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Airbus Seals Deal With Iran For Sale of 100 Aircraft

Airbus (AIR. PA) signed a firm contract on Thursday for the sale of 100 aircraft to Iran Air, as Tehran and Western...

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U.S. Refiners Cash In On Mexico’s Record Fuel Imports

U. S. Gulf Coast refiners are cashing in on rising fuel demand from Mexico, shipping record volumes to a southern...

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Former BoG Boss’ Son-In-Law Jailed Over Drugs

A fugitive drug lord who plotted to smuggle 400 kilos of cocaine into the UK in frozen Argentinian beef “lived like...

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Former BoG Boss’ Song-In-Law Jailed Over Drugs

A fugitive drug lord who plotted to smuggle 400 kilos of cocaine into the UK in frozen Argentinian beef “lived like...

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Kofi Wampah’s In-Law Jailed 13 Years For £70m Cocaine Bust

David McDermott, the British in-law of the former governor of the Bank of Ghana, has been jailed for 13 years following...

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Brazil-Colombia Friendly For Chapecoense Confirmed For January 25

All funds raised from the match will go to the Brazilian outfit, who tragically lost players, backroom staff and...

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Ex-Guantanamo Detainee In Uruguay Flies To South Africa

Barack Obama pledged to close down the Guatanamo Bay before close of his tenure A former Guantanamo prisoner who was...

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Bolivia Arrests LaMia Airline Boss

The authorities in Bolivia have arrested the head of the airline involved in a crash last week that killed 71 people,...

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Chapecoense Awarded Cup After Plane Crash

Brazilian club Chapecoense have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol...

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Team Awarded Copa Sudamericana

Brazilian club Chapecoense have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol...

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Football World Rallied Around Crash Club

The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia....

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Football Rallies Around Brazilian Team

Since the early hours of the morning, people have been coming to Chapecoense's stadium. The football world has rallied...

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Brazil Football Team Chapecoense In Colombia Plane Crash

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of...

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Brazil President Michel Temer Accused of Corruption

Brazil's President Michel Temer has been accused of pressuring a cabinet minister to engage in corrupt practices....

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Colombian Government and Farc To Sign New Peace Deal

Colombia’s government says it will sign a new peace accord with Farc rebels on Thursday, after a previous deal was...

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Health Service Warns of Dengue Fever

The Ghana Health Service has issued an emergency health alert, following an outbreak of a fever known as the dengue...

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Chicago Agricultural Commodities Close Lower On Stronger U.S. Dollar

The most active corn contract for December delivery fell 3 cents, or 0.88 percent, to 3.3725 dollars per bushel....

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New Peace Deal Signed In Colombia Set To Be Lasting One

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed on Saturday a new peace agreement...

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China And Ecuador Deepen Ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Ecuador, the first visit to the Latin American country by a Chinese...