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Putin pushes Syria safe zone plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pushed a plan to set up safe zones in Syria that could see planes grounded but details remained hazy as a latest round of Kremlin-backed peace talks on the six-year war floundered. Putin held talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as Moscow floated the proposal to set up four "de-escalation zones" in the war-torn country at a fresh round of negotiations involving Syria's regime and rebels in Kazakhstan.
Workmen mining sulfur from a live volcano
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Jobs do not get too much more dangerous than pulling sulfur straight out of an active volcano — and all for $5 a day. Photographer Troyce Hoffman, 30, accidentally stumbled upon the sulfur mine on Kawah Ijen, on the Indonesian island of Java, when checking out the active volcano.
Surge in office political arguments after Donald Trump's election win, survey finds
Four out of 10 Americans have had a bad experience during political discussions at work following the election of Donald Trump as President, a new survey suggests. The American Psychological Association, which commissioned the poll, warned that the number of “often-heated discussions” had increased since the November election. The survey, of more than 1,300 employed people, found 54 per cent had discussed politics with co-workers.
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