Template:In the news
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- A new 35 km (22 mi)-long bypass channel of Egypt's Suez Canal is officially opened, approximately doubling its capacity.
- Debris found washed ashore on Réunion is confirmed to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing in March 2014 (aircraft pictured).
- At least 31 people die when a flash flood derails two trains in Madhya Pradesh, India.
- The International Olympic Committee selects Beijing as the host city of the 2022 Winter Games.
- The Taliban confirms that its former leader, Mohammed Omar, died in April 2013.
- Scientist and former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam dies at the age of 83.
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