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China social media thrashes one-child policy after population control czar dies

Thursday, December 25 by SRN News

BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The death of a former head of China's one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week. State media praised Peng Peiyun, head of China's Family Planning Commission... Read More.

Libya says its army chief dies in plane crash in Turkey

Tuesday, December 23 by SRN News

ANKARA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - The Libyan army's chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, died in a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital Ankara, the prime minister of Libya's internationally recognised government said, adding that four others were on the jet... Read More.

Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind ‘Call of Duty,’ dies at 55

Monday, December 22 by SRN News

Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind best-selling video games such as "Call of Duty," has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not disclose his cause of death. In 2010, Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary... Read More.

Betty Reid Soskin, oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104

Monday, December 22 by SRN News

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - Betty Reid Soskin, who rose to national fame as the oldest National Park Service ranger and used the spotlight to talk about the African American experience during World War II, has died. She was 104. Her family and the park service... Read More.

Singer-songwriter Chris Rea, known for ‘Driving Home for Christmas,’ dies at 74

Monday, December 22 by SRN News

LONDON (AP) - Chris Rea, the singer and songwriter best known for the hit "Driving Home for Christmas," has died at 74, his family said Monday. Rea died in the hospital following a short illness, according to a statement from his family to Britain's Press... Read More.

Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer dies at 96

Sunday, December 21 by SRN News

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer has died at the age of 96, Austrian news agency APA reported on Sunday. A versatile and often provocative exponent of abstract art, Rainer was considered one of Austria's leading postwar artists and was a pioneer of... Read More.

WWII Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105

Saturday, December 20 by SRN News

World War II Navy veteran Ira "Ike" Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105. Daughter Kimberlee Heinrichs told The Associated Press that Schab died at home early Saturday in the... Read More.

Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88

Thursday, December 18 by SRN News

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped the Democratic Party focus nationally upon public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov.... Read More.

Protesters storm offices of leading Bangladesh dailies after a 2024 uprising activist dies

Thursday, December 18 by SRN News

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Angry protesters stormed the offices of Bangladesh's two leading newspapers late on Thursday after news reached the country from Singapore of the death of a prominent activist in last year's political uprising in Bangladesh. Sharif Osman Hadi, a spokesperson for the... Read More.

An American man dies after fall in the Slovenian Alps

Tuesday, December 16 by SRN News

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - An American man has died in Slovenia apparently after falling off a climbing path in the Alps, police said on Tuesday. The 33-year-old's family said he set off on Monday morning toward Slovenia's highest peak, Mount Triglav, and disappeared, the STA... Read More.

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Libya says its army chief dies in plane crash in Turkey

Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind ‘Call of Duty,’ dies at 55

Betty Reid Soskin, oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104

Singer-songwriter Chris Rea, known for ‘Driving Home for Christmas,’ dies at 74

Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer dies at 96

WWII Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105

Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88

Protesters storm offices of leading Bangladesh dailies after a 2024 uprising activist dies

An American man dies after fall in the Slovenian Alps

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