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A man who is critically ill in hospital in the British city of Salisbury after being exposed to an unknown substance is a reported to be a Russian national who was convicted of spying for Britain.
A man and a woman in her thirties were found in the city's shopping centre on Sunday afternoon and taken to hospital. Police declared a major incident following their discovery as Catherine Drew reports from London.
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The Oscar for Best Actress has been returned to its rightful owner.
Police in Lost Angeles have arrested a man they say ran off with the Oscar Frances McDormand won at the 90th Academy awards.
Rachel Silverman has details.
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German chancellor Angela Merkel called for the new government to begin working quickly to address European and global concerns.
The center-left social democrats have formally agreed to join Merkel's governing coalition after five months of uncertainty.
Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.
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Germany's Social Democrats voted to to join the country's next governing coalition, ending more than five months of political uncertainty.
They will once again govern with chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
Ira Spitzer has more from Berlin.
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The Ugandan government has launched a large-scale programme on to verify the identities of all refugees in the country.
Using biometric data, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, and government officials will collect fingerprints and scan irises of more than 1 million refugees.
Michael Baleke reports from Kampala.
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