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Beira city ’90 percent destroyed’ by Cyclone Idai, hundreds dead
President Filipe Nyusi feared the death toll could rise to 1,000 in Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Idai he said in a nationwide address on Monday. "For the moment we have registered 84
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6 US states reeling as rivers rise to record levels
Record river flooding is now affecting six US states across the central Great Plains and the Midwest. Last week's major storm that crossed much of the central and eastern part of the country kicked
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Three dead in shooting in Dutch city of Utrecht: mayor
Three people are dead and nine wounded after a gunman opened fire in a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht says the city's mayor Jan von Zanen. Dutch authorities have raised the
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Student vigil for NZ mosque victims brings thousands together
Christchurch, New Zealand – When classes ended at Cashmere High School early on Monday afternoon, there was only one place Okirano Tilaia was headed to. The 17-year-old student had a date to keep. In
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How CNN reported on ‘child slaves’ who were not really enslaved
On March 1, CNN aired a video report titled, Freeing the child slaves of Lake Volta, which followed a succession of similar "docufictions" and publications alleging the existence of pervasive child trafficking and child slavery in
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Rouhani: Iran will file legal case against US for sanctions
LONDON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the government would file a legal case in Iran against US officials who imposed sanctions on the country as a precursor to action in international
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Iranian border guard killed in fight with armed group near Iraq
LONDON: An Iranian guard was killed in a fight with an armed group near the western border with Iraq, local media reported on Monday.Iran’s armed forces have been stepping up their presence along its
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Algerian unions refuse to support PM’s efforts to form government
ALGIERS: Thirteen independent Algerian unions have refused to back the newly-appointed prime minister’s efforts to form a government he hopes will placate protesters who are pressuring President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his inner circle to
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Israeli forces may have committed war crimes: UN report
Geneva, Switzerland - Israeli forces committed violations against Palestinian protesters in Gaza last year that may amount to war crimes, a United Nations report said on Monday. A UN Independent Commission of Inquiry found that
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Police say one killed in shooting in Dutch city of Utrecht
Utrecht's mayor says three people are dead after a gunman opened fire in a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht. Several others had been reported wounded. Dutch authorities have raised the threat


