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New central bank chief takes office in Israel
KHARTOUM: Doctors in Sudan went on strike on Monday, feeding into deadly protests against bread prices that represent one of the biggest challenges President Omar Al-Bashir has faced in nearly three decades in power.A
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Pilgrims gather at Jesus’s traditional birthplace in Bethlehem for Christmas
KHARTOUM: Doctors in Sudan went on strike on Monday, feeding into deadly protests against bread prices that represent one of the biggest challenges President Omar Al-Bashir has faced in nearly three decades in power.A
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Famous Turkish actor quizzed over ‘threats to Erdogan’
ISTANBUL: A famous Turkish actor testified to Istanbul prosecutors on Monday after authorities opened a probe into whether comments he made on television threatened President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with death, local media reported.Metin Akpinar,
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Gunmen storm government building in Kabul, take hostages
Gunmen stormed a government building in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on Monday, taking civilians hostage as they fought a gun battle against Afghan soldiers, officials said. The attack began in the afternoon when a suicide
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Cameroon rebels issue virtual currency to fund independence
Anglophone separatists in Cameroon have announced launching a virtual currency to help fund their campaign for independence and provide humanitarian aid. The AmbaCoin, a bitcoin-like currency based on the blockchain software principle, is named after
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Why is Germany taking a bite out of unhealthy eating?
Are Germans eating habits too unhealthy? That is what their government seems to believe, it is working to persuade the food industry to cut sugar, salt and fat in their products by up to
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‘Then the sea came’ – Indonesian tsunami survivors recall ordeal
South Lampung, Indonesia - The wedding party had already begun when the first wave struck Rajabasa, a village in South Lampung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. At first, Abdulrahman the village head and
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Head of UN ceasefire monitor visits Yemen’s Hodeidah port
The head of the United Nations team tasked with monitoring a fragile ceasefire in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeidah has visited its lifeline docks, according to a port official. Patrick Cammaert, retired Dutch general,
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Israel coalition leaders agree on early elections in April
HODEIDAH: The head of the United Nations team tasked with monitoring a fragile cease-fire in the flashpoint city of Hodeidah on Monday visited its lifeline docks, a port official said.Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert
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UN cease-fire monitor head visits Hodeidah port
HODEIDAH: The head of the United Nations team tasked with monitoring a fragile cease-fire in the flashpoint city of Hodeidah on Monday visited its lifeline docks, a port official said.Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert


