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Azerbaijan observed a day of mourning for the victims of the plane crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors ...

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Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the ...

Singh was known as the father of economic reforms in India. He served as finance minister in the early 1990s, and his policies then set India on the path of economic liberalization and globalization.

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The burst of new laws follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling, and reflects public frustration with record-high homelessness.

An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, according to the Health ...

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them ...

Cobb will be sworn in as Roanoke's next mayor, along with new City Council members Terry McGuire, Phazon Nash, and Nick Hagen ...

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