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Woman in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 92

Sunday, 11 September 2016, 07:23 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The woman in an iconic photo shown kissing an ecstatic sailor in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. Greta Zimmer Friedman was 92. Friedman, who fled Austria during the war...

Tanzania quake kills at least 11; president says many dead

Saturday, 10 September 2016, 20:34 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A Tanzanian police official says that at least 11 people have died in one town in the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that shook the Lake Victoria region, while the president says that many are...

UK-Canada WestJet plane declares emergency, lands in Iceland

Saturday, 10 September 2016, 19:11 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A WestJet flight from London to Edmonton diverted to Iceland on Saturday after the crew discovered a "potential mechanical issue," the Canadian airline said. The pilots aboard the Boeing 767...

Watch: 100 years, 3,300 miles: Vintage motorcycles hitting the road

Saturday, 10 September 2016, 14:23 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Thomas Trapp sells new Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Germany, but for the next two weeks he'll be riding 3,300 miles coast to coast in the United States, aboard one made 102 years ago. He's one...

Prosecutor say failed Paris car bomb plotted by IS-guided women

Saturday, 10 September 2016, 07:19 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A failed car bombing in the heart of Paris was hatched by a group of French women, including one once engaged to men who had already killed in the name of the Islamic State group, France's top...

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