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Czechs mark 50 years since bloody Soviet invasion
Prague, Czech Republic - Fifty years ago Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia to violently quash the democratic reform movement against communism known as the Prague Spring. Led by Alexander Dubcek, then-newly elected Communist Party leader,
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Black lung disease reappears in the US
Black lung disease, a sometimes deadly respiratory illness that afflicts coal miners, is on the rise again in the United States. Poor screening is getting some of the blame, but a researcher in Chicago
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Reports of plea deal for Michael Cohen
US President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has reportedly agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors. He's scheduled to appear in a federal courtroom on Tuesday. Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports on
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Indonesia jails woman for ‘insulting Islam’ over mosque ‘noise’
An Indonesian court sentenced a woman to 18 months in jail under a blasphemy law for complaining that a mosque near to her home was creating too much noise during its call to prayer.
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Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen reaches plea deal: reports
Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of US President Donald Trump, is expected to plead guilty to charges stemming from a federal investigation of his buisness dealings and possible campaign finance violations, the Associated
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Can Venezuela recover from its financial crisis?
Inflation has skyrocketed, prices are at an all-time high, and the national currency, the Bolivar, has lost much of its value. Financial devastation has led to mass migration, starvation, and deadly political unrest. President
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Hamas: End to Israel’s Gaza blockade ‘around the corner’
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said an end to Israel's decade-long blockade of Gaza was "around the corner" as talk of a possible truce deal intensifies. Indirect negotiations between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel brokered
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Russia delivers fighter jets to Serbia
Serbia's air force received two Russian MiG-29 fighter jets as part of an arms purchase that could heighten tensions in the Balkans and increase Moscow's influence in the region. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic attended
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Morocco makes decision to restore military service
JERUSALEM: The brother of a teenager who became a symbol of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after slapping two soldiers has been sentenced to jail for throwing stones at a police officer, the army said Tuesday.Waed
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Brother of Palestinian teen Tamimi sentenced for stone-throwing
JERUSALEM: The brother of a teenager who became a symbol of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after slapping two soldiers has been sentenced to jail for throwing stones at a police officer, the army said Tuesday.Waed


