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Syria in ruins as war enters 9th year
SYRIA: The Syrian crisis enters its ninth year this month, leaving in its wake a trail of death, destruction, destitution, displacement and division. The war has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced at least
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Syria to UN envoy: Constitution is a ‘sovereign’ matter
SYRIA: The Syrian crisis enters its ninth year this month, leaving in its wake a trail of death, destruction, destitution, displacement and division. The war has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced at least
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Cambodian court issues arrest warrants for top opposition leaders
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - A court issued arrest warrants for top Cambodian opposition politicians living abroad, as the exiled activists begin preparations to return to the country. Sam Rainsy, founder of the main opposition
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Grief and frustration as families wait to bury NZ attack victims
Christchurch, New Zealand - In a quiet corner of Memorial Park Cemetery, the graves dug out for the dozens of Muslim worshippers murdered in the worst mass shooting in New Zealand's modern history stretch out,
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Australian police search homes linked to NZ mosque gunman
Australian police raided two homes linked to the alleged gunman who killed 50 worshippers in two mosques in New Zealand. The homes on Monday were searched in the New South Wales towns of Sandy
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‘Never seen so much rain’: Zimbabweans struggle with storm floods
Chipinge, Zimbabwe - The death toll from Cyclone Idai continues to rise as southern African countries struggle to deal with the devastating aftermath of the torrential downpours. The powerful storm has killed at least 64 people
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Ethiopia: Black boxes show ‘similarities’ with Indonesia crash
Preliminary data retrieved from the flight data recorder of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shows "a clear similarity" with an earlier crash in Indonesia, Ethiopia's transport minister has said. "The black box has
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Syria to UN envoy: Constitution is a ‘sovereign’ matter
SYRIA: The Syrian crisis enters its ninth year this month, leaving in its wake a trail of death, destruction, destitution, displacement and division. The war has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced at least
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Fresh rallies against Al-Bashir as Sudan secures $300M loans
CAIRO: Hundreds of Sudanese took part in anti-government protests in the capital and other cities on Sunday as the government announced it had secured $300 million in loans to address the economic crisis that
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Algeria PM starts talks on new cabinet as gas field workers protest
SYRIA: The Syrian crisis enters its ninth year this month, leaving in its wake a trail of death, destruction, destitution, displacement and division. The war has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced at least


