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LOS ANGELES£¬ Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds died of stroke Wednesday at the age of 84£¬ one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher's death.
Reynolds and her son Todd were making funeral plans for Carrie before being rushed to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills early afternoon after a possible stroke. Todd said his mother wanted to be with Carrie.
Reynolds' performance in "Singing in the Rain" and many other musicals turned her into America's Sweetheart during the late Golden Age of Hollywood. "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" won her an Oscar nomination for the Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1965.
Reynolds and Hollywood actor Eddie Fisher married in 1955 and had two children£¬ Carrie and Todd£¬ before divorcing in 1959.
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WASHINGTON£¬ June 9 (Xinhua) -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders vowed on Thursday to prevent Republican Donald Trump from becoming the U.S. president amid concerns about further damage to party unity deriving from his continued stay in the race.
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NAIROBI£¬ Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan finance minister Henry Rotich said Tuesday the initial exportation of 2£¬000 barrels of crude oil from Kenya in January 2017 would be an initial stage until the country completes the construction of an oil pipeline.
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Kenya has been planning to construct an 865-km oil pipeline from the oil exploration fields in Lokichar£¬ in Turkana£¬ northern Kenya£¬ to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa.
The oil pipeline was initially meant to connect Kenya-Uganda£¬ but Kampala decided to re-route the pipeline to Tanzania.
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