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Former Israeli leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres dies aged 93

Peres served twice as Labour prime minister as well as serving in a dozen cabinets and being knighted by the Queen. He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with the late former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for reaching an interim peace deal in 1993, which never turned into a lasting treaty. Sep 28, 2016

Dogs take to the waves for annual surfing competition

Canines from around the world descended on Huntington Beach, California, for the 8th annual Surf City Surf Dog competition. Dogs were classed into four weight categories and judged on skills, length of their ride and confidence on the board as they braved the unusually high surf. Brazilian Labrador Bono, who traveled in from Rio de Janeiro, walked away with this years Shredder prize. Sep 26, 2016

Dramatic video shows baby being rescued from under rubble in Aleppo

Rescuers dig with their bare hands to pull a baby from the wreckage of a bombed building in Aleppo, Syria. The baby appeared to be moving but its condition is not known. The bombing came on 23 September, where more than 30 airstrikes hit 15 neighbourhoods in east Aleppo, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Sep 23, 2016
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