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Body part and seats found, says GreeceGreek defence minister says debris also including suitcases discovered, but definitive explanation could be weeks away -
Suspect in custody after reported shooting at White HouseMan shot by secret service taken to Washington DC hospital as White House placed on lockdown after Friday afternoon incident, authorities said
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‘Is Bangladesh turning fundamentalist?’ – and other questions I no longer wish to answerBangladesh is not the story of a secular country that has turned to radicalism: it is the story of a country that has, against all odds, survived, even flourished
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UKUKNo black officers in four police forces and senior representation is 'pitiful'Cheshire, North Yorkshire, Dyfed-Powys and Durham have no black officers and diversity champion needed, says inquiry by MPs
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EuropeEuropeEgyptAir flight MS804: technical fault may have caused accident - liveEgyptian military says debris from plane found in Mediterranean, after EgyptAir rowed back on announcement that wreckage had been spotted
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Street life in Yangon: from roadside eateries to ear-cleaning stalls – in picturesWhile Myanmar comes to terms with huge political changes and a flood of foreign investment, life on the streets of the old capital goes on. David Levene documents the people of Yangon
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Can a new 'global alliance' rethink disaster response in cities?The deadly spread of ebola in west Africa and the prolonged earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti were a wake up call for the international community: they must find a more effective way to tackle humanitarian crises in urban settings
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Hundreds of UN schools in Middle East attacked, damaged or closedAlmost half of schools in Syria, Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Jordan have been disrupted by conflict, says report
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Children fleeing conflict deserve more than razor wire and border fencesThe world humanitarian summit must prioritise the protection of the 30 million children displaced by conflict and crisis
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How Oklahoma’s execution protocol led to errors – and horrific consequencesScathing report on botched execution underscores a ‘failed’ system rife with ‘negligence’ and raises the question of whether the state can be trusted
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The face of American fascism? Decoding sheriff Joe Arpaio’s anti-bestiality videoHis address is like a parody of Donald Trump, revealing the absurd and fictional nature of the demons they pursue and the emergencies they promise to resolve
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Brazil's interim government wastes no time erasing Workers' party influenceIn just a week, centre-right government has scaled back social policies as ideological shift already has sparked outrage and fear of going backward
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Fears over flying to Egypt only increase after crash of flight MS804Britain stopped flights to Sharm el-Sheikh after the downing of a Russian airliner in October and latest incident raises further concerns
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Trump promises to serve the NRA well following endorsement – videoDonald Trump speaks to assembled National Rifle Association members after the group endorsed him for US president on Friday
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San Francisco's mayor announces police chief's resignation – videoSan Francisco’s police chief, Greg Suhr, resigned on Thursday under pressure from the city’s mayor
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Missing EgyptAir flight: what we know so far – videoA summary of what we know about EgyptAir flight MS804, which went missing over the Mediterranean early on Thursday
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TV weatherman scared by spider on camera – videoWest Virginia news station WOWK 13 NEWS released the video
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Miss Chubby pageant defies stigmas faced by overweight women – videoThe overweight women who participate in the Miss Chubby pageant credit the contest with giving them new confidence
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Brother remembers British passenger on EgyptAir MS804 – videoAlastair Osman says his brother Richard, the only Briton on the EgyptAir flight MS804, was a ‘kind and loving’ father-of-two
Indians demand government action after temperatures hit 51C