Five dead, around 100 rescued after fire on Indonesia tourist boat

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Five people were killed and around 100 people rescued on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying tourists to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, authorities said.

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Pope, in year-end message, urges action on youth unemployment

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis in his year-end message urged leaders on Saturday to do more to tackle youth unemployment, saying a generation was being lost to desperation, migration and joblessness.

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Trump leaves open possible Taiwan meet, questions Russia hacking

PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday left open the possibility of meeting with Taiwan's president if she visits the United States after he is sworn in on Jan. 20 and also expressed continued scepticism over whether Russia was responsible for computer hacks of Democratic Party officials.

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North Korea's Kim says close to test launch of ICBM

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the isolated nuclear-capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

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Senator McCain says U.S. stands with Ukraine against Russia

KIEV (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator John McCain promised on Saturday continued support for Kiev in the face of aggression from Moscow, as he spent New Year's Eve on the front line in Ukraine's eastern conflict zone.

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Sherlock Holmes is match made in history

(Reuters) - Why does actor Benedict Cumberbatch cut such a dash as British literary detective Sherlock Holmes?

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Peru's President Kuczynski says may sue Odebrecht

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Saturday that he is evaluating the possibility of suing Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht [ODBES.UL] for damages after the company admitted to using bribes to secure public contracts in the Andean nation.

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Several wounded in armed attack on Istanbul nightclub - NTV

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two attackers opened fire at an Istanbul nightclub early on Sunday morning, wounding several people, Turkey's NTV television reported.

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New York's Times Square heats up ahead of New Year's Eve revelry

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Early birds hoping to find a prime spot to experience the annual descent of the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square began to converge on Saturday, revelling in a century-old New York tradition that will unfold under an unprecedented blanket of security.

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Pope, in year-end message, urges action on youth unemployment

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis in his year-end message urged leaders on Saturday to do more to tackle youth unemployment, saying a generation was being lost to desperation, migration and joblessness.

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Italy to seek to track down and deport migrants with no right to stay

ROME (Reuters) - Italy will seek to deport more migrants who have no right to be in the country and will open new detention centres to hold them before their expulsion, according to a written directive and a ministry source.

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Greek finance minister - extending fiscal contingency steps may break EU/IMF stalemate

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is open to extending a contingency mechanism to ensure it will meet fiscal targets beyond 2018 to break a stalemate in talks with its euro zone lenders and the IMF over its second bailout review, its finance minister said on Saturday.

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Deutsche Bank chairman rules out pan-European merger - Frankfurter Allgemeine

BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank chairman Paul Achleitner has ruled out a pan-European merger or a state bailout in the wake of the lender's mortgage settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported.

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