Hopes Paris summit can revive peace deal to end war in Ukraine
A long-awaited summit in Paris is aiming to find a way to end the war in Ukraine, after five years and 14,000 lives lost in a conflict that has emboldened the Kremlin and reshaped European geopolitics.

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Saudi pilot killed three after 'porn stash' taunt
A Saudi trainee military pilot launched a terror attack at a US Navy base after an instructor called him "porn stash", suggesting his moustache resembled that of a pornographic film actor.

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Rohingya activist fears attack by Aung San Suu Kyi supporters
A leading UK Rohingya activist fears he and his family could be attacked by ardent supporters of the Mayanmar (Burma) government as the genocide trial against the regime begins in The Hague.

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Public 'misled' over progress in Afghan war
Senior American officials routinely misled the public about US success in Afghanistan, fiddling statistics and metrics to spin a conflict that they knew was going badly, according to a trove of confidential assessments.

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Russia out of Olympics and World Cup over doping
Russia has been banned from the world's top sporting events for four years - including the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 World Cup - for tampering with doping tests.

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Russia and Ukraine agree to revive peace process and exchange prisoners
The presidents of Ukraine and Russia have agreed to revive the peace process on the bloody separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine and exchange all prisoners, but failed to resolve crucial issues such as a timeline on local elections and control of the borders in the rebel-held region.

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