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Several Russian contract soldiers have claimed they were pressured by the Russian General Staff over their refusal to be sent to Syria. According to the servicemen's lawyer they received threats of criminal prosecution after reporting their story to Russian media and could be charged with high treason.
Daria Bondarchuk reports from the Russian capital.
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The US has announced plans to accept 100 thousand refugees in the year 2017 - that's 30 thousand more than its current limit.
Secretary of State John Kerry disclosed the decision during a visit to Berlin.
So far, the US has only accepted 15 hundred Syrian refugees, and the White House says that number could increase at least to 10 thousand next year.
But our Washington correspondent Simon Marks says Mr. Kerry's announcement does not automatically mean a dramatic rise in the number of Syrians heading to the US.
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OUT: "…overwhelming them"
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Friends and family have been paying tribute to Jackie Collins, the novelist who died on Saturday at the age of 77.
She'd been battling breast cancer for the past 6 years, but had waged her fight largely in private….telling only members of her immediate family, including her sister, the actress Joan Collins.
Jackie Collins was born in London but spent most of her adult life living in Los Angeles.
She wrote 32 novels…..nine of them were turned into movies or TV specials.
Throughout her career, her stories - imbued with sex, wealth and lust - sold more than 500 million copies.
The author Jilly Cooper says Jackie Collins was deeply admired by her fellow fiction-writers.
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The author Jilly Cooper says Jackie Collins essentially created a new genre of popular fiction.
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OUT: "…people loved it"
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The author Jilly Cooper says there was no indication that Jackie Collins was so close to death when she went to the UK earlier this month to promote her latest novel.
IN: "It was a terrible…."
OUT: "…articulate and amazing"
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