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| Shanghai New Year's Eve stampede kills 36 after fake money thrown from building |
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 By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A stampede killed at least 36 people during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous Bund waterfront district. The government in China's gleaming business capital said large crowds started to stampede in Chen Yi Square on the Bund just before midnight in the cosmopolitan city's worst disaster since 58 died in an apartment building fire in 2010. ...
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| Egyptian court orders retrial of Al Jazeera journalists |
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 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court cancelled jail sentences against three journalists working for Al Jazeera television on Thursday and ordered a retrial, a defence lawyer said, in a case that has provoked an international outcry. Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed were serving seven- to ten-year sentences on charges of aiding the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and publishing false news about Egypt. Speculation has been growing that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi could pardon or deport the men. ...
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| Italy president says he will step down soon |
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 By James Mackenzie and Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 89-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano said on Wednesday that he would step down soon because of his age, leaving Prime Minister Matteo Renzi facing a delicate political challenge to replace him. After dropping hints for months, Napolitano began the president's annual end-year address by saying he was speaking also to his successor, who would "soon" take his place. "I'm about to step down, to resign as the constitution expressly allows," he said. ...
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