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Palm oil industry expansion spurs Guatemala indigenous migration
San Antonio Secortez & Guatemala City - The plantations' outer edges begin fewer than 20km from where seven-year-old Jakelin Caal is buried. The deep green rows of oil palm stretch along rural roads in
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Israeli PM Netanyahu’s rival talks of possible West Bank pullout
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival in the upcoming April election has raised the possibility of pulling back from the occupied West Bank, saying his country should "find a way" to end its control
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Pompeo reassures allies of US commitment to defeat ISIL
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured coalition partners that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria was not "the end of America's fight" and called on them to help permanently defeat
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Row deepens as Virginia attorney general admits he wore blackface
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring wore blackface at a college costume party in 1980, he said in a statement Wednesday as the crisis sparked by racist photograph on the governor's medical yearbook page spread
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Pakistan releases leading Pashtun activist a day after arrest
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pashtun rights activist Gulalai Ismail has been released by the police in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, a day after she was arrested along with 17 others for holding a protest in the city.
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Building collapses in Istanbul, reports say at least 1 dead
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured allies that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria was not “the end of America’s fight” and called on them to recommit to permanently
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Lebanon names 1st female Arab minister in charge of security
BENGHAZI: Libyan forces from the country's east have taken control of the southern Sharara oil field, part of an expansion of Gen. Khalifa Haftar's control over Libya's main revenue generator. Ahmed Mesmari, spokesman for the Libyan
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Yemen’s Foreign Minister meets with EU officials on political peace process
GENEVA: Senior Iranian figures said on Wednesday that Syria was a top foreign policy priority and American troops should withdraw, as planned by US President Donald Trump. “Whether they want to or not, the Americans
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Taliban official: Half of US troops to leave Afghanistan by May 1
A Taliban official said on Wednesday the United States had promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, but the US military said no timeframe had been set.
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Top Iraqi cleric rejects Trump’s plan for ‘US base’ in Iraq
Iraq's most senior Shia religious scholar on Wednesday joined a chorus of criticism aimed at President Donald Trump who said US troops should stay in the country to keep an eye on neighbouring Iran.


