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Scores killed as Ukrainian aircraft crashes near airport in Irancapital
A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people has crashed just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capitalmain airport, killing all on board.
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Exhausted firefighters in Australia get brief respite but temperatures set to rise again
Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defences against deadly wildfires before the blazes flare again within days when scorching temperatures are expected to return.
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British teenager to appeal against her conviction over gang rape 'lies'
A British teenager will appeal against her conviction in Cyprus over a withdrawn allegation of gang rape, her lawyers have said, as the British government said it had raised numerous concerns about her treatment with Cypriot authorities.
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Prozac Nation author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies at age 52
Elizabeth Wurtzel, whose blunt and painful confessions of her struggles with addiction and depression in the best-selling Prozac Nation made her a voice and a target for an anxious generation, died on Tuesday at age 52.
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US President Donald Trump has said the death of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani last week was "American justice" and had saved lives.

Speaking at his first major campaign event of the year, the commander-in-chief put the ongoing crisis in Iran front and centre of his speech in Toledo, Ohio, accusing Maj Gen Soleimani of planning "imminent"

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If the investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran concludes that an Iranian missile was to blame it could inflame already dangerous tensions between Tehran and Washington.

The Iranian authorities have dismissed as "psychological warfare" claims by US and Canadian officials that Iran shot the Ukraine International Airlines plane

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