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Renzi vows to revamp Italian party, make it more humble

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 18:07 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Recently drubbed by voters, Italian ex-Premier Matteo Renzi on Sunday exhorted his Democratic Party to be more humble and in synch with citizens as he eyes elections widely expected in...

Blast kills at least 52 outside Yemen military camp

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 18:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military camp in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday morning, killing at least 52 soldiers, a security official said. The Islamic State group's...

Buses assigned to Syria evacuations attacked, deal stalls

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 17:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A delicately timed evacuation deal involving trapped civilians and fighters in war-ravaged east Aleppo and two Syrian villages was thrown into doubt Sunday when assailants torched six buses assigned...

Woman dies after tree falls on wedding party

Sunday, 18 December 2016, 06:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A woman was killed and five others were injured when a large eucalyptus tree fell on a wedding party taking photographs at a Southern California park Saturday, authorities said. Several people...

Henry Heimlich, life-saving manoeuvre creator, dies at 96

Saturday, 17 December 2016, 19:22 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich manoeuvre for choking victims has died. Dr Henry Heimlich died early Saturday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was 96. His son,...

Frontex says 350,000 migrants arrived in EU this year so far

Saturday, 17 December 2016, 16:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The head of the European Union border control agency says that about 350,000 migrants have arrived in the EU so far this year. Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of the Frontex border agency,...

Updated: UK restores order after worst prison uprising since 1990

Saturday, 17 December 2016, 12:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Security officers have restored order at a prison in the central English city of Birmingham one day after an estimated 600 inmates seized control and launched a destructive rampage. Authorities...

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