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Former AFP Journalist’s Murderer Gets Death Sentence

Sri Lanka's High Court handed the death sentence Wednesday to a labourer who was found guilty of murdering former...

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Julian Assange Defiant As Sweden Drops Rape Investigation

Assange spoke on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy: "Seven years of detention without charge" Wikileaks founder...

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Sweden Drops Rape Investigation Against Julian Assange

Sweden has decided to drop the rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Top prosecutor Marianne Ny...

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Sweden Drops Assange Rape Investigation

Sweden’s director of public prosecutions has decided to drop the rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian...

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Two Charged For 2004 Murder of Gambian Journalist Hydara

Two fugitive former army officers have been indicted over the 2004 murder of prominent Gambian journalist Deyda Hydara,...

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WannaCry Ransomware Cyber-Attacks Slow But Fears Remain

A computer malware that has spread across 150 countries appears to be slowing down, with few reports of fresh attacks...

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Female Genital Circumcision In Ghana

Female genital mutilation is truly a controversial subject and an abhorrent practice We continue from Part 1 (Note: In...

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Freed 82 Meet President Buhari

The 82 schoolgirls released by Boko Haram Islamist militants have met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. They were...

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Eighty-Two Chibok Girls Freed By Boko Haram

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in...

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Boko Haram Releases 82 Chibok Girls

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in...

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At Least 80 Chibok Girls Freed In Nigeria

Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released at least 80 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in...

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Hollande Vows ‘response’ To Macron Hack Attack

Strict election rules are now in place ahead of Sunday's vote French President François Hollande has promised to...

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Exhibition of AFP Migrant Crisis Photos Opens In Brussels

An exhibition showcasing the work of Agence France-Presse photographers who have documented the hope and heartbreak of...

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Le Pen Accused of Plagiarising Speech

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising defeated rival François Fillon in a...

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Le Pen Accused of Plagiarising Fillon

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been accused of plagiarising defeated rival François Fillon in a...

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Troubled Toshiba Warns Survival At Risk

Toshiba has filed its delayed financial results, warning that the company's survival is at risk. The...

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Akufo-Addo To Develop New Master Plan To Fix Power Crisis

Ghana's new government is looking to fix a crippling power crisis with a complete overhaul of its deficit-ridden energy...

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France Carnival Explosion Injures Many

At least 18 people were injured when a bonfire exploded at a carnival held in northern France. The blast occurred at...

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Anti-Police Protests Spread To Streets of Central Paris

Violent anti-police protests that have swept the suburbs of Paris since early February spread into the French capital's...