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Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel prize in literature

Belarusian journalist and writer Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded the 2015 Nobel prize in literature.

Swedish Academy stated that her work was a “monument to suffering and courage in our time”.

Alexievich was born on the 31 May 1948 in the Ukrainian town Ivano-Frankovsk. Her father is Belarusian and her mother is Ukrainian.

Russia to continue support to Assad, says Putin on CBS

Russian President Vladimir Putin told CBS in an interview that he did not plan to send ground troops into Syria at this stage of the conflict. Before Putin leaves for New York to take part in the 70th UN annual Assembly, he called on the international community to coordinate its efforts and support Syrian President Bashar al Assad in his fight against ISIS terrorists.

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