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The original coffin of Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, is to be auctioned in Los Angeles.
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Residents living along the historic Ganges River in eastern India complain water pollution is on the rise.
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350 million people rose out of poverty in the past decade, but 1.4 billion are still extremely poor, says the latest report into rural poverty.
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Israeli police arrest two people on suspicion of starting a huge forest fire through negligence.
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Investigators have begun examining the wreckage of the crash that injured 90 and killed 2 people after takeoff near Moscow.
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FIFA's decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cup soccer finals to Russia and Qatar brings mixed reactions from rivals.
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An official delegation of 15 MEPs will join the final week of the UN climate change conference in Cancún, Mexico (6-10 December) to press for critical steps to be made towards a binding international deal.
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An American woman freed after 13 months in an Iranian jail, releases a music video to raise awareness for her fiance and friend who remain imprisoned.
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Snow storms across western Europe cause travel chaos forcing the closure of airports, schools and severely impacting public transport.
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At the OSCE Summit, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Roza Otunbayeva for a bilateral discussion.
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President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė attending OSCE Summit in Astana had a conversation with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Serbia's progress on reform, and the Council's recent request that the Commission examine its EU membership application, were welcomed in a Foreign Affairs Committee resolution approved on Wednesday.
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Firefighters race to put out a fire in south of Perth believed to have been deliberately set and that has already destroyed 250 hectares of bush.
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An eco-friendly electric eel powers Christmas tree lights at an aquarium in Japan.
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Two-week-old cheetah cub, Kiburi, is the latest addition to California's San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
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Protests against last week's North Korean artillery attack continue in the South, including the launch of balloons with anti-North Korea leaflets.
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Ice sculpture festival journeys around the world's famous monuments and visits history's greatest figures.
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Thai villagers in Lopburi host a special banquet for 3,000 long-tailed macaques to thank the monkeys for bringing tourists to the city.
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Recently freed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets the families of political prisoners still being held by the government in Myanmar.
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New plan sets out action to reach 75% employment target for the EU by 2020.
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