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Florence mourns the loss of its football club captain

Fiorentina's return after their abandoned match with Udines sees tributes at stadium and crowd of well-wishers stunned at 31-year-old Davide Astori's sudden death.

Turkey

Turkish teacher 'given job back' 18 months after his death

He was tortured for being a traitor of Turkey, says a human rights group, and denied dignity even in death. Now authorities say he is innocent and have reinstated him as a teacher.

Turkey

Turkish president slammed for 'martyrdom' comment to girl, 6

Recep Tayyip Erdogan was comforting a crying child at a political rally when he made the bizarre comments in front of television cameras.

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Ultra-orthodox Jews mourn passing of spiritual leader in Jerusalem

Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach held controversial positions on, amongst other things, military service.

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India

Bollywood mourns death of pioneering heroine Sridevi

A veteran of 300 movies, the iconic actress was only 54 when she suffered a heart attack in Dubai.

Peru

Dozens dead after Peru bus plunges into ravine

At least 44 people have died after a bus veered off a highway and over cliff in Peru on Wednesday, just weeks after 52 were killed in another bus crash in the country on January 2.

USA

America's most-loved evangelist Billy Graham dies

Friend to 12 presidents and the first revivalist preacher to make a national impact via television and the media, he established a model for building a proseletysing church that kept the loyalty of its congregation, a model some later tele-evangelists copied to get fabulously rich.

Syria

Syria: Over 90 people killed outside Damascus

A war monitoring group says 20 children are among the dead.

World

Malawi cholera cases pass 500, eight people dead

Ministry of Health spokesman Joshua Malango said the number of cases had increased to 527 from 157 recorded in January, and that deaths had doubled from four to eight.

USA

Florida shooting victim 'one of the greatest people I knew'

Sheriff Israel comments on the impact Assistant Football Coach Aaron Feis had on Parkland, Florida.

USA

Florida shooting suspect charged with murder

Nikolas Cruz, 19, is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.

Austria

Austria train collision kills one, injures 22 others

Two trains collided in the southeastern state of Styria this afternoon, causing several cars to derail on impact.

World News

How Ikea brought Scandi style to the masses

Swedish founder of furniture giant IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad has died aged 91, but leaves a company which changed the face of home furnishing forever

United Kingdom

Maverick, magician, misanthrope: death claims The Fall's Mark E. Smith

Over 40 years making music with 32 studio albums and as many lives, influencing countless bands and turning over 66 band members in the process, the Mancunian's cultural legacy is immense.

Italy

Milan derailment: 'my daughter isn't answering the phone anymore'

Worried mother says her daughter is no longer answering the phone after making a distressed call to say the train was derailing.

Czech Republic

At least four people have died following a fire at hotel in central Pr

The fire broke out on Saturday evening at the Eurostars David Hotel, situated near the Czech capital's National Theatre.

Brazil

Baby killed as car hits crowd at Copacabana beach

At least 15 people were injured when the out-of-control vehicle ploughed into pedestrians - the driver reportedly telling police that he had suffered an epileptic fit

World News

'Shot dead by Egyptian navy': Gaza fisherman buried

A funeral procession carried Abdullah Zidan's body through Gaza a day after he was allegedly shot dead by Egyptian naval forces.

USA

'Time running out' in search for California mudslide missing

As many as seven people are believed to still be missing, while at least 18 have died, including four children.

World News

Two bodies recovered from stricken oil tanker

Continued explosions have kept the ship ablaze, hampering rescue efforts.