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A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.
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From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
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Fierce street-by-street combat in Gaza City
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli troops and Hamas were locked in heavy, close quarters fighting in Gaza City on Thursday, including a 10-hour battle that Israel said toppled one of the Palestinian militants' "strongholds".
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Syria's Assad visits China seeking funds
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» HANGZHOU (CHINA) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad begins on Thursday his first official trip to China in almost two decades, where he will ask a longtime ally for financial support to help rebuild his devastated country.
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Blocked roads, crumbling camps as China moves Xinjiang detentions out of sight
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» ARTUX (CHINA) - A policeman waves reporters away from a desert prison in Xinjiang, part of a network of detention facilities transformed by China's shifting policies in the northwestern region.
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Biggest Loch Ness monster search begins
AFP, Published on 26/08/2023
» DRUMNADROCHIT, Scotland: The biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in five decades got under way in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday, as researchers and enthusiasts from around the world braved pelting rain to try to track down the elusive Nessie.
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Suspicion and regret on Arctic border still open with Russia
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» KIRKENES (NORWAY) - Assault rifles at the ready, binoculars pointed at the Russian shore, the patrol boats carrying Norwegian soldiers power up the Pasvik River at full speed.
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NATO wrestles with Ukraine bid at summit on Russia's doorstep
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» VILNIUS: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leaders will grapple with Ukraine's membership ambitions at their summit Tuesday, their determination to face down Russia boosted by a breakthrough in Sweden's bid to join the alliance.
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UN troops set to leave Mali, but how fast?
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - With the imminent end of the UN's Mali peacekeeping mission seemingly no longer in doubt, negotiations at the UN are still foundering over the timetable for their departure, which Bamako wants "without delay", according to diplomatic sources.
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Man held after three killed in UK city
AFP, Published on 13/06/2023
» NOTTINGHAM, England: Police arrested a man on Tuesday after three people were found dead and a van tried to mow down three others in the central English city of Nottingham in incidents authorities believe are linked.
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