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  • 26 December 2017: Russia: Runaway bus kills at least four in entrance to Moscow Metro station
  • 25 December 2017: Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales announces move of Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
  • 24 December 2017: England: Fire at London Zoo kills aardvark, meerkats believed dead
  • 15 December 2017: England: Baby born with heart outside body operated on; surviving, three weeks after birth
  • 13 December 2017: Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam
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  • England: Baby born with heart outside body operated on; surviving, three weeks after birth
  • Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, scientists say
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  • Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales announces move of Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
  • Yemen: Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in Sana’a by Houthi militants
  • Israeli Health minister Ya’akov Litzman resigns in protest after Jews made to work on Jewish rest day
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  • UEFA Champions League 2017–2018: Draw for Last 16 held at Nyon
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  • DR Congo: Train crash kills more than 30 in Lualaba province
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  • Yemen: Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in Sana’a by Houthi militants
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