Rail traffic resumes at Berlin station after fire, cause unknown

BERLIN (Reuters) - Long-distance rail traffic resumed at the busy Berlin Zoo train station on Sunday after firefighters extinguished a fire that had caused large amounts of smoke, though local railway traffic remained halted, German federal police said on Twitter.

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Even in Poland, Workers’ Wages Flow to North Korea

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‘Multiple’ Deputies Hit in Colorado Shooting, Officials Say

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Passing the Torch to the Next Generation of Volunteers

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German police allow some rail traffic to resume at Berlin station

BERLIN (Reuters) - German federal police said they had allowed long-distance rail traffic to resume at Berlin's Zoo train station on Sunday after firefighters extinguished a fire that caused large amounts of smoke, but local railway traffic was still halted.

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Russia indicts St Petersburg blast suspect on terrorism charges: investigators

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Investigative Committee said on Sunday it had indicted on terrorism charges a suspect who allegedly organized and carried out a bombing that injured 13 people in a St. Petersburg supermarket this week.

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Iran protests: Telegram and Instagram restricted

Telegram and Instagram were used to organise three days of anti-establishment protests.

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Australia and New Zealand see in 2018

New Year fireworks in Sydney and Auckland welcome 2018.

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Rail traffic halted at Berlin station due to smoke, cause unknown

BERLIN (Reuters) - Railway traffic was halted at Berlin's Zoo train station on Sunday due to a large amount of smoke, with at least one person injured, German police and fire officials said on Twitter.

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Dozens killed in bus and lorry road crash in Kenya

The collision with a lorry took place on a notoriously dangerous stretch of highway near Migaa.

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Rail traffic halted at Berlin station due to smoke, cause unknown: police

BERLIN (Reuters) - Railway traffic was halted at Berlin's Zoo train station on Sunday due to a large amount of smoke, and several people were rescued from the scene, German federal police said on Twitter.

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In Congo, 2 Killed and Altar Boys Arrested Amid Crackdown on Protests

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Laughter, Then Horror, as Flames Engulf Upscale Mumbai Restaurants

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Scan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases

Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from.

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Foreign aid to be shifted to support UK policy, Johnson says

Money will now support aims such as denying safe havens to Islamist terrorists, Boris Johnson says.

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Bid to find family of man who collapsed on Boxing Day

The man suffered a heart attack outside University College Hospital in London on 26 December.

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Iran warns protesters who pose major challenge to country's leadership

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran warned of a crackdown on Sunday against demonstrators who pose one of the biggest challenges to both the government and clerical leadership in power since the 1979 revolution.

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Iran warns protestors who pose major challenge to country's leadership

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran warned of a crackdown on Sunday against demonstrators who pose one of the biggest challenges to both the government and clerical leadership in power since the 1979 revolution.

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Congo security forces accused of killing two during anti-government protests

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese security forces shot dead two men on Sunday during protests against President Joseph Kabila's refusal to step down from office, Human Rights Watch said.

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Tamil film star to enter politics in India's 'Detroit'

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A big star of India's Tamil-language movies, Rajinikanth, said on Sunday he is launching a political party, adding drama to a heated political scene in a state with a history of film stars becoming chief ministers.

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Volunteers could guard some UK borders, Home Office says

Ministers are "considering the potential benefits" of using volunteers at small air and sea ports.

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Blast at funeral in eastern Afghanistan kills 15: official

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide attack at a funeral in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday killed at least 15 people and wounded 13, the governor's spokesman said.

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Greece on Turkey asylum row: democracies cannot threaten or be threatened

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece dismissed Turkish anger on Sunday over its decision to grant asylum to a soldier who Ankara accuses of involvement in the abortive coup against President Tayyip Erdogan in July 2016.

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North Korea: South seizes second ship in oil supply row

South Korea says 5,100-tonne tanker may have been heading to the North in violation of sanctions.

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On the Dance Beat: Extreme Focus, Extreme Costumes, Extreme Imagination

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