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Polish PM Beata Szydło welcomes US troops
Polish PM Beata Szydło welcomes US troops

Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło on Saturday headed a ceremony in the Western town of Żagań welcoming US troops. The troops are in the region in response to Russian action in Ukraine and began arriving earlier this week.

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Cargo plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan, killing over 30
Cargo plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan, killing over 30

A Turkish cargo plane crashed just outside of Manas Airport in Kyrgyzstan en route from Hong Kong to İstanbul early on Monday morning.

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At least 26 killed in another Brazil prison riot
At least 26 killed in another Brazil prison riot

In the latest of a series of prison riots in prisons across Brazil, dozens of inmates, mostly rival gangs, were reported dead at the State Penitentiary of Alcaçuz, a state prison located in Natal, the capital of the Brazilian state, Rio Grande do Norte.

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Robben signs contract extension with Bayern
Robben signs contract extension with Bayern

German football club FC Bayern Munich on Monday announced Dutch winger Arjen Robben has signed a one contract extension until June 2018.

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Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice
Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice

In research released on Thursday in Cell, scientists from Yale University report they managed to trigger instinctive hunting behavior in mice using optogenetics, a manner of priming cells within an organism's brain to switch on when exposed to a laser.

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