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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 15 July

Associated Press Thursday, 16 July 2015, 08:08 Last update: about 10 years ago

SOLAR PLANE - Solar plane attempting around-world flight suspends trip in Hawaii because of battery damage. 

GERMANY-AUSCHWITZ TRIAL — Former Auschwitz guard, 94, convicted as accessory to murder. 

PLUTO — Pluto up close: Spacecraft accomplishes flyby, then calls home to confirm success. 

GREAT WHITE RESCUE — A great white shark that got stranded on a Cape Cod beach is swimming free thanks to beachgoers who kept it wet until rescuers arrived. 

POLICE-HORSE DRIVER'S DEATH — The FBI is investigating the death of a black man while he was exercising a horse on a buggy after an encounter with a white police officer in a Mississippi town. 

SMITHSONIAN-BILL COSBY — The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art will post a sign telling visitors that an exhibition featuring Bill Cosby's art collection is not a tribute to the comedian. 

MOBILE FINGERPRINT SCANS-AIRPORTS — Federal authorities are testing a mobile device to scan fingerprints from a sample of foreign air leaving the U.S. from Atlanta. 

PEOPLE-ADAM SANDLER-CANCER WISH — Actor Adam Sandler made a dream come true for a 19-year-old Florida teen after inviting him to hang on his movie set. 

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