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Yemen: Cyclone Chapala batters coast as thousands flee homes

A cyclone with hurricane-force winds made landfall on Yemens Arabian Sea coast on Tuesday (3 November), flooding the countrys fifth-largest city Mukalla and sending thousands of people fleeing for shelter. Officials and meteorologists say the storm is the most intense in decades in the arid country, whose storm response is hampered by poverty and a raging civil war. Nov 4, 2015

Sinai plane crash: Russians mourn victims at memorial

Grieving Russians piled flowers high at St Petersburgs Pulkovo Airport on Sunday (1 November), mourning their compatriots who died as they flew home over Egypt. Thousands flocked to the square in front of the Hermitage museum, lit candles and released 224 white balloons in the air, equal to the number of victims. Nov 2, 2015
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