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Families of Russia's mobilised fight back despite fear
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» MOSCOW: It started with a morning knock on the door just days into Russia's mobilisation drive in September 2022.
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Russian court jails Navalny ally for 9 years
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A Russian court on Friday sentenced Ksenia Fadeyeva, who led jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny's now-banned organisation in the Siberian city of Tomsk, to almost a decade in prison, her supporters said.
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Russians get long prison terms for anti-war poetry
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for reading poems against the assault on Ukraine.
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In Colombia, illegally felled timber repurposed to help bees
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» SOCORRO (COLOMBIA) - In northeast Colombia, police guard warehouses stacked high with confiscated timber with a noble new destiny: transformation into homes for bees beleaguered by pesticides and climate change.
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Plane held on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane grounded in France for days over concerns it was part of a human trafficking scheme landed in India on Tuesday, with its passengers avoiding media questions as they quickly exited bustling Mumbai airport.
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Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its nearly 300 mostly Indian passengers were part of a human trafficking scheme has landed in Mumbai, flight tracking data showed early Tuesday.
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Peru seizes 4,000 live Amazon turtles at airport
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» LIMA - Peruvian authorities have seized some 4,000 turtles that originated in the Amazon at the country's main international airport, the national wildlife service said Thursday.
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Migrants call UK barge accommodation a ‘prison’
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» WEYMOUTH, England - In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England. A few men get off, relieved to be spending a few hours away from what they call their "prison" — a barge housing asylum seekers.
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DR Congo enters second day of chaotic election
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KINSHASA - Voters in DR Congo are due to go to the polls again on Thursday, in a general election marked by severe logistical troubles that meant some polling stations never opened.
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EU toughens rules on top porn platforms
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» BRUSSELS - The European Union on Wednesday added three pornographic websites to its list of online platforms that are large enough to come under tougher safety regulation.
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