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US Woman Kills Boyfriend In YouTube Stunt Gone Wrong

A 19-year-old US woman faces a manslaughter charge after fatally shooting her boyfriend in a YouTube stunt gone wrong,...

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Festival Finds the Universal In Choirs

The human voice is the most basic of all musical instruments. But when singers come together as choirs, quality...

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E. Guinea VP Says French Case Against Him Fabricated

Teodorin Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's vice president and son of its leader, denounced a French legal case against him...

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Nigeria Begins Yam Exports To Europe, US

Nigeria on Thursday began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its...

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US First Quarter Growth Revised Up To 1.4%

The US economy grew slightly faster than originally reported in the first three months of the year, on stronger...

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Trump Launches Personal Attack On ‘crazy, Low IQ’ Female Journalist

President Donald Trump on Thursday launched a brutal personal attack on MSNBC journalist Mika Brzezinski, after she...

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US Envoy To Anti-IS Coalition Visits Syria’s Tabqa

The White House envoy to the US-led coalition bombing the Islamic State group, Brett McGurk, met on Thursday with local...

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Groupe Nduom Targets Entry Into Francophone Market

Top management personnel of Groupe Nduom will meet from Wednesday June 28th to Sunday 2nd July, 2017, to review the...

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Walgreens To Buy Half of Rite Aid Stores For $5.2 Bn

US pharmacy chain Walgreens announced a new deal on Thursday to buy half of competitor Rite Aid's stores for nearly...

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US Embassy Warns Women Against Using Tuk-Tuks In Sri Lanka

The US embassy in Colombo warned Thursday its citizens visiting Sri Lanka to avoid travelling alone in tuk-tuks after a...

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Trump Travel Ban: US Sets Out Visa Criteria

The White House has set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees, requiring...

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NATO Agrees Afghanistan Troop Boost But No Combat Role

NATO will increase troop numbers in Afghanistan to help train local forces facing a resurgent Taliban but will not...

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China Offers Philippines More Aid Against Drugs, Terrorism

China vowed Thursday to continue providing the Philippines with "necessary assistance", a day after Beijing donated...

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Iraq Military Says It Has Retaken Iconic Mosul Mosque

The Iraqi military announced on Thursday that special forces had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where jihadist...

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EU ‘more Determined’ Than Ever To Fight Climate Change

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Europe was "more determined than ever" to fight climate change after...

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Nobel Winner Liu Wants Cancer Treatment Abroad, Friends Say

Terminally-ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo wants Chinese authorities to let him get treatment abroad, friends say, as...

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S. Korea To Offer North Treaty For Denuclearisation

South Korea's new government will seek to sign a peace treaty with the North if it abandons its nuclear weapons, a...

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Dubai Ruler Takes To Verse To Urge Qatar Turnabout

The ruler of Dubai has taken to verse to urge Qatar to concede to the demands of Saudi Arabia and its allies for an end...

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No NATO Combat Role In Afghanistan

NATO allies will increase troop numbers in Afghanistan to help the government battle a resurgent Taliban but there is...