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John Stonehouse faked his own death in the 1970s

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A Ukrainian soldier in the recently recaptured Kharkiv region (image: AFP/Getty Images)

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The Antonov An-12 cargo plane crashed into fields between two villages (Photo: SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Kyiv is now the proper spelling of Ukraine’s capital (Photos: Getty)

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Images from a road trip to Transnistria (Photos: William Montgomery)

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Protesters storm in the city hall of Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty on January 5 - as unprecedented unrest in the Central Asian nation spins out of control due to a hike in energy prices (image: AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)

Kazakh leader orders use of lethal force on ‘terrorists’ amid protests