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Rohingya Refugees May Stay In Bangladesh ‘for Some Time’

Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in squalid Bangladeshi camps face staying "for some more...

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Israel Backtracks On Hungary Criticism, Hits Out At Soros

Israel has backtracked after calling on Hungary to halt a poster campaign targeting George Soros, saying it stands...

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2M Housing Units Needed To Address Housing Deficit

President of Ghana Institute of Architects, Arc. Joseph E. Hayford, has indicated that, considering Ghana’s...

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Indian Man Kills Wife Over Dinner Delay

Police in India say they have arrested a 60-year-old man who fatally shot his wife for serving his dinner late. Ashok...

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Israeli Minister Backs Annexing Settlements Into Jerusalem

Israel's intelligence minister proposed on Monday to annex five settlements into the Jerusalem municipality, while also...

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Indian Woman Claims To Be Indira Gandhi’s Granddaughter

An Indian woman who claims to be the secret granddaughter of the murdered former prime minister Indira Gandhi has gone...

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Conflict-Zone Contraception For the Boko Haram Homeless

Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri,...

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Sri Lanka Monks Vow To Resist Deal With Tamil Minority

Sri Lanka's hardline monks on Monday broadened a growing campaign by the Buddhist clergy against the government,...

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Good News For PWDs But…

THE tollbooth management initiative by the government to provide jobs for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) is...

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Myanmar Workers In Thailand Victims of A Broken System

With only meagre belongings stuffed into backpacks and duffel bags, tens of thousands of Myanmar migrants have streamed...

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Labour Unions To Petition Parliament, Threaten To Sue Ofori-Atta If…

Labour unions in Ghana are to petition parliament on what appears to be an illegality being committed by the Finance...

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Disability Rights Group Criticises Casting Alec Baldwin As Blind Character

The Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading disability rights group, has come out against the new film Blind,...

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Decades of Trying, But Health Reform Remains Elusive In US

The United States, entangled in conflict overseas and struggling economically, was at a fraught moment when the...

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KKK Holds March In Virginia Town

Supporters of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan marched in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to protest the...

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G20 Launches Plan To Fight Poverty In Africa

G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa,...

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Rape Victim Jailed For 30 Years Because Baby Was Stillborn

A teenager who survived rape before giving birth to a stillborn baby in a bathroom has been jailed for 30 years. The...

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Israel Envoy Urges Hungary To Halt Anti-Soros Campaign

Israel's ambassador in Budapest called on Hungary on Saturday to halt a nationwide poster campaign targeting US...

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Gov’t To Organise Stakeholders’ Forum On Health Insurance

Government is to hold a national stakeholders forum to find sustained solutions to the National Health Insurance Scheme...

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Why Is There A Huge and Growing Demand For Nannies Across Africa?

Entrepreneurship is about solving real problems that people face in their lives. The more difficult the problems you...