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Pakistan Tackles ‘child Slavery’ With Cash Handouts

A government cash-incentive scheme has helped place almost 90,000 underage Pakistani brick kiln workers into school,...

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N. Korea Demands Extradition of South’s Spy Chief

North Korea on Friday demanded the extradition of the South's spy chief, a Chinese businessman, and unnamed US CIA...

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Gunfire In I.Coast Barracks After Rebels ‘apologise’ For Mutiny

Sporadic gunfire rang out overnight in a military barracks in Ivory Coast's second city of Bouake, where a mutiny...

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EU Demands Talks With US Over Possible Airline Laptop Ban

The EU is seeking urgent talks with Washington over a possible US ban on carry-on computers on European flights to the...

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Yemeni Government Rejects Southern Autonomous Council

The government of war-ravaged Yemen on Friday rejected a self-proclaimed autonomous body in the formerly independent...

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Japan Immigration Centre Detainees Go On Hunger Strike

Some 20 foreigners held at an immigration detention centre in Tokyo are on a rare hunger strike in an apparent bid for...

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Ivory Coast’s Rebel Soldiers Apologise To President

Some 8,400 Ivory Coast soldiers who mutinied in January apologised to President Alassane Ouattara in an orchestrated...

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Fifth UN Peacekeeper Found Dead After C. Africa Attack

Another UN peacekeeper has been found dead in the Central African Republic, bringing to five the toll from an attack...

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Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe ‘not Asleep; Just Resting His Eyes’

According to Mr. Mugabe's spokesman, the 93-year-old's eyes are sensitive to bright lights Zimbabwe's President Robert...

International

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe ‘not Asleep Just Resting His Eyes’

Robert Mugabe's eyes are sensitive to bright lights, his spokesman said Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is not...

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Mugabe Is ‘not Asleep, Just Resting His Eyes’ – Spokesman

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is not asleep when he closes his eyes for long periods during meetings but is...

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Robert Mugabe ‘not Asleep Just Resting His Eyes’

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is not asleep when he closes his eyes for long periods during meetings but is...

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First Red Cross Visit For Palestinian Hunger Strike Leader

The Red Cross visited the leader of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails on Thursday for...

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Kremlin Says ‘too Early’ To Speak of Thaw In Russia-US Ties

The Kremlin said Thursday it was too early to speak of a thaw in ties with Washington, a day after Russian Foreign...

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Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe ‘not Asleep But Resting His Eyes’

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 93, is not asleep when he closes his eyes for long periods in public events but is...

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All Eyes On Okyehene Again!

All eyes are focus on the Chief of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, to fairly and amicably end the 30-year litigation...

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Xi, Moon Agree Denuclearising North Korea ‘common Goal’

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and new South Korean president Moon Jae-In agreed on Thursday that denuclearising North Korea...

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CIA Forms Special Unit Focused On North Korea Threat

The US Central Intelligence Agency said Wednesday it had formed a special unit dedicated to assessing North Korea's...

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Betting Odds of Trump Impeachment Jump After Comey Firing

President Donald Trump's sudden dismissal of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday has seen the betting odds of a Trump...