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Obama urges Turkey, Russia to set aside tensions over downed warplanePresident Barack Obama urged Turkey and Russia on Tuesday to set aside tensions over the downing of a Russian warplane and focus on the common priority of defeating the Islamic State group.WorldDec 1, 2015
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Will the UN Security Council unite to fight ISIS? What would that mean for Canada?The attacks in Paris one week ago, the bombing of a Russian airliner two weeks before that and the execution of a Chinese hostage have given all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council a common enemy in ISIS.PoliticsNov 20, 2015
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Putin vows to hunt down, punish those who bombed Russian jetA homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia's FSB security service said Tuesday, telling President Vladimir Putin it's now clear the bombing that killed 224 people was a "terrorist" act.PoliticsNov 17, 2015
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What you need to know about the terror group that says it bombed the Metrojet planeU.S. Intelligence officials are virtually certain the Metrojet airliner that crashed in the Sinai peninsula was brought down by a bomb. The prime suspect is an ISIS affiliate that has taken claim all along.WorldNov 10, 2015
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Russian inspectors head to Egypt as passengers wait to leaveInternational passengers departing Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh continued to line up for flights on Sunday, as the first of three teams of Russian inspectors was dispatched to the country to examine airport security.WorldNov 8, 2015
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Noise heard in last second of cockpit recording from Russian planeThe head of the Egyptian committee investigating the Russian plane crash that killed 224 people in Egypt's Sinai says a noise was heard in the last second of the cockpit voice recording.WorldNov 7, 2015
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Russia, Egypt dismiss Western suggestions a bomb caused Metrojet crash in SinaiFive days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment.WorldNov 5, 2015
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U.K.: Evidence suggests Russian Metrojet downed by bombEvidence suggests a Russian jet that crashed over Egypt's Sinai desert may have been brought down by a bomb, the British government said Wednesday, suspending flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula as a precaution.WorldNov 4, 2015
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Tearful relatives identify Egypt plane crash victims; investigators analysing black boxesThe first 10 bodies of victims of Saturday's plane crash over Egypt were identified by their families Tuesday, a string of tearful relatives leaving the city crematorium.WorldNov 3, 2015
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Flight 7K 9268: Timeline of the Russian flight which crashed in EgyptAs authorities try to puzzle out exactly how the crash happened, we break down a timeline of the deadly flight.WorldNov 2, 2015
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