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Charles-Michel de l'Épée, also known as the 'Father of the Deaf', devoted his life to developing the world's first sign alphabet for the deaf and is credited with creating a systematic method of teaching the hearing-impaired.

The fish were bred at an aquafarm in Jingzhou. Their deaths were attributed to the "shocks, noises and changes of water sources" brought about by the bridge project.

Delegates from Interpol member nations are meeting in Dubai to replace Meng Hongwei, who went missing in his native China in September. Beijing later said Meng resigned after being charged with accepting bribes.

The author was found guilty on October 31 by Wuhu county court for her book that has "obscenely and in detail described gay male-male acts".

Over the course of three days, a gleaming, shoulders-high barrier of concertina-wire emerged like a silver snake along a lush riverbank, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The ties between the two countries strained after Trump hit out at Pakistan for providing safe havens to "agents of chaos" that kill Americans in Afghanistan.

In the absence of a body, the crowd gathered in front of an empty place traditionally reserved for the coffin at Fatih mosque.

The 26-year-old has lost the ability to make and retain short-term memories. Instead, he painstakingly records his days in lined notebooks, crammed with entries in blue ink.

After two years of being American politics's biggest enigma, the first lady has broken cover with her startling demand to get a senior adviser to the president thrown out.

The hotel, which is one of a growing number of bold architectural designs springing up in China, hugs one side of the pit wall, with a waterfall cascading down the opposite face.

She ran afoul of Melania Trump and her staff in negotiations over the first lady's trip to Africa in October and the use of government resources for the trip, a senior administration official said.

Police found seven bodies, each with a bullet to the head, in three separate homes, and an eighth at a separate site. Many were killed in their sleep.

Donald Trump appointed John Abizaid, a top US general from the Iraq war, who has studied the Middle East for years, as ambassador to Saudi Arabia amid growing friction between the longstanding allies.

There is palpable excitement among the people of the Emerald Isle as the possibility of aliens visiting their land forms a fascinating narrative.

Last month, Chinese authorities said they would allow trading in products made from tigers and rhinos under 'special circumstances'.

The Saudi and UAE-led war in Yemen has caused growing international unease after high-profile coalition air strikes that have killed scores of civilians, many of them children.