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Car crash in Cairo kills 19
Associated Press, Published on 05/08/2019
» CAIRO: A multiple-car crash on a Cairo street in front of Egypt's main cancer hospital set off an explosion that triggered a fire outside the building, killing a total of 19 people, authorities said Monday.
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Detained Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 4 ½ years
Associated Press, Published on 28/01/2019
» BEIJING: Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison on the charge of subversion of state power Monday, more than three years after he was detained in a wide-ranging crackdown on the legal profession.
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Duterte told cabinet he doesn't have cancer, say officials
Associated Press, Published on 09/10/2018
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told his Cabinet that medical tests show he doesn't have cancer, though he won't release a detailed public report on his health, officials said Tuesday.
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Nobel Peace Prize honours fight against sexual violence
Associated Press, Published on 05/10/2018
» OSLO, Norway: The Nobel Peace Prize on Friday was awarded to a Congolese doctor and a Yazidi former captive of the Islamic State group for their work to highlight and eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
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'Master of comedy' Neil Simon dies at 91
Associated Press, Published on 26/08/2018
» NEW YORK: Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park and his Brighton Beach trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91.
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Cricket star Imran Khan wins in Pakistan
Associated Press, Published on 27/07/2018
» ISLAMABAD: It's official. Pakistan's Election Commission on Friday declared former cricket star Imran Khan's party the winner of Pakistan's historic third consecutive election of a civilian government, but he didn't win an outright majority and must form a coalition.
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Judge delves into science behind Roundup cancer claim
Associated Press, Published on 06/03/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: A federal judge on Monday waded into the arcane science behind claims that the widely used weed killer Roundup can cause cancer. The expected weeklong testimony is intended to help him determine whether a jury should hear from doctors who link the product to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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'This Is Us,' 'Veep' casts take top SAG TV series awards
Associated Press, Published on 22/01/2018
» LOS ANGELES: <i>This Is Us</i> won the top drama series trophy at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, making up for the Emmy and Golden Globe honours that eluded it and taking a stand for broadcast network TV amid growing online competition.
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First same-sex couples married in Australia
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2017
» SYDNEY: Two female couples tied the knot in Australia's first same-sex weddings under new legislation allowing gay marriages.
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Russia finally admits nuclear problem, radioactivity spike
Associated Press, Published on 22/11/2017
» MOSCOW: Russian authorities on Tuesday confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains while the suspected culprit, a nuclear fuel processing plant, denied it was the source of contamination.
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