvio Berlusconi who argued that a 2010 hearing of a trial which convicted him of tax fraud should never have taken place due to his right to "legitimate impediment" that was denied.