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UK parliament blocks May’s Brexit deal for second time
London, United Kingdom - With the clock counting down to Britain's scheduled departure from the European Union, UK legislators have voted down embattled Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time this year. A second so-called
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Bans on Boeing 737 MAX rolled out across the world
From the UK to Australia, a raft of countries and airlines across the world have moved to ground Boeing 737 MAX aircraft following a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia on Sunday. All 157 people
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‘Life won’t be same’: In Ethiopia, deep grief for crash victims
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Some 50 people sat in tense silence underneath a white tent outside a gated house on the southern outskirts of Ethiopia's capital. The women were dressed in plain mourning black; the
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Iraqi admits killing German girl, 14, denies rape
WIESBADEN: An Iraqi man confessed in a German court Tuesday to the murder of a teenage girl which last year inflamed anti-immigrant tensions. He denied raping her. “My vision went black and then it happened,”
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Iran rights lawyer Sotoudeh to face additional 10 years in jail
TEHRAN: Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to an extra 10 years in jail on top of the five-year term she is already serving, her husband said Tuesday.Sotoudeh is an award-winning
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Israel shuts Jerusalem Al-Aqsa mosque compound after unrest
CAIRO: Egypt is mourning the deaths of some of its leading scientists on board the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed on Sunday near the capital Addis Ababa, killing 157 people. The group included Dr.
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Australian Cardinal George Pell jailed six years for abusing boys
Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for the sexual abuse of two boys in 1996 in a Melbourne cathedral. Pell - once the Vatican's chief financial
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All-women Argentina tango festival calls for end to machismo
Buenos Aires - Edmundo Rivero's 1963 tango classic, Amablemente, tells the story of a man finding his lover in the arms of another, then recounts the woman's brutal murder, while the rival is spared. "With great
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Venezuela in crisis: All the latest updates
Venezuela has plunged into a major political crisis amid a growing row over President Nicolas Maduro's future as the country's leader. Maduro started a second term on January 10, following a widely boycotted election
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UK parliament blocks May’s Brexit deal for second time
London, United Kingdom - With the clock counting down to Britain's scheduled departure from the European Union, UK legislators have voted down embattled Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time this year. A second so-called


