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Ex-Wham! singer George Michael dead at 53
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» LONDON - British pop singer George Michael, who rose to fame with the band Wham! and sold more than 100 million albums in his career, has died aged 53, his publicist said on Sunday.
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George Michael: pop icon who caught the spirit of the 1980s
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» LONDON - George Michael, who has died aged 53, was a teenage heartthrob turned superstar singer-songwriter whose smooth vocals belied a personal life shadowed by drug problems and heartbreak.
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Lawmakers seek to question S. Korea's detained 'Rasputin'
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» SEOUL - South Korean lawmakers sought Monday to question the woman at the heart of a corruption scandal that triggered the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye, as special prosecutors raided the home of a former top presidential aide.
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Christmas typhoon threatens Philippine capital
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» MANILA - A powerful typhoon threatened to bring heavy rains and winds to the heavily-populated Philippine capital as it dragged its way across the archipelago on Monday, spoiling the Christmas holidays.
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BMW to recall nearly 200,000 cars in China
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» BEIJING - German luxury carmaker BMW will recall nearly 200,000 vehicles in China because of flawed airbags, according to the country's quality regulator and the company.
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2016 begins and ends with music deaths
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» NEW YORK - Pop superstar George Michael's death over the Christmas holidays caps one of the most tragic years in memory for the music world which mourned a steady stream of top names.
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China's giant cow farms leave neighbours up milk creek
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» GANNAN (CHINA) - Giant piles of black manure towering over cornfields, while rancid-smelling effluent from thousands of cows spills onto the land -- this is the price of a glass of milk in China today.
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Indonesia marks tsunami 12 years ago with prayers
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» BANDA ACEH (INDONESIA) - Thousands of Indonesians prayed for their loved ones at mass graves and mosques Monday to mark a tsunami which devastated Aceh province 12 years ago today, one of the worst natural disasters in human history.
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Duped by fake news, Pakistan minister makes nuke threat to Israel
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's defence minister has threatened to retaliate in kind to any Israeli nuclear strike after apparently being tricked by a fake news site into a confrontation on social media.
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China and Sao Tome restore diplomatic ties in snub to Taiwan
AFP, Published on 26/12/2016
» BEIJING - China signed an agreement to restore diplomatic relations with Sao Tome and Principe Monday, just days after the small African nation announced it had cut ties with Taiwan.
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