Afghan cold snap kills eleven across Kabul area and highway
A harsh Afghan winter left at least eleven dead in a Kabul refugee camp and on a Kabul to Kandahar highway. Four children died in the camp as temperatures dropped toward zero degrees. On the icy highway, two died in crashes and three died after leaving their vehicle to walk to a town. Officials cited freezing conditions and snow as the cause.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Ahmad Shah Shokomand
Health Ministry
NATO
Kandahar
Khial Mohammed Husseini
Zabul
Club owner charged with manslaughter in deadly Buenos Aires fire
Omar Chaban, owner of a Buenos Aires nightclub where a December 30 fire killed 192, was indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges in Argentina’s worst blaze in decades. Investigators say exits were locked to bar entry without paying, with a $19 million lien placed on his assets.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Omar Chaban
Chaban
Tensions rise after 10-year-old girl shot in Gaza
In Rafah near Egypt, Noran Deeb, a 10-year-old, was shot in the head as UN students lined up for exercises. Hamas fired seven mortars at Israeli settlements, while Israeli troops warned of investigations and a pause in West Bank arrests. Violence disrupts an Abbas meeting with Dahlan on security transfers.
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Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
Hamas
Shaul Mofaz
Mohammed Dahlan
West Bank
Noran Deeb
United Nations
Rafah
Egypt
U.N
Neve Dekalim
Mahmoud Abbas
Israel
Ahmad Qureia
Gaza
Skybound Dreams of Jamie Peters in 1972 Visit
In 1972 Jamie Peters, a dyslexic boy visiting grandparents, gazes at the sky and imagines grand adventures as a strange event unfolds overhead.
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Jamie Peters
A Daring Heist Prepares Flight 74 Robbery
Ed Goddard plans a mid flight theft of a million dollars from Keystone Airlines Flight 74 from Philadelphia to Elmira. He orchestrates ticket bookings under false names, secures a drop zone, and imagines a clean parachute exit after the plane lifts off. Jamie Lovell dreams skies despite dyslexia, finding refuge in clouds and imagination.
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Ed Goddard
Keystone Airlines
Philadelphia
Elmira
New York
Goddard
Keystone
Jewel Box Company
Pennsylvania
Corning
Williamsport
Binghamton
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