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The only confirmed wreckage of Flight MH370 to be recovered so far has been a wing flap found on a remote Indian Ocean island in July
Parliamentary watchdog launched investigations after auditor general raised questions about spending within Planning and Devolution Ministry
Republican presidential candidate takes step back from his expressed support for a government database to track Muslims in the US
Accidental blaze guts apartment on 50th floor; neighboring residents displaced
Pakistan's only paraplegic death-row inmate will be executed in coming days at high-security prison in industrial city of Faisalabad; move criticized by human rights groups
Officials say 120 brigades from Basij, paramilitary unit of Revolutionary Guard, stormed and 'liberated' replica of mosque in exercise outside holy city of Qom in central Iran
Storm dumps between a few inches and 20 inches of snow across Upper Midwest, snarling travel and causing more than 500 flight cancellations
Leroy Stolzfus finished 26.2-mile Harrisburg Marathon in just over three hours, all while wearing his community's traditional clothing of slacks and suspenders
Four tourists from Britain and two from Australia were among seven people killed when helicopter crashed on scenic New Zealand glacier, police say
Vatican judge indicts five people, including two journalists and high-ranking Vatican monsignor, latest scandal involving leaked documents that informed two books alleging financial malfeasance in church
Prolific songwriter, performer and producer died last week at age 77
In October, unemployment rate was below 4.5 percent in 21 states — a historically low level that may help push up pay in the coming months
The draft resolution demands that UN member states 'eradicate IS safe havens established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks that killed at least 15 people, but the Islamic State group typically claims attacks in Baghdad
Cutting 'absolutely necessary' investments will reduce overall capital expenditure to 12 billion euros in 2016
Celine Dion will perform a rendition of Edith Piaf's "Hymne à L'Amour" in French at the ceremony to pay tribute to those affected by last week's attacks
Fifteen people are killed, 30 wounded in the attack in the fortress city of Shibam in Yemen's Hadramawt province, officials say
At a town hall meeting at an American-style university President Obama urged young people to set an example, stand up to violent extremism, and to build interfaith dialogue that promotes tolerance
China has tight currency controls which limit individuals to converting $50,000 in currency a year, but they are widely evaded
Hu Yaobang's death catalyzed the 1989 pro-democracy protest movement that was brutally crushed on Beijing's Tiananmen Square
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