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Thousands in Indonesia mark 15th anniversary of tsunami with prayers
Thousands of people knelt in prayer in IndonesiaAceh province on Thursday at ceremonies marking the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern historyworst natural disasters.
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UK economy limped to year-end after uncertainty wrought havoc
Brexit uncertainty ensured 2019 was another difficult year for the economy, as the UK flirted with recession after two EU withdrawal deadline extensions kept firms and households in limbo.
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Israeli politician aims to oust Netanyahu in Likud primary
Israelgoverning Likud party was holding primary elections on Thursday, in the first serious internal challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his more than a decade in power.
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Australia firefighters braced for extreme heatwave at weekend
Firefighters battling wildfires in Australiamost populous state attempted to make headway on Thursday amid favourable conditions, before an &extreme heatwave& hits embattled areas on the weekend.
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At least 14 people are dead after a plane crashed into a two-storey building near an airport in Kazakhstan.

The Bek Air plane, a Fokker-100, was carrying 93 passengers and five crew members when it took off from the airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city.

It was bound for the country's capital Nur-Sultan, formerly known as Astana.

But it

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Nursing homes are a relative rarity in China, where old people tend to live with their children.

Sunshine Nursing Home, in Hangzhou, eastern China, is even more novel. Among the 600 or so retirees living there are 20 young residents.

They volunteer to teach classes to old people: calligraphy, music, dancing. In return, they get a bed for just 300

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