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Venezuela exodus threatens to spiral out of control
Venezuela's neighbours are cracking down on the number of migrants crossing their borders. It follows a rise in hostility towards Venezuelans trying to escape the country's prolonged economic crisis. Now, Brazil is sending troops
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Greece emerges from eurozone bailout
On Monday, Greece will emerge from eight years of financial dependence on its eurozone partners. The country will now have to borrow exclusively from markets. The government has balanced its budget and raised tax
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Italy’s bridges under scrutiny after Genoa disaster
The Italian engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed dozens on Tuesday, had warned four decades ago that it would require constant maintenance. Emergency workers are now struggling to secure what
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Turkey: Shots fired at US embassy in Ankara amid deepening row
Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the United States embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday, hitting a window in a security cabin but causing no casualties, police reported. The attack
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Six Egyptian policemen charged with torturing prisoner to death
BEIRUT: The Lebanese war ended 28 years ago, yet its heinous stories seem to be unfinished, especially those of kidnapped and missing people. There are thought to be around 17,000 kidnapped and missing people,
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Egypt charges two Coptic monks with bishop’s murder
BEIRUT: The Lebanese war ended 28 years ago, yet its heinous stories seem to be unfinished, especially those of kidnapped and missing people. There are thought to be around 17,000 kidnapped and missing people,
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Iran says US ‘action group’ will fail to overthrow Iranian state
BEIRUT: The Lebanese war ended 28 years ago, yet its heinous stories seem to be unfinished, especially those of kidnapped and missing people. There are thought to be around 17,000 kidnapped and missing people,
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New Ecuador passport rules leave hundreds of Venezuelans hopeless
Tulcan, Ecuador - Jorge Briceno made it 1,400km across Colombia after fleeing his home in Venezuela more than week ago. After exiting Colombia on Saturday, he was just metres from the Ecuadorian town of Tulcan,
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Family, believed massacred in Lebanon war, turns out to be alive 43 years later
BEIRUT: The Lebanese war ended 28 years ago, yet its heinous stories seem to be unfinished, especially those of kidnapped and missing people. There are thought to be around 17,000 kidnapped and missing people,
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Iraq’s top court ratifies manual recount of May ballots
AL FAW, Iraq: Leaving this Iraqi border town and heading toward the tip of the country’s south-eastern peninsula that juts into the Arabian Gulf, it feels like time was frozen the moment the war


