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"I died in Switzerland with Eternal Spirit on Mon 19 Oct 2015 and my funeral was on Fri 13 Nov 2015," Binner's profile on the website, mainly used for professional networking, reads.

With that route now sealed, too, Croatia said it had a plan in place to send them to Slovenia from midnight, in agreement with its fellow former Yugoslav republic.

The offensive came as Turkey said it had downed a drone of unknown origin that violated its air space close to the Syrian border, and a monitor said the toll in the conflict had risen to more than 250,000 people.

In a letter to the Congress, Lew said that after November 3, Treasury would operate on a cash balance of less than USD 30 billion, which would be depleted quickly.

Netanyahu told reporters he has been speaking to US Secretary of State John Kerry and other leaders about meeting with Abbas.

There has been speculation that the Indians are being held in captivity by ISIS in the Mosul region of Iraq.

Richardson had paid for the 70cl bottle of whiskey - but staff spotted bars of Dairy Milk chocolate stuffed into his bag.

The officials said it's unclear whether the errant missiles, launched from Russian ships in the Caspian Sea, caused any significant damage in Iran.

"A hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility," he said.

In recognition of Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon's generosity and their belief in the school's mission and promise, the school will be renamed the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Such a move "would end" Obama's plans to bring US troops home before he leaves office on January 20, 2017, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

Border officials fined her after she failed to declare two bottles containing cow urine as part of her luggage after her flight landed here.

The rainy season in 2014 was tied to 29 deaths and damage to more than 9,000 homes.

Hundreds of trucks with shipments including medicine, gasoline and cooking fuel had been stranded at the border citing security concerns due to the ongoing Madhes agitation against the new Constitution.

The constitution requires that a new prime minister be elected from the Parliament within seven days of beginning of the first session of the House after commencement of the new charter.

The 47-member Human Rights Council here approved by consensus a crucial resolution led by the US and the UK, and backed by Sri Lanka itself, in a move hailed by international advocacy groups.