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US: 9 killed in Florida jet crash

A Learjet plane crashed near a busy road in a residential neighborhood in Palm Beach County, leaving all nine people on board dead and a large crater on ground.

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US: Nine killed in Florida jet crash

A Learjet plane crashed near a busy road in a residential neighborhood in Palm Beach County, leaving all nine people on board dead and a large crater on ground.

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Nine killed as business jet crashes into South Florida neighbourhood

A business jet plunged into a South Florida neighbourhood on Sunday, killing all nine people aboard and exploding into a fireball near homes and a busy road. The pilot had reported icing, precipitation and severe turbulence before the Learjet entered a steep dive, according to air traffic control recordings.

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The asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Why did crocodiles survive?

Scientists may have solved a 66-million-year-old mystery: how crocodiles survived the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. A sweeping analysis of fossils and ancient climates suggests that their preference for warm environments placed them in tropical refuges that remained habitable even after the catastrophic impact.

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At least 60 Christians killed in Ethiopia amid rising religious violence

At least 60 Christians have been killed in Ethiopia in what the Orthodox Church has declared as religious violence. It is still unclear who was behind the attack, with rebels and local government blaming each other. Around 20 houses have been burned down, as FRANCE 24's correspondent Tom Canetti reports.

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Spain: Dozens killed after one high-speed train slams into another

Spain suffered its second deadly high-speed train accident this year when one train on Wednesday, October 28, slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks, with the impact shredding cars and killing at least 64 people. The accident comes with memories still fresh of another crash between high-speed trains in southern Spain in January. France 24's correspondent in Madrid Sarah Morris gives us the latest.