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Monthly Archives: March 2016

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Veteran appeals court judge Merrick Garland has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next US Supreme Court Justice. The Supreme Court vacancy...

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A tailless humpback whale has been spotted off New Zealand. The whale was first seen on March 14 off the coast of Kaikoura on the...

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Washington DC's Metro train system has been shut down for 29 hours from March 15 at midnight for emergency safety checks. The unprecedented closure of...

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Brussels police are hunting for suspects for a second day after a deadly anti-terror raid in the Belgian capital, linked to November's jihadist attacks...

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Otto Warmbier has been given 15 years hard labor in North Korea for crimes against the state. The 21-year-old American student was arrested for trying...

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Donald Trump has won a decisive victory in the key state of Florida but lost to John Kasich in Ohio. In the Democratic field, Hillary...

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A fifth Indiana Jones movie will be released in July 2019, The Walt Disney Company has announced. The as-yet-untitled film will come 11 years after...

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Mother Teresa is to be declared a saint on September 4, Pope Francis has announced. The Roman Catholic nun who worked with the poor in...

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The computer is an iconic piece of technology that revolutionised the world. Sometimes, we take it for granted and don’t realise how much has...

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Russian troops have started to withdraw from Syria after yesterday's surprise announcement by President Vladimir Putin. The first planes left Hmeimim air base in Syria...

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Htin Kyaw has become Myanmar’s first civilian president after more than 50 years of military rule. The parliament has elected Htin Kyaw, a close ally...

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Anders Behring Breivik has given a Nazi salute upon his return to court to accuse the government of violating his human rights by holding...

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Senior ISIS commander Omar Shishani died from injuries sustained in a recent US air strike in north-eastern Syria, the Pentagon has confirmed. Earlier reports had...

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Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accepted a key ministerial role in President Dilma Rousseff's government, media reports say. Members of the governing...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has surprisingly ordered his troops to start withdrawing the "main part" of its forces in Syria from March 15. Vladimir Putin...

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Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd Palin, has been injured in a snowmobile crash in Alaska. The former Republican vice-presidential candidate had canceled an appearance at a...

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Eurozone industrial output grew at its highest rate in more than six years during January 2016, driven by a sharp increase in output from...

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Turkish authorities have begun security operations against the PKK members in south-eastern Turkey and in Iraq. The moves come as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed...

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China’s Anbang has agreed to buy Strategic Hotels & Resorts from private equity giant Blackstone for $6.5 billion. Strategic Hotels and Resorts owns 18 luxury...

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A chemical accident in the basement of the Bangkok’s Siam Commercial Bank has killed eight people, Thai officials have confirmed. The contractors were working on...

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Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac has read a letter by Alec Guinness letter at a performance in London. In the letter, Alec Guinness branded co-star...

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Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has apologized for suggesting some Bataclan theater security guards may have known in advance about the Paris...

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South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol has won his first match against Google’s AlphaGo program, after losing three in a row in a best-of-five...

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At least 32 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a car bomb exploded in Ankara, Turkey’s health ministry has said. The...

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Matt LeBlanc crashed a wedding at St Paul's Cathedral in London while touring round the city in the latest Top Gear stunt. The Top Gear...