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Is Pinochet’s shadow over Chile beginning to recede?
The Memory and Human Rights Museum in Santiago, Chile's capital, was an initiative of former president and newly-appointed UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet - who herself was a victim of torture under Augusto Pinochet's rule.
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Libya: Italian foreign minister meets Haftar in Benghazi
Italy's top diplomat held talks with General Khalifa Haftar, leader of the self-declared Libyan National Army (LNA) in a bid to strengthen ties, the Italian foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanese's trip
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Historic New York church destroyed in 9/11 attacks still in ruins
Tuesday marks the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US, which killed nearly 3,000 people. At the site of the World Trade Center in New York, most of the infrastructure
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High-level GCC military meeting kicks off in Kuwait
AMMAN: The Palestine mission to the US continues to operate normally, despite threats by US National Security Adviser John Bolton to close it. American officials say that the closure will take place soon because
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Jerusalem’s Palestinian hospitals ‘deeply regret’ US aid cut
AMMAN: The Palestine mission to the US continues to operate normally, despite threats by US National Security Adviser John Bolton to close it. American officials say that the closure will take place soon because
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Over 100 died in boat wreck off Libya Sept. 1-2 — MSF
AMMAN: The Palestine mission to the US continues to operate normally, despite threats by US National Security Adviser John Bolton to close it. American officials say that the closure will take place soon because
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Eritrea consolidates Horn of Africa peace deal
Eritrea and Djibouti signed a new peace agreement on September 6, effectively ending a decade-long conflict between the two countries. The peace initiative came sooner than many had thought - signaling a new dawn in
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Laos to keep building dams despite negative impacts
Laos is pushing ahead with plans to build more dams along the Mekong River in spite of a deadly collapse in July and the negative impact dams have had on the environment and people
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Colour me right: It’s time to end colourism in India
My name means "wish", but over the years I have been called many other names that mean "black". This is because I'm a dark-skinned woman from India. My father is dark-skinned, while my mother has
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On the misconceptions about Pakistan’s Defence and Martyrs’ Day
This article is a response to Taha Siddiqi's recent Opinion piece, "Dear Pakistanis, this Defence Day, please stop celebrating hate". You can read Siddiqi's article here. In an opinion piece published by Al Jazeera on


