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New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI) Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours
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222 dead as volcano-triggered tsunami hits Indonesia Carita: A volcano-triggered tsunami has left at least 222 people dead and hundreds more injured after slamming without warning into beaches around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, officials said Sunday, voicing fears that the toll would rise further. (AFP)
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Pak Army chief backs Imran Khan’s peace initiatives Karachi: Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has backed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s peace initiatives, saying the new government has extended a hand of peace and friendship towards India with utmost sincerity but it should not be taken as Islamabad’s weakness.
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US government shutdown enters 2nd day, set to last through Christmas Washington: A partial US government shutdown that entered its second day on Sunday was set to stretch through Christmas, after Congress adjourned for the weekend with no deal in sight to end an impasse over funding for President Donald Trump’s wall on the US-Mexico border. (AFP)
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Pak witnesses Sharif’s fall, Imran’s rise in 2018; hopes to improve ties with India in 2019 Islamabad: Pakistan witnessed a political coup in 2018 with cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan breaking the dominance of the PML-N and the PPP – the two main political parties that have been repeatedly in power – to become prime minister and initiate steps like opening the Kartarpur corridor to improve ties with India. By Sajjad Hussain
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Pak court to deliver judgment in two corruption cases against Sharif on Monday Islamabad: An anti-corruption court in Pakistan will deliver its judgment on Monday in two remaining corruption cases against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
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Ghosn detention extended over Christmas and New Year Tokyo: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn will be spending Christmas and the beginning of 2019 behind bars after a Tokyo court on Sunday extended his detention through to January 1. (AFP)
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