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Sri Lankans displaced by war wait for government to return land
Sri Lanka has failed to fulfil pledges to return properties to thousands of people forced from their homes during three decades of war, many of whom now live in desperate poverty. US-based rights group,
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Rodrigo Duterte does not have cancer, official says
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte does not have cancer, an official said on Tuesday, after the firebrand leader underwent a series of tests for the disease. The public has been clamouring for information about Duterte's
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US rejects Iran’s legal claim to recover $2bn in frozen assets
The United States asked judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to throw out a claim by Iran to recover $1.75bn in national bank assets seized by American courts. The US Supreme Court
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In Jerusalem, Palestinian families play political football
JERUSALEM: Aqal passes to Aqal, who finds Aqal in space out wide. He squares to Aqal, who smashes home a strike, sending the crowd of yet more family members into hysterics. The match inside
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Syrians in ex-opposition zones struggle after aid groups withdraw
BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of Syrians in areas recaptured by regime troops this year remain starved of humanitarian aid, with the relief agencies helping them for years now unable to reach them. As towns
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Extremist rebels in Syria withdraw heavy arms in Idlib
BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of Syrians in areas recaptured by regime troops this year remain starved of humanitarian aid, with the relief agencies helping them for years now unable to reach them. As towns
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US officials voice concern over missing Saudi journalist
US President Donald Trump expressed concern about the fate of prominent Saudi journalist and regime critic Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week. "I am concerned. I don't
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How will the Kavanaugh controversy affect US midterms?
Washington, DC - With the vicious Senate battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh concluded by a 50-48 vote, focus now turns to the upcoming midterm elections. Early indicators are that the Republican
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Saving the traditional midwife in Guatemala
Chiquirichapa, Guatemala- Antonina Sanchez Mendez vividly remembers the first time she delivered a baby. The only tool she had was a razor to cut the umbilical cord. "I didn't know what to do," she
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Trump: No plans to fire Rod Rosenstein
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has no plans to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Department of Justice official in charge of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016


