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37 bags of body parts from crashed plane brought to hospital for identification

A total of 37 bags of body parts from the crashed Indonesian plane have been brought to a Jakarta hospital for identification, according to a rescuer on Wednesday. The Lion Air plane with 189 people onboard crashed into the waters off karawang of Indonesia’s West Java province shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Monday.   Rescuers put the body ...

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Helicopter crash kills 25 in Afghanistan

An Afghan official says an army helicopter carrying senior officials has crashed in bad weather in the western Farah province, killing all 25 on board. Naser Mehdi, a spokesman for the provincial governor, says the helicopter crashed around 9:10 a.m. (0440 GMT), shortly after taking off from the mountainous Anar Dara district heading toward nearby Herat province.   He says ...

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NASA spacecraft sets record for closest approach to sun

 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is now closer to the sun than any spacecraft has ever gotten.   Parker on Monday surpassed the record of 26.6 million miles (43 million kilometers) set by Helios-2 back in 1976. And it will keep getting closer to the sun until it flies through the corona, or outer atmosphere, for the first time next week, ...

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China reverses ban on trade in tiger, rhino products

China says it will allow trading in products made from endangered tigers and rhinos under “special circumstances,” reversing a previous ban and bringing condemnation from conservation groups. A notice from the Cabinet issued Monday avoided mentioning any change in the law, saying instead that it would “control” the trade and that rhino horns and tiger bones could only be obtained ...

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British woman charged with murder of her husband in Malaysia

A British woman was charged Tuesday with murdering her husband, who was found stabbed to death at their home on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi. Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo said Samantha Jones, 51, was asked by a court official if she understood the charge and that her client said yes.   Police found a blood-stained kitchen knife in the ...

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German ex-nurse Niels Hoegel on trial over 100 deaths

A German former nurse accused of murdering 100 patients is due to go on trial in the northern town of Oldenburg. Detectives say Niels Hoegel, 41, administered fatal doses of medication to the people in his care at two hospitals in northern Germany.   His motive, they say, was to impress colleagues by trying to resuscitate the very patients he ...

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Canadian mother reunited with kidnapped son after 31 years

 A Canadian mother has been reunited with her son who was abducted in 1987 as a toddler. Jermaine Allan Mann was allegedly taken by his father when he was 21 months old during a scheduled visit in Toronto.   He and his father lived under assumed names in the US until late last week, when his father was caught allegedly ...

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Palestinians revive calls to end security ties with Israel

The Palestine Liberation Organization’s mini-parliament has called for ending security coordination with Israeli forces in the West Bank, but says implementation is up to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Late on Monday, at the end of a two-day gathering, the Palestinian Central Council also called for suspending recognition of Israel. Abbas, who controls the council, has not implemented such decisions in ...

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Pittsburgh shooting: White House denies Trump rhetoric to blame

The White House has rejected suggestions that President Donald Trump’s rhetoric could be to blame for a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Monday it was “outrageous” to suggest that Mr Trump was at all responsible for the 11 deaths on Saturday.   She said the president and first lady will visit Pennsylvania on ...

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UK to start taxing big internet companies

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond poses for the media as he holds up the traditional red dispatch box, outside his official residence 11 Downing Street before delivering his annual budget speech to Parliament in London, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. London, Oct 30 : Britain’s Treasury chief unveiled Monday a new tax on big internet companies’ revenues, insisting it ...

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