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The world's first face transplant recipient, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, died in April "after a long illness", a hospital said Tuesday.
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Istanbul -
Turkey on Friday said Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, who has ruled the ex-Soviet nation for more than two decades, had died but there was no confirmation from Uzbek authorities."Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died.
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Lille -
One Sudanese migrant was killed and another injured in clashes with Afghan migrants outside the French port of Calais, authorities said Tuesday.
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Banjul -
A member of Gambia's main opposition has died in state custody, the United Democratic Party said Monday, in the second such case in five months.
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Ankara -
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Tuesday a fair trial would represent a harsher punishment for suspected coup plotters than the death penalty -- an apparent step back from threats to re-introduce capital punishment.
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Sydney -
Police are investigating how a man's body lay undiscovered for up to three days in the toilet of an Australian fast-food restaurant, according to media reports.
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Sydney -
Police are investigating how a man's body lay undiscovered for up to three days in the toilet of an Australian fast-food restaurant, according to media reports.
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Sydney -
Police are investigating how a man's body lay undiscovered for up to three days in the toilet of an Australian fast-food restaurant, according to media reports.
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Istanbul -
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey would consider reinstating the death penalty after the failed attempt to overthrow his government."In democracies, decisions are made based on what the people say.
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Madrid -
A Spanish bullfighter was gored to death in front of horrified spectators at a corrida, the first to be killed in the ring in more than three decades.
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London -
British MP Jo Cox has died from her injuries, police said, after being reportedly shot and stabbed in an attack in the street on Thursday.
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Toukyo -
Japanese animal lovers were mourning the death of the country's oldest elephant, Hanako, on Friday, who passed away "quietly" aged 69 after triggering protests over her captivity.
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Calais -
They fled hardship and war only to find misery and squalor, but migrants who met a gruesome end in northern France hoping to reach England are finally getting a touch of dignity in death.
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Singapore -
Singapore is expected to hang a Malaysian murder convict on Friday despite last-minute clemency pleas, his family and human rights groups said.
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Stockholm -
Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward, best known for his iconic sculpture of a revolver with a knotted barrel displayed outside the UN headquarters in New York, has died aged 81, Swedish officials said Wednesday.
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London -
The number of known executions worldwide went up by more than 50 percent last year to at least 1,634, the highest figure recorded since 1989, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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Budapest -
Hungary's only Nobel Literature Prize winner, Imre Kertesz, died aged 86 early Thursday in Budapest after a long illness, his publisher said.
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Ginebra -
One in four deaths worldwide are due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and workplace stress, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.An estimated 12.
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Khartoum -
Veteran Sudan Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, one of the fiercest critics of President Omar al-Bashir's government, died of a heart attack on Saturday aged 84, state television said.
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In recent years the ruining of a good photograph with a semi-in-focus head shot of the person taking the picture has become popular. The activity, it seems, carries the risk of death in certain circumstances.
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Belgrade -
Top Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir has died in jail at The Hague where he was serving a life sentence for genocide in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Serbian media reported Tuesday.
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Havana -
As deacon at a Cuban cemetery, Miguel Pons has the difficult task of consoling the bereaved -- and calming their anger when the coffins break.
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Chennai -
An Indian teenager was struck and killed after he tried to take a photo of himself in front of an oncoming train, police said Monday, in the latest deadly accident involving selfies.
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Toronto -
It may be a symbol of aspiration, but there is a downside. People living in penthouses are more likely to die of a heart attack, at least according to new research.
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Hanoi -
A sacred giant turtle venerated as a symbol of Vietnam's independence struggle has died, state media said, prompting an outpouring of grief and fears the death bodes ill for an upcoming communist leadership handover.
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Mumbai -
Mumbai police said Tuesday they have identified 16 dangerous selfie spots across the Indian city after a man drowned trying to save a girl who fell into the sea while taking a photo of herself.
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Drome -
A French stuntman famous for his wing-suit work, sky-diving, BASE-jumping and tightrope walking has died while preparing for another stunt.
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New York -
A 25-year-old man is being called a hero in New York City after shoving a woman out of the way of a falling elevator. The young man himself, however, was killed moments later.
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Seoul -
A top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un who oversaw relations with the South has died in a traffic accident, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday, a loss seen as a setback for reconciliation efforts.
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Mumbai -
A technician working for Air India has died after being sucked into a jet engine as the plane pushed back for take-off at Mumbai airport, the airline and reports said.
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An execution chamber at a U.S. State Prison Texas Dept of Criminal Justice
Robert Dziekanski, a landed immigrant from Poland is seen on this framegrab from a video taken by Paul Pritchard, at the arrivals area of the Vancouver airport on October 14, 2007. Paul Pritchard
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Classical-style painting of the death of Julius Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini Wikipedia Vincenzo Camuccini
Big crowds in Memphis. For the vigil alone, 75,000, it as noted. Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.
Parking lots can become death traps for children and pwts when the heat of summer arrives. Wikipedia.org
One part of Norris Geyser Basin. Yellowstone National Park
You can now eliminate Illinois from this death penalty map By crankyyankee1776
Dave Goldberg died while exercising on a treadmill TechCrunch
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FAMILY: The young gorilla on the right, Hasani, is the brother of Habibe, the gorilla who died Nov. 7 in an accident at San Francisco Zoo. Daniel Ramirez/Wikimedia Commons
The Alma tunnel in Paris, where Princess Diana died Erik1980
Not all addicts who overdose can be revived. Sometimes, people die. Don't become a statistic. Ralf Roletschek
Deceased Body with Toe Tag Identification http://farm4.static.flickr.com
The body of Ronnie Smith is pictured in the morgue at Benghazi Medical Center in Benghazi With permission by Reuters//Esam Omran Al-Fetori
The photo that made Robert Capa famous from the Spanish Civil War. Wikipedia
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