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Saturday, 23 December 2017

3 Months After The Hurricane, One-Third Of Puerto Rico Is Still Without Power

More than 90 days after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, around one-third of the U.S. territory remains without power.

Moscow: U.S. arms supply to provoke Kiev to use force in Eastern Ukraine - RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Washington's decision to supply armaments to Ukraine will provoke Kiev to use force in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, Russia's RIA state news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin as saying on Saturday.

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Houston woman accused of killing friend, taking baby as her own

A Houston woman who police said stabbed her friend to death, stole the mother's six-week-old baby girl and tried to pass the infant off as her own was arrested on Thursday, the same day authorities said they had found the missing child alive. Erika Miranda-Alvarez, 28, apparently took the baby to hide from her boyfriend and family that she had a miscarriage, police said. Due to deliver in January, she came home on Tuesday with the stolen infant, telling family that she delivered early.

More than 70 firefighters tackle blaze at London Zoo

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 70 firefighters tackled a blaze at London Zoo on Saturday after a fire broke out at a cafe and shop at the attraction although no animals were reported injured.

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Shots fired at DMZ as North Korean soldier defects to South

By Haejin Choi and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean guards fired warning shots across the heavily militarized border with North Korea on Thursday as a soldier from the North defected in thick fog, complicating efforts to ease tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. A South Korean defense ministry official said up to 20 warning shots were fired as North Korean troops approached too near the "military demarcation line" at the demilitarized zone (DMZ), apparently in search of the missing soldier. Thursday's defection came about five weeks after a North Korean soldier suffered critical gunshot wounds during a defection dash across the border.