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Fragile Ukraine truce holds for third day 26 Dec 2016 - 09:21 pm
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Russia mourns doctor killed in Syria-bound plane crash 26 Dec 2016 - 06:05 pm
 A file photo dated 08 December 2016 shows Russian civil activist, Doctor Yelizaveta Glinka (Doctor Liza) at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow. Doctor Liza was on board a Russian Tu-154 plane that crashed soon after a take-off in Black sea outside Sochi on Dec
Balkan countries illegally push back migrants: UNHCR 26 Dec 2016 - 06:05 pm
Refugees hold banners and block the highway which connects Greece and Macedonia as they stage a protesin the Idomeni town of Greece on April 5, 2016 (Anadolu Agency / Besar Ademi)
Portugal's ex-president Mario Soares in deep coma 26 Dec 2016 - 05:32 pm
Mário Soares (Reuters / Jose Manuel Ribeiro)
Fragile new Ukraine truce holds for third day 26 Dec 2016 - 02:30 pm
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Massive search for Russia plane crash bodies 26 Dec 2016 - 12:57 pm
SOCHI, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 26 : Search operation continue near the Black Sea coast on December 26, 2016 where a Tu-154 plane of the Russian Ministry of Defense crashed near Sochi. A Tupolev Tu-154 plane of the Russian Defense Ministry with 92 people on boar
World-record breaking circumnavigator heads home to France 26 Dec 2016 - 10:47 am
A handout picture released by Sodebo sailing team on December 25, 2016 shows French skipper Thomas Coville holding a poster reading
Russian Defense Ministry Confirms 10 Bodies Recovered at Tu-154 Plane Crash Site 26 Dec 2016 - 08:55 am
Rescuers work at site of the Tu-154 plane crash near Sochi, Russia on December 25, 2016. According to Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, aerostructures of Tu-154 are found 1,5 kilometers away from the coast. ( Russian Ministry of Emergency Situatio
MP's widower urges unity in 2017 25 Dec 2016 - 10:26 pm
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All 92 feared dead as Russian plane crashes 25 Dec 2016 - 10:26 pm
Two girls lay flowers at the home stage building of the Alexandrov Ensemble (The Red Army Choir), in Moscow.
'No survivors' as Syria-bound Russian jet crashes 25 Dec 2016 - 07:49 pm
Russian Emergencies Ministry members walk on a pier near the crash site of Russian military Tu-154 plane in the Black Sea in the Sochi suburb of Khosta, Russia December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
East Aleppo: 'Our memories are buried' 25 Dec 2016 - 07:23 pm
A convoy, evacuating civilians and opposition group members who left east Aleppo that had been under siege by Assad regime and its supporter foreign terrorists, arrive in opposition controlled Rashideen Town of Aleppo, Syria on December 22, 2016 . ( Ahmed
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth misses Christmas church service due to “heavy cold” 25 Dec 2016 - 07:16 pm
The Duchess of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (L-R) arrive for the annual evening reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain December 8
UK’s Queen Elizabeth emphasizes “small acts of goodness” in Christmas 25 Dec 2016 - 06:13 pm
Britain's Queen Elizabeth leaves after attending the Christmas Day service at church in Sandringham, eastern England, December 25, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Russian plane carrying 92 crashes in Black Sea; 10 dead seen 25 Dec 2016 - 05:48 pm
 Rescuers unload fragments and remains from a boat, found at the site of the Tu-154 plane crash near Sochi, Russia, 25 December 2016. A Tu-154 aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry has crashed in the Black Sea after it disappeared from radar, regional
Activists to march from Berlin to Aleppo 25 Dec 2016 - 01:39 pm
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Russian military jet crashes on way to Syria, dozens from Red Army Choir among 92 believed dead 25 Dec 2016 - 01:13 pm
Russian Emergencies Ministry members work at a quay of the Black Sea near the crash site of Russian military Tu-154 plane, in the Sochi suburb of Khosta, Russia, Russia December 25, 2016. REUTERS.
'No sign of survivors' at Russian plane crash site 25 Dec 2016 - 01:02 pm
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