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| Man dies in police shooting incident in northern England |
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| A man has died after being shot by police during an operation in northern England, West Yorkshire Police said on Tuesday, later confirming the incident was not terrorism-linked. Police said the shooting occurred during a "pre-planned policing operation" near the M62 motorway in Huddersfield at about 1800 GMT on Monday. There were no further details and the death has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission to investigate which is routine in any police shooting incident. |
| China tightens Tibetan border security to combat 'separatism' |
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 China has tightened security regulations in Tibet's border region to battle the risks of terrorism and 'separatism', the state-owned Global Times said. The move follows a call by China early in December for southwestern neighbour India to avoid complicating a simmering dispute over a visit by a senior exiled Tibetan religious leader to a border region. Beijing views exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist.
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| Indonesian boat captain to be prosecuted for negligence after deadly fire |
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 Indonesia plans to prosecute the captain of a tourist boat for negligence after a fire ripped through the vessel on New Year's Day, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens, police said on Tuesday. The boat was carrying about 250 people before it was engulfed by flames shortly after leaving Jakarta. Authorities were still searching the waters around the port for victims, while bodies retrieved from the charred ship were still being identified, said Hendra Sudirman, head of Jakarta's Search and Rescue agency.
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| French baby dies after taking product to treat Vitamin D deficiency |
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| A 10-day-old French baby died on December 21 after getting a dose of a product used to treat Vitamin D deficiencies, said a French medical safety watchdog body late on Monday. The French body said it had not yet established the links between the death of the child - who suffered a cardio-respiratory attack - and the ingestion of the 'Uvesterol D' product, developed by the Crinex laboratory. |
| Moscow seeks naval drills as Russian warships visit Manila |
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| Russia wants to hold maritime drills with the Philippines to help combat terrorism and piracy, sending two warships to Manila for the first official navy-to-navy contact, as President Rodrigo Duterte pivots to United States' traditional rivals. Admiral Tributs, an anti-submarine vessel, and a sea tanker Boris Butoma, arrived late on Tuesday for a four-day goodwill visit, with its crew expected to demonstrate anti-terrorism capability and hold talks, said Rear Admiral Eduard Mikhailov, head of the Flotilla of the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet. "Our governments will maybe discuss in some period of time the possibilities of our maritime exercises," Mikhailov told a news conference, adding Russia has been holding drills with the Indonesian navy. |
| Hong Kong's 'bow tie Tsang' denies graft related to China penthouse |
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 By Venus Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang, the highest-ranking ex-official to be charged in the city's history, on Tuesday denied bribery related to the decoration of a luxury penthouse in the neighbouring Chinese city of Shenzhen. Tsang, 72, pleaded not guilty in the high court to one count of "chief executive accepting an advantage" and another two counts of misconduct in public office. The charges allege Tsang accepted refurbishment and redecoration work on the three-storey penthouse in Shenzhen that he'd rented from the Shenzhen East Pacific Group, owned by property tycoon Bill Wong Cho-bau.
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