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Harold Brown, US defense chief who built, then strove to contain nuclear weapons, dies at 91 06 Jan 2019 - 08:19 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense Harold Brown in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense. Brown served as the Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. Courtesy U.S. Defense Department/Handout via REUTER
Brazil troops deploy to stop criminal attacks in northern city 05 Jan 2019 - 08:36 pm
Firefighters putting out a burning truck and car during a wave of gang violence in Brazil's northeastern Ceara state, in the Conjunto Palmeiras neighborhood, city of Fortaleza, Ceara state, Brazil on January 3, 2019.  AFP PHOTO / O POVO / ALEX GOMES
Trump says he can declare national emergency to build wall 05 Jan 2019 - 07:58 pm
US President Donald Trump addresses a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House following a meeting with Congressional leaders on the government shutdown, January 4, 2019 in Washington. ( AFP / Alex Edelman)
Italian coalition chiefs spar over stranded migrants 05 Jan 2019 - 05:00 pm
A crew member from the Dutch-flagged Sea-Watch 3 rescue vessel throws buoys and a rope to rescue a migrant back on board, after he dived on January 4, 2019 from the vessel in the cold Mediterranean off Malta's coast, in a attempt to reach the shore by swi
Bolton warns Syria against use of chemical weapons 05 Jan 2019 - 04:04 pm
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90 flights canceled at Munich airport due to heavy snowfall 05 Jan 2019 - 03:32 pm
A jogger runs during winter weather in Seeon, Germany, January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
6 schoolchildren, driver killed in India bus crash 05 Jan 2019 - 03:23 pm
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Russian airstrikes kill 3 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo 05 Jan 2019 - 03:13 pm
A Syrian man clears debris from a building that was damaged by a reported air strike in the rebel-held town of Orum al-Kubra, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, on January 5, 2019.   AFP / Aaref WATAD
Mexican president owns no cars or real estate, but his wife does 05 Jan 2019 - 03:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador shows his watch following a question by a reporter after a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ginnette Riquelme/File Photo
Floods, blackouts after Thai storm, but tourist islands spared 05 Jan 2019 - 02:47 pm
A man guards an empty pier after tour operators were forced to suspend boats to tourist islands due to tropical storm Pabuk, in the southern Thai province of Surat Thani on January 4, 2019. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Faulty wiring likely cause of 'Escape Room' fire in Poland 05 Jan 2019 - 02:37 pm
Police and firefighters stand in front of a place, where a fire that broke out in an escape room killed five teenage girls, in the northern Polish city of Koszalin on January 4, 2019. Poland OUT / AFP / REPORTER / Radoslaw Kolesnik
France's 'yellow vest' protestors back on the streets 05 Jan 2019 - 02:32 pm
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World's most-prized fish sold for $3.1 million in Tokyo 05 Jan 2019 - 02:26 pm
President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura (R), displays a 278kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2019.   AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Iran approves anti-money laundering bill 05 Jan 2019 - 02:17 pm
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Police: 3 dead, 4 injured in bowling alley shooting 05 Jan 2019 - 01:58 pm
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Indian court declares Mallya fugitive economic offender: Reports 05 Jan 2019 - 01:43 pm
Vijay Mallya has a break outside the court house as he waits for his extradition case to be heard at Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, Britain, December 10, 2018. (REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/ File Photo)
'Multiple victims' in shooting near Los Angeles: local police 05 Jan 2019 - 12:28 pm
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Former N.Korean diplomat urges missing colleague in Italy to go to S.Korea, not US 05 Jan 2019 - 11:49 am
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