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Wounded whale washes ashore in northern France
Wounded whale washes ashore in northern France
by  AFP

A 7.6-metre (25-foot) whale, wounded but alive, was discovered stranded on a beach in northern France on Monday, authorities said, with experts hoping the rising tide will help the cetacean back on its way. Helpers hoped instead that the rising tide would allow the animal to refloat and swim away, he said.

Outspoken head of Cyprus Orthodox Church dies
Outspoken head of Cyprus Orthodox Church dies
by  AFP

The leader of the Cyprus Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, has died aged 81, his doctors said Monday, after years of battling cancer. "The people of Cyprus mourn the loss of Archbishop Chrysostomos II," President Nicos Anastasiades tweeted.

Tanzania pays tearful tribute to plane crash victims
Tanzania pays tearful tribute to plane crash victims
by  AFP

Grieving Tanzanians paid emotional tribute Monday to 19 people killed when a passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in the country's deadliest air crash in decades. The accident comes five years after 11 people died when a plane belonging to safari company Coastal Aviation crashed in northern Tanzania.

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