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First Istanbul trial begins of Turkey coup suspects

by Stuart WILLIAMS / Clotilde GOURLET Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - Twenty-nine Turkish police officers went on trial Tuesday…

Abe’s Pearl Harbor pilgrimage underlines US-Japan tie

by Jerome CARTILLIER Agence France-Presse HONOLULU, United States (AFP) -Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travels Tuesday to Hawaii's Pearl Harbor,…

Main black box of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea

by Vasily MAXIMOV with Gabrielle TETRAULT-FARBER in Moscow Agence France-Presse SOCHI, Russia (AFP) - Russian rescuers working round the clock…

Rare death from snake bite in Australian home

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A man has died a week after being bitten by one of the world's deadliest snakes…

Indian passenger plane skids off runway, injuring 15

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- An Indian plane carrying 161 passengers and crew skidded off the runway at Goa airport…

Massive sinkhole threatens Michigan neighborhood

MICHIGAN, United States (AFP) -- A giant sinkhole formed underneath a house in Fraser, Michigan on Saturday (December 24) forcing…

Peru’s Sabancaya volcano roars to life

AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) -- Peru's Sabancaya volcano rumbled back to life on Monday (December 26), spewing ash and smoke some…

Kuwait jails Filipina for joining IS jihadists

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) -- A Kuwaiti court on Monday sentenced a Filipino woman to 10 years in jail after…

Obama confident he could have won the White House again

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Barack Obama says he could have been reelected for a third term and that…

Parts of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea

by Vasily MAXIMOV with Maria ANTONOVA in Moscow Agence France Presse SOCHI, Russia (AFP) -- Russian rescuers found Monday the…

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