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K.B Asante Was A Genuine Nkrumaist-Rawlings

Former president John Jerry Rawlings has expressed his condolence to the family of renowned statesman K. B Asante who...

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Ivanka Sits In For Trump At G20

For a moment Saturday the United States was represented by another Trump on the world stage, when the president's...

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Ivorian Rural Hamlet Marks Role In Slave Trade

The hamlet of Kanga Gnianze is absent from many maps of Ivory Coast, but the rural community attracted stars and...

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Mumbai Ups Purge of British Names From Railway Stations

Indian authorities are moving to strip Mumbai's railway stations of their British names, an official said Friday, as...

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Modi Visit Holds Special Meaning For Indian Jews In Israel

At a curry house in central Israel, a poster welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets patrons even before...

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Brazilian Port Where Slaves Arrived Close To UNESCO Status

The worn paving stones discovered under a thick layer of modern concrete in Rio de Janeiro don't look like much at...

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Kumble Set To Remain India Coach For West Indies Tour

Anil Kumble's term as India coach looks set to be extended until the end of the West Indies tour next month, a top...

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India Unnerved By Student Anger In Kashmir

Another student death in clashes in Indian-administered Kashmir has heightened tensions in the disputed territory and...

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Research Questions Whether Israel Considered 1967 Atomic Blast

Research suggesting Israel may have considered detonating an atomic device on the eve of the Six-Day War 50 years ago...

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India Cricket Captain Kohli Has ‘no Problems’ With Coach Kumble

India captain Virat Kohli was adamant he had "no problems" with coach Anil Kumble amid reports of a damaging rift on...

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Residents of Historic Israeli Settlement Say They Have Returned Home

For Yohanan Ben Yaakov, taking part in the creation of the first Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank in 1967...

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For Egypt, 1967 War Marked End of Pan-Arab Dream

Its vaunted air force destroyed, its army humbled -- the Six-Day War of 1967 dealt Egypt a shock it has yet to overcome...

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From CIA Analyst To Beer Historian

She started her career in the shadows working for the CIA, but a historian at a prestigious Washington museum has been...

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Route 66, America’s ‘Mother Road,’ Revs Back To Life

For decades, Route 66 captured the imagination of travelers the world over, offering a glimpse of a bygone era of...

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Extraordinary Life of Explorer Ali Bey Set For Cinema

Adventurer, Orientalist, spy: the remarkable story of Spanish explorer Ali Bey al-Abbassi is to be told on the silver...

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Better Times? Hong Kong’s British Nostalgia Trip

From its rattling trams and racecourses to its legal system and the ubiquitous consumption of Spam, Britain's colonial...

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Africa Is In Disarray

Renowned historian, Professor S. K.B. Asante, says not much has been achieved after the African Union (AU) was formed....

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The Force Is Still Strong

The date was 1977, and no one had yet worn a copper bikini to bed, made "whooshing" lightsaber noises with a broomstick...

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I Enjoy Controversy – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo yesterday revealed another part of him that perhaps many Ghanaians may not know; he says he...