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Twin blasts rock Istanbul

11/12/2016 GMT

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Dozens killed in Istanbul blasts; Nigerian church roof collapse; Midwestern speech

Dozens killed in Istanbul blasts; Nigerian church roof collapse; Midwestern speech.

Two blasts, believed to be a car bomb and a suicide bomb, near the Vodafone Arena football stadium in Istanbul kill dozens; A church roof collapses in Uyo, south-east Nigeria, killing at least 60 people; How to speak 'Midwestern'.

(Image: Turkish police officers and forensic experts work on the site where a car bomb exploded in Istanbul on 10th December 2016. Credit: Ozan Koseozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)

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