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Creditors meet again on debt deal

[2015-06-24 07:43]

Greece and its creditors were working to seal a bailout deal on Tuesday with exactly one week to go before Athens is due to repay the International Monetary Fund 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) or face default and a possible exit from the European Union.

Deposed president thanks Putin

[2015-06-24 07:43]

Former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for "saving my life" during the demonstrations that led to his ousting.

UN accuses both sides of abuses

[2015-06-24 07:43]

UN investigators said on Monday that during the 2014 Gaza conflict, Israel and Palestinian militant groups committed grave abuses of international humanitarian law that may amount to war crimes.

'Titanic' music composer Horner dies in plane crash

[2015-06-24 07:43]

James Horner, the celebrated composer of several Hollywood blockbusters, including Titanic and Avatar, died on Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61, US media reported.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

[2015-06-24 07:43]

A Danish ship owner said one of its vessels has rescued 222 people in two boats off the coast of Libya.

Scientists unlock secrets of brain

[2015-06-23 07:38]

To the untrained eye, the graph looked like a volatile day on Wall Street, with jagged peaks and valleys, but it was not describing economics. It was a glimpse into the brains of Shaul Yahil and Shaw Bronner, two researchers at a Yale University lab, as they had a chat.

'Mindless eating' becomes norm, threatens health

[2015-06-23 07:38]

Many Australians have admitted to regularly eating fast food, skipping breakfast and not doing enough exercise, according to a health and well-being survey released on Monday.

Heat wave kills 180 in two days

[2015-06-23 07:38]

An intense heat wave killed more than 180 people at the weekend in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, officials said on Monday, as the electricity grid crashed during the first days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Refugee starts new life after hazardous 90-day trek

[2015-06-23 07:38]

Adnan's three-month journey from the bombed-out wreckage of Aleppo to Paris took him on a treacherous voyage by sea, foot, lorries and trains in search of safety.

Former nurse recalls Okinawa nightmare

[2015-06-23 07:38]

Seventy years after the Battle of Okinawa, Yoshiko Shimabukuro still has terrifying nightmares of watching friends and Japanese soldiers die as they hid in caves to escape fierce US shelling.

Al-Jazeera journalist gets assurance about extradition

[2015-06-23 07:38]

No one will be extradited from Germany if they face the death penalty, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said on Monday when asked about an Al-Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Mansour, who has been remanded in custody in Berlin at Egypt's request.

Execution appeal is thrown out by court

[2015-06-23 07:38]

A French drug convict lost an appeal against his death sentence on Monday, but his lawyers vowed to fight on and prevent another foreigner from facing the firing squad in Indonesia.

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