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Stories for October 30th 2018
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Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 08:19 UTC
Hundreds pay tribute to Leicester City owner who died in helicopter crash
Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's wife and son have joined the English Premier League outfit's players and hundreds of fans at the club's stadium to pay tribute to the victims of a helicopter crash which killed Mr. Srivaddhanaprabha and four people.
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Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 08:03 UTC
End of an era: powerful Angela Merkel announces her exit from the world stage
Marking the end of an era, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's announced on Monday her last term in office. The dominant figure in German and European politics for more than a decade said she will step down as party leader of her Christian Democratic Union, CDU, in December and not seek reelection as chancellor in 2021.
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Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 07:42 UTC
Trump sends troops to Mexico border; double the number fighting ISIS in Syria
The Pentagon said on Monday it is sending 5,200 troops, some armed, to the Southwest border this week in an extraordinary military operation to stop Central American migrants traveling north in two caravans that were still hundreds of miles from the U.S. The number of troops is more than double the 2,000 who are in Syria fighting the Islamic State group.
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Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 07:23 UTC
Bolsonaro wants Brazil's top anti corruption judge as his Justice minister
Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro says he wants the country's best-known anti-corruption judge to be justice minister or to serve on the Supreme Court. Sergio Moro has been the driving force behind an anti-corruption probe known as Operation Car Wash.
