Plane wreckage washed up on a tiny Indian Ocean island will be sent to France for investigation, as hopes mount the find could unlock the riddle of missing flight MH370.
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WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund says it will not join a new bailout program for Greece until conditions for debt sustainability, including debt relief and economic reforms, are clearly assured.
LOS ANGELES - A US judge has slapped a $US2,500 ($A3,426.77) fine on Greenpeace for every hour its activists continue to block a Shell Oil ship headed for Alaska on a drilling expedition.
WASHINGTON - US authorities have opened a probe into the killing of a beloved lion in Zimbabwe, as the American doctor who hunted the big cat remains in hiding amid mounting global outrage.
SEATTLE, Washington - A former NBA trainer who duped one of Australia's largest basketball organisations out of $US100,000 ($A137,070.80) is expected to be jailed in a Seattle court.
JERUSALEM - An ultra-Orthodox Jew has allegedly stabbed six Gay Pride marchers in Jerusalem, gravely wounding one of them, just weeks after completing a 10-year sentence for a similar attack, police and medics said.
KABUL - The Taliban have confirmed the death of their elusive leader Mullah Omar, paving the way for the first transition of power for the fractious militant movement waging a bloody war in Afghanistan.
CALAIS, France - Hundreds of migrants holed up in northern France have made another desperate bid to reach England, as Britain's prime minister comes under fire for controversial comments on the crisis
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